NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: 1804-1864.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1964. 5.25 x 8 inches. paperback. 20 pages. In 1904, the Grolier Club held an exhibition commemorating Nathanial Hawthorne's birth. It was also the first attempt at putting his work in bibliographical order. Now, this catalogue commemorates his death by showing how successful the first exhibition was in portraying Hawthorne's genius. The book provides an essay on the life and career of Nathanial Hawthorne and includes a fold-out diagram of..... READ MORE about NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: 1804-1864

Price: $12.00 save 20% $9.60  other currencies  Order nr. 107107

SCOTLAND AND THE AMERICAS, 1600 TO 1800.

With an Introduction by Michael Fry and Contributions. Bibliographical Supplement by Burton van Name Edwards.
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1995. small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. xix, 138, (2) pages. With an Introduction by Michael Fry and Contributions. Bibliographical Supplement by Burton van Name Edwards. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is one of 250 bound thus. Eight individual essays build around an exhibition held at the JCB and Forbes Magazine Galleries in 1995. The topics cover The Darien Venture, Immigration and Settlement, Trade, Scots in Georgia..... READ MORE about SCOTLAND AND THE AMERICAS, 1600 TO 1800

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53770

Ahearn, Allen and Patricia.

BOOK COLLECTING 2000, A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE.

New York: Putnam's, (2000). 8vo. quarter cloth, dust jacket. xvii, (iii), 536 pages. First printing of this completely revised handbook of estimated market values for first printings of first books, updated and expanded to include the works of more than 6000 authors, and discussions on the impact of the internet on book collecting. With chapters on what to collect, book collecting, sources for books, knowledgeable buying, etc. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING 2000, A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64811

Albaugh, Gaylord P.

HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED FROM 1730 THROUGH 1830, WITH LIBRARY LOCATIONS AND MICROFORM SOURCES.

2 volumes.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994. thick 4to. cloth. xc, 719; vii, 720-1456 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Introduction by John B. Hench followed by bibliography, chronological listing of titles by years of founding, geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and engravers. READ MORE about HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED...

Price: $195.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42181

Alden, John and Dennis C. Landis (editors).

EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750.

Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1980-1997. small 4to. cloth. 692 pages. Third volume covers the years between 1651 and 1675. (of six volumes). Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness of the Americas. With more than 30,000 entries. With number of pages and..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA: A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS,...

Price: $275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 90158

Alston, R.C.

HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 87 pages. Occasional Papers No.6. A handlist of this collection, with dates and a short description of the contents of each entry. Combined author/subject index. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY...

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Andersen, Hans Christian.

LITTLE RHYMES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WITH LITTLE PHOTOS BY HARALD PAETZ.

Cotsen Occasional Press, 2002. 6.1 x 5.8 inches. cloth. 24 pages. This beautiful facsimile volume represents the first ever printing of Andersen`s Fotograferede Bornegrupper in English. This book is a collaboration between Andersen, who wrote the verse, and the famous early Danish photographer Harald Paetz. The illustrations in the book are albumen prints of posed and costumed children and they depict scenes of play and home life. Little Rhymes is an extremely important book in..... READ MORE about LITTLE RHYMES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WITH LITTLE PHOTOS BY HARALD PAETZ

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Anghelescu, Hermina G. B. and Martine Poulain.

BOOKS, LIBRARIES, READING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLD WAR.

Washington D.C. Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 2002. 8vo. cloth , dust jacket. 298 pages. This historic and important work is based on a series of papers presented at the 1998 International Federation of Library Associations conference in Paris. The work contains 26 essays focusing on the effects the Cold War had on Western and Communist libraries, publishers, cultural diplomacy, political censorship and the freedom to read. As a whole, this well-written work..... READ MORE about BOOKS, LIBRARIES, READING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLD WAR

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Arceneaux, Pamela D.

GUIDEBOOKS TO SIN: THE BLUE BOOKS OF STORYVILLE, NEW ORLEANS.

(New Orleans, LA): The Historic New Orleans Collection, (2017). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 159+(1) pages. First edition. Table of contents, preface, acknowledgments, foreword by Emily Epstein Landau, bibliography of prostitution guides, works consulted, photographic credits, index. Endnotes follow each chapter. A carefully researched study of the directories of prostitutes of Storyville, adjacent to the French Quarter of New Orleans. Presents a version of Storyville as created by its own entrepreneurs. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about GUIDEBOOKS TO SIN: THE BLUE BOOKS OF STORYVILLE, NEW ORLEANS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131259

Auchincloss, Kenneth.

FINE PRINTING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KENNETH AUCHINCLOSS.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 32 pages. This catalogue contains some of the most beautiful books of the twentieth century from the collection of Kenneth Auchincloss. It includes a three page biographical sketch of Ken, by his wife Lee Auchincloss, as well as ten facsimiles. Gaylord Shanilec contributed the wood engraving, Bradley Hutchinson printed the cover, and Jerry Kelly contributed the design. The exhibition was held on May 19..... READ MORE about FINE PRINTING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KENNETH AUCHINCLOSS

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Babcock, Robert G. (editor).

A BOOK OF HER OWN: AN EXHIBITION OF MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THAT WERE OWNED BY WOMEN BEFORE 1700.

New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2005. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Books tell us many things beyond what their authors write in them. Single copies of books, for instance, often reveal their particular history, who owned them, who read them, who gave them as gifts, how they changed hands over the years. This catalogue of the Beinecke Library exhibition, A Book of Her Own, explores an unusual aspect of book history: all of the..... READ MORE about A BOOK OF HER OWN: AN EXHIBITION OF MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY...

Price: $22.50  other currencies  Order nr. 99721