(Children's Books). Muir, Percy H.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT 7 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, MAY 1946.

Compiled by Percy H. Muir. With a Foreword by John Masefield.
N.P. National Book League, (1946). 12mo. paper wrappers. 192 pages. Compiled by Percy H. Muir. With a Foreword by John Masefield. With 1001 entries. Lacking the dust jacket. Covers soiled and chipped around edges. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT 7 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON,...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1768

Hall, Trevor H. and Percy H. Muir.

SOME PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS OF CONJURING BOOKS AND OTHER EPHEMERA.

Leeds: The Elmete Press, 1976. 4to. quarter black calf with crushed canvas covered boards, clamshell box. x, 95, (2) pages. First edition. Printed in an edition limited to 465 numbered copies, this being one of 430 copies bound in quarter calf. Introduction by Percy Muir. A reference book of printers and publishers of conjuring books and ephemera. The principal illustrations are facsimile reproductions from old conjuring books, printed by lithography from plates made by C...... READ MORE about SOME PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS OF CONJURING BOOKS AND OTHER EPHEMERA

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58386

Muir, Percy H.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY ARTHUR ANNESLEY RONALD FIRBANK (1886-1926).

N.P. Supplement to The Bookman's Journal, 1927. 8vo. cloth. 8 pages interleaved with lined paper. A bibliography of Firbank's first editions. (Besterman 2198). The strangeness of his books is surpassed by the extraordinary life he led. He lived a life of seclusion at times and he would have his writings collected at his doorstep in the middle of the night by the tradesmen. It includes 11 items and an introduction by Percy Muir. Minor foxing..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY ARTHUR ANNESLEY RONALD FIRBANK (1886-1926

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59841

Muir, Percy H.

GOETHE BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FAUST EIN FRAGMENT 1790.

London: The Collector Ltd, 1977. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 341-352. Offprint from The Book Collector, Vol. 26, no. 3, Autumn, 1977 which discuss the Goethe and Faust bibliographies. Presentation copy, "For Trevor, this trifle, from Percy." READ MORE about GOETHE BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FAUST EIN FRAGMENT 1790

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59720

Muir, Percy H.

WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH.

London: Times Publishing Company, 1939. large 8vo. paper, one page fold in half. An offprint from The Times Literary Supplement, Saturday April 15, 1939 which discusses the collection of Paul Hirsch. He is best known as a collector of music, with a fine collection of bindings, Goethes, Heines and Schillers in the original state, along with specimens of typography of all periods. His wife also has an amazing collection of book-binders' papers all arranged chronologically..... READ MORE about WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59817

Muir, Percy.

" OTTO ERIC DEUTSCH, A PROFILE."

London: The Private Library, 1975. small 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.142-148. An article in The Private Library, Second Series, Volume 8:4, Winter 1975. Discusses some of the accomplishments of Deutsch, Austrian musicologist. READ MORE about " OTTO ERIC DEUTSCH, A PROFILE."

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59840