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Altbach, Philip G.

THE KNOWLEDGE CONTEXT.

Comparative Perspectives on The Distribution of Knowledge
New York: State University of New York Press, (1987). 8vo. paper covered boards. xviii, 203 pages. Comparative Perspectives on The Distribution of Knowledge. Study of publishing and the distribution of knowledge in the international arena. Examines international copyright, textbooks, technological developments and book distribution. Review slip laid in. READ MORE about THE KNOWLEDGE CONTEXT

Price: $16.00 Order nr. 106392

Armstrong, Donald R.

BOOK PUBLISHING, A WORKING GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND SMALL PUBLISHERS.

Houston: Bookman House, (1979). 8vo. cloth. vii, 190 pages. A manual. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING, A WORKING GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND SMALL PUBLISHERS

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 61129

(Beinecke Library).

THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY.

A Guide to its Collections
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 123+(3) pages. A Guide to its Collections. Second edition. An extensive guide to the renowned Beinecke Library, with a focus on American, German, and Western Americana literature. Slight shelfwear. READ MORE about THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 97549

(Bell, Robert).

ROBERT BELL'S BOOK AUCTION CATALOG, AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN BROADSIDE.

A facsimile from the Library of Congress.
(Washington, DC: Library of Congress), n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages with broadside facsimile loosely inserted. A facsimile from the Library of Congress. One page of text by James Gilreath. Facsimile is one of two known copies of this broadside. Broadside is loosely inserted in a pocket in folder. READ MORE about ROBERT BELL'S BOOK AUCTION CATALOG, AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN BROADSIDE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107497

(Biblio novel). Jacobs, Paul Samuel.

JAMES PRINTER, A NOVEL OF REBELLION.

New York: Scholastic Press, (1997). 8vo. dust jacket, boards. (iv), 220 pages. First edition. Juvenile fictional novel set in the 1600's in a printing office. READ MORE about JAMES PRINTER, A NOVEL OF REBELLION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105345

Bodian, Nat G.

BOOK MARKETING HANDBOOK.

2 volumes.
New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1980 and 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xxviii,482; xxxvi,607 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Tips and techniques for the sale and promotion of scientific, technical, professional, and scholarly books and journals. Volume One covers over 500 areas of book promotion such as direct mail, advertising techniques, mailing lists, exhibits and more. With a glossary, 4 appendices, and index. Volume Two broadens the coverage presented in the earlier volume, and..... READ MORE about BOOK MARKETING HANDBOOK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47280

(Bookbinding).

THE ANDRUS BINDERY, A HISTORY OF THE SHOP 1831-1838.

Hartford: Privately printed at The Sign of the Stone Book, 1940. 8vo. half-cloth over boards, paper spine label. 46 pages. S-K 5629. First edition. With an introduction by Newton C. Brainard. Reprint of a manuscript notebook kept by apprentices for this early 19th-century bookbinding firm. Complimentary card tipped-in. READ MORE about THE ANDRUS BINDERY, A HISTORY OF THE SHOP 1831-1838

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 6014

(Bookbinding). Whetton, Harry (editor).

PRACTICAL PRINTING AND BINDING, A COMPLETE GUIDE.

London: Odhams Press Ltd., 1946. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 448 pages. First edition. Full of practical information.Jacket chipped and rubbed with pieces missing. READ MORE about PRACTICAL PRINTING AND BINDING, A COMPLETE GUIDE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5924

Boorstin, Daniel J.

THE LIBRARY, THE DRAMA WITHIN.

Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press in Association with the Center for the Book (Washington DC), 1996. oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 132 pages. First edition. An essay by D. Boorstin, followed by photographs and accompanying text by Diane Asséo Griliches. Generally in double-page spreads: A black-and-white photograph of a library on the right with a brief text explaining the picture on the left. Underneath each picture is a quotation relating to libraries, usually..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY, THE DRAMA WITHIN

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 52252

Boswell, John.

THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT PUBLISHING.

New York: Warner Books, 1986. 8vo. quarter cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 161 pages. First edition. Obviously, publishers have discovered a market here...some help on getting published by a "savvy insider," with a copy of his proposal for this book. May be useful to would-be authors. READ MORE about THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT PUBLISHING

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 52193

(Cambridge University Press). Roberts, S.C.

THE EVOLUTION OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLISHING.

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1956. small 4to. cloth. 67 pages and 14 illustrations. First edition. The Sandars Lecture for 1954. READ MORE about THE EVOLUTION OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLISHING

Price: $6.00 Order nr. 10268

Cameron, Clive A.

GOING METRIC WITH THE US PRINTING INDUSTRY.

(Rochester: Graphic Arts Research Center, 1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 175 pages. Argument for the adoption of the metric system in the U.S. printing industry. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Bibliography, Index and Colophon. Soiled wrappers. Foxing on edges of text block. READ MORE about GOING METRIC WITH THE US PRINTING INDUSTRY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106307

Carpenter, Kenneth E. & Richard F. Thomas (editors).

WIDENER LIBRARY: VOICES FROM THE STACKS.

Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 76+(1) pages. A special issue of the Harvard Library Bulletin, New Series Fall 1995, Volume 6, Number 3. Includes several essays on the importance of the Widener Library. Paper loss in corner front cover. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about WIDENER LIBRARY: VOICES FROM THE STACKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102500

Childs, William M. and Donald E. McNeil (editors).

AMERICAN BOOKS ABROAD.

Toward a National Policy
Washington: Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, (1986). 8vo. cloth. (xxiv), 309 pages. Toward a National Policy. Foreword by Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick. Book is all about the expansion of the American book market and the education of people overseas. The U.S. book industry is discussed in-depth as well as overseas publishing and education techniques at home and abroad. Edges are lightly worn. Tape marks on pastedowns and endpapers. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS ABROAD

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 92178

(China).

CATALOG OF SELECTED UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DISPLAYED AT THE U.S. BOOK EXHIBIITON PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1981. 4to. stiff wrappers. (iv), 159 pages. Catalogue of U. S. government publications available at 1981 exhibition in China. Two-page list laid in. Spine creased. READ MORE about CATALOG OF SELECTED UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DISPLAYED AT THE U.S. BOOK EXHIBIITON...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 106419

Clark, Charles (editor).

PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS, A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS.

London: George Allen & Unwin, (1988). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 238 pages. Third edition. The editor has gathered actual case histories of agreements between authors and publishers. READ MORE about PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS, A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105214

Clark, Charles, Lynette Owen and Philippe Schuwer.

TRANSLATION, CO-EDITION AND JOINT VENTURE PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS.

extracts from Publishing Agreements Fourth Edition
London: Butterworths, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. v, 49 pages. extracts from Publishing Agreements Fourth Edition. Standard international publishing, co-edition and joint venture agreements. READ MORE about TRANSLATION, CO-EDITION AND JOINT VENTURE PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105576

Cole, John Y. (editor).

BOOKS IN OUR FUTURE, PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1987. 8vo. paper covered boards. xii, 399 pages. Major sections on Reading and Learning, Reading and Society, Technology, Publishing, Librarianship and the Book in the Present and Future. READ MORE about BOOKS IN OUR FUTURE, PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 36924

Coles, Laura M.

ARCHIVAL GOLD.

MANAGING & PRESERVING PUBLISHERS' RECORDS
(Vancouver): The Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 69 pages. MANAGING & PRESERVING PUBLISHERS' RECORDS. Practical guide to help publishers manage records and preserve documents of archival value. Review slip laid in. READ MORE about ARCHIVAL GOLD

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106396

(Colophon).

NEW COLOPHON, A BK COLLS' Q V.I,PT 3.

New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1948. 4to. paper-covered boards. (iv),221-312, (6) pages. "The True Story of Herndon's LINCOLN," by David Donald, "Grandfather Was a Collector" written by Ellen Denby and illustrated by Leo Hirschfield, and Cedric Larson writing about "The G.P.O. in War and Peace" are some of the interesting features in this issue. Also an article on the illustrator Homer Martin, with examples of his work. READ MORE about NEW COLOPHON, A BK COLLS' Q V.I,PT 3

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 45455

Coser, Lewis A., Charles Kadushin, Walter W. Powell.

BOOKS, THE CULTURE AND COMMERCE OF PUBLISHING.

New York: Basic Books, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 411 pages. First edition. Divided into three major sections; The History and Structure of the Industry, The People Who Make Books and Key Outsiders in the Book Trade. Jacket soiled. Bookplate. READ MORE about BOOKS, THE CULTURE AND COMMERCE OF PUBLISHING

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 13724

(Creekside Press). Lockwood, Willard A.

COUSIN ABEL.

Easton: The Creekside Press, 1997. 12mo. cord tied stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10, (2) pages. Essay on the life of Abel Buell. Slight vertical fold to the front edge of the pamphlet. READ MORE about COUSIN ABEL

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105438

(Creekside Press). MacKellar, Thomas.

THE SONG OF THE PRINTER.

Easton: (Creekside Press), 1999. oblong miniature. cord tied stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Ode to the printer. READ MORE about THE SONG OF THE PRINTER

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105483

Curtis, Richard.

BEYOND THE BESTSELLER, A LITERARY AGENT TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOOK BUSINESS.

New York: New American Library, (1989). small 8vo. quarter cloth, dust jacket. xx, 380 pages. The author, a New York literary agent who represented writers such as Janet Dailey and Steve Allen, tells new writers how to get published and also warns them of the pitfalls to avoid. READ MORE about BEYOND THE BESTSELLER, A LITERARY AGENT TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOOK BUSINESS

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 64972

Davidson, Cathy N.

IDEOLOGY AND GENRE: THE RISE OF THE NOVEL IN AMERICA.

The1986 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture at the American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The1986 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture at the American Antiquarian Society. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 96, Part 2, October 1986. Lecture on the history of the book, focusing on American literary history. READ MORE about IDEOLOGY AND GENRE: THE RISE OF THE NOVEL IN AMERICA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105184

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