Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, (1950). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 49 pages. First edition. Preface by John Carter followed by articles on The Sense of the Past, Why First Editions, The Technical Approach and Bookshop and Auction Room. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 69900
London: Constable & Co., (1938). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 52 pages. First edition; part of the Aspects of Book Collecting series. (Brenni No. 869). A continuation of Carter's BINDING VARIANTS IN ENGLISH PUBLISHING, 1820-1900, published as part of the Bibliographia Series. Scarce pamphlet, with descriptions of bindings on many books by such authors as Charles Dickens. Chipped at corners and spine ends. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 20915
London: Constable & Co., (1938). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 52 pages. First edition; part of the Aspects of Book Collecting series. (Brenni No. 869). A continuation of Carter's BINDING VARIANTS IN ENGLISH PUBLISHING, 1820-1900, published as part of the Bibliographia Series. Scarce pamphlet, with descriptions of bindings on many books by such authors as Charles Dickens. Well preserved copy. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 123324
With an introduction by Robert D. Fleck.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), xviii, (4), 172; x, 52 pages. With an introduction by Robert D. Fleck. See S-K 7060 and 7074. Reprints Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900(1932) and More Binding Variants(1938) in one volume. The first title was originally the sixth volume in the highly regarded ten volume Bibliographiaseries edited by Michael Sadleir. Along with Sadleir's The Evolution of Publishing Binding Styles, 1770-1900it has become... READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 24762
Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2013). tall 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable... READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 75338
London: Constable & Co., (1934). 8vo. cloth. vi, 294 pages. First edition. Landmark book edited by Carter. Includes essays by Carter, Winterich, Muir, Oldman, Sadleir, Balston, Randall and Pollard. Spine faded. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 3162
Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries, (1967). 8vo. cloth. v, 294 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Landmark book edited by Carter. Includes essays by Carter, Winterich, Muir, Oldman, Sadleir, Balston, Randall and Pollard. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 20807
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 119 pages. New edition, published in the tercentenary year of the first publication. The text takes account of corrections to the first edition by Browne. Contains appendices on author-corrected copies of the first edition and a note on the present text. Jacket chipped at head of spine and is price clipped. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 114416
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Not to be missed, both because it is a beautiful material object but also because it holds important new information. The ninth edition of ABC for Book Collectors is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of images: some beautiful full-color photographs, others clearly labeled black-and-white reference drawings. I know I will be turning to this reference work for years to... READ MORE
Price: $29.95 other currencies Order nr. 120362
An article in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. II, No. 3/4
II, No.2/3. Britain: The Oxford University Press, 1947. large 8vo. paper wrappers. pps. 191-192. An article in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. II, No. 3/4. John Carter about the identification of the first edition of "Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus," (1658) with corrections in the author's hand, bringing the number so far recorded to eleven. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 60003
Sixth Edition with additions and corrections by Nicolas Barker.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, (1994). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages. Sixth Edition with additions and corrections by Nicolas Barker. Reprint of sixth edition with additions and corrections by Nicolas Barker. See S-K 1602 for binding references. Shaken! Unsophisticated! Harleian Style! Fingerprint! Yapp! Dentelle! Can you define these terms? If not this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC For Book Collectorshas long been established as the most enjoyable as well as... READ MORE
Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 34470
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. Fourth edition (even though the jacket states "third edition." ). READ MORE
Price: $24.00 other currencies Order nr. 34656
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 211 pages. Later printing of the fifth edition of this classic glossary of terms for collectors and dealers. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 61100
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1953). 8vo. cloth. 196 pages. Second edition, revised. U.S. printing. Lacks jacket. Spine faded. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114406
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. Fourth edition (even though the jacket states "third edition." ). READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 123243
London: Granada, (1985). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages. Reprint of the sixth edition, revised with corrections and additions by Nicolas Barker. Barker has incorporated the changes John Carter was about to make on this edition before his death and includes changes of his own. With many binding terms defined. Some wrinkling of jacket spine. READ MORE
Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 41203
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1957). 8vo. cloth. 196 pages. First U.S. edition. Excellent book with sections on book collectors, typographers, bibliophily and two footnotes to his book on T.J. Wise. The original acidic dust jacket has been cut down and covers and flaps have been inserted in mylar wrapper and loosely inserted. Pastedowns and endpapers show foxing from original jacket. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 12508
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition. Six sections, each containing numerous chapters on book-collecting. Includes chapters on Thomas J. Wise, Michael Sadleir, Wilmarth Lewis, D.B. Updike, Stanley Morison, collecting detective fiction, and two chapters entitled "Two Footnotes to an Enquiry." Small chip out of top of back hinge of jacket. READ MORE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 16524
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 125 and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P.H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no.223). READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 7429
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 125 and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P.H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no.223). Bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE
Price: $27.50 other currencies Order nr. 78226
London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Contributions by John Carter and P. H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no. 223). The short version of this catalogue. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 121961
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 203 pages. First U.S. edition. Two main sections; the evolution of book collecting and the method of book collecting. A classic book in the field.Jacket with chipping along edges and small piece missing along bottom of front cover and spine. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 7963
With the Collaboration of Michael Sadleir.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (for the National Book League), 1947. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 50 pages. With the Collaboration of Michael Sadleir. No plates in this edition. READ MORE
Price: $9.00 other currencies Order nr. 2917
N.P. National Book League, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 50 pages followed by 16 plates. First edition, one of the hardbound copies issued with 16 plates. Foreword and introduction by Carter. Many unsigned notes by Sadleir. An important catalogue. Some fading of jacket spine. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 123315
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1982. 8vo. cloth. xvii, 94 pages. Second edition, revised by William White. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 18250
