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AND THE TOAST IS. . .A MINATURE ANTHOLOGY OF DRINKING SONGS SEASONED WITH A LITTLE PROSE.

Northwood, Middlesex, England: Knights Press, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. No. 3 in the publisher's Lute, Lyre, and Lotus Minithologies series. Quotation by Charles Dibdin on verso of title. Table of contents. Devised and edited by Max Crombie. Illustrations and decorations by William Littlewood. READ MORE about AND THE TOAST IS. . .A MINATURE ANTHOLOGY OF DRINKING SONGS SEASONED WITH A LITTLE PROSE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 131821

BOOKS ALIVE: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1943.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1944. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. An annual report for 1943. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about BOOKS ALIVE: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1943

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131833

BOOKS AND THE WAR.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1942. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 32 pages. An annual report for 1941. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. Discusses the library's mission in the context of U.S. entry into World War II. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THE WAR

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131839

BUSY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1944.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1945. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. An annual report for 1944. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about BUSY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1944

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131834

CONCISE INFORMATION: A GENERAL SURVEY OF CONCISION: TYPOGRAPIC, EDITORIAL, AND VISUAL.

(New York, NY: The Cooper Union), 1994. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. A brochure published in connection with the exhibition "From Gutenberg to the Government." Commentary by William Bevington. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about CONCISE INFORMATION: A GENERAL SURVEY OF CONCISION: TYPOGRAPIC, EDITORIAL, AND VISUAL

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131768

LUCKY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1942.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1943. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. An annual report for 1942. Includes list of employees in the militrary and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about LUCKY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1942

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131832

ORAL HISTORY 25TH ANNIVERSARY REPORT.

(New York, NY): Oral History Research Office, (1973). 8vo. self paper wrappers. 12, (2) pages. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of oral history at Columbia and announces a new graduate-level course on the subject. READ MORE about ORAL HISTORY 25TH ANNIVERSARY REPORT

Price: $7.00 Order nr. 133291

Basker, James G. (editor).

WHY DOCUMENTS MATTER: AMERICAN ORIGINALS AND THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION.

New York, NY: The Guilder Lehrrman Institute of American History, 2004. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 43+(1) pages. Introduction by the editor. A collection of historical documents from the Guilder Lehrmann on deposit at the New-York Historical Society. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about WHY DOCUMENTS MATTER: AMERICAN ORIGINALS AND THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131761

Bechtel, Louise Seaman.

BOOKS IN SEARCH OF CHILDREN.

New York, NY: New York Public Library, 1946. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. Tenth of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures sponsored by the library. Listing of previous lectures. A disucssion of the publication of children's books. Edges of covers tanned. READ MORE about BOOKS IN SEARCH OF CHILDREN

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131840

Becu, Teodoro.

CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO.

Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Justicia, 1940. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xlvii, 273 pages. Exhibition held in Argentina to celebrate the 500th anniversary of printing. 693 items, a bibliography, and indices. Many books in Spanish listed. Covers detached and worn. READ MORE about CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 16648

Becu, Teodoro.

CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: n.p., 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xlviii, 275+(1) pages. Text in Spanish. Presentation by the author on front free endpaper. Table of contents, introduction, appendices. Indices of incunabula, authors, editors and presses, cities of publication, artists. Color facsimile of Gutenberg's work. Published to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Frontispiece color portrait of Gutenberg. Carbon copy of letter of thanks to the author laid in. Covers tanned and..... READ MORE about CATALOGO DE LA EXPOSICION DEL LIBRO

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 131845

Compton, F.E.

SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1939. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 55 pages. The fourth lecture of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting study of this method of selling new books including an historical view. READ MORE about SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1651

Davis, Elmer.

SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIP.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1940. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. This is fifth of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. Davis gives a lecture on the problems of the author. READ MORE about SOME ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIP

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 58697

de Córdoba, Joaquín Fernández.

NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA EN MORELIA.

Mexico City, Mexico: Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, 1943. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62, (2) pages. Text in Spanish with English summary. Limited to 1000 copies. Introductory comments. A study of 19th century printing in Morelia, Mexico. Numerous facsimile illustrations. Covers tanned at edges. READ MORE about NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA IMPRENTA EN MORELIA

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131846

Dobson, Austin.

THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS.

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1923. 12mo. cloth. xxiv, 524, (2) pages. Preface by Alban Dobson, table of contents, endnotes, index to first lines, index to titles, biographical index. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine sunned. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133298

Dobson, Austin.

MISCELLANIES (SECOND SERIES).

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. 16mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xii, 277+(1) pages. Preface by the author, table of contents. Endnotes follow text. In two parts: essays and introductions; occasional verses and inscriptions. Frontispiece portrait of Peg Woffington, the subject of the first essay. READ MORE about MISCELLANIES (SECOND SERIES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133299

Findlay, James A. (editor and compiler).

THE GAME OF WAR: BOOKS, TOYS, AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE MITCHELL WOLFSON, JR., STUDY CENTER.

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2006. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Introduction by Findlay, two essays, selected bibliography. Indices of authors and artists, titles, publishers and printers, and formats. Catalogue of an exhibition 2006-7 at the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Color illustrations. READ MORE about THE GAME OF WAR: BOOKS, TOYS, AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE MITCHELL WOLFSON, JR., STUDY CENTER

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131769

Marshall, John.

THE EVENTS OF MY LIFE.

Ann Arbor: Clements Library, University of Michigan/Supreme Court Historical Society, 2001. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. An autobiographical sketch by John Marshall, who was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President John Adams from 1801 until 1835 and authored more than 500 opinions. Includes an introduciton by William H. Rehnquist, and was edited by Lee C. Bollinger and John C. Dann. Illustrated. Covers show crease mark..... READ MORE about THE EVENTS OF MY LIFE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 70631

McCormick, Ken.

EDITORS TODAY.

New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. The Twelfth R.R. Bowker Memorial Lecture. READ MORE about EDITORS TODAY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99925

Musgrave, Jackie.

LOOKING BACK A SHORT HISTORY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ANCHORAGE.

(Anchorage, AK: Municpality of Anchorage, 1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 27+(1) pages. Introduction by Moe McGee, Municipal Librarian. An overview of the library system's history from its founding in the 1910s. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about LOOKING BACK A SHORT HISTORY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ANCHORAGE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131756

Rogers, Bruce.

THE CAMP STEELE ALPHABET.

New York: The Marchbanks Press, 1952. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (11) pages. Privately printed and limited to 250 copies for the Portfolio Club. Inscribed by Bruce Rogers on first blank page. Based on James Whitcomb Riley's "Alphabet," Charles Moores and Bruce Rogers reconstruct the alphabet based on their activities during a camping trip. Tanned around edges. READ MORE about THE CAMP STEELE ALPHABET

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 57200

Spender, Stephen.

POEMS.

New York, NY: Random House, 1934. 8vo. cloth, fore-edge uncut. 68 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about POEMS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131837

Spender, Stephen.

POEMS.

New York, NY: Random House, 1934. 8vo. cloth, fore-edge uncut. 68 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments. A collection of poetry. Top edge of front cover bumped. READ MORE about POEMS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131838

Stokes, Frederick A.

A PUBLISHER'S RANDOM NOTES, 1880-1935.

New York: New York Public Library, 1935. 12mo. paper wrappers. 45 pages. First edition. The first of the Bowker Memorial Lectures. READ MORE about A PUBLISHER'S RANDOM NOTES, 1880-1935

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10519

Thomajan, P.K.

A UNPSYCHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY: A JEST-POCKET WORD-BOOK.

(Newark, NJ: Lasky Company), n.d. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Published for private distribution. Jestful "definitions." READ MORE about A UNPSYCHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY: A JEST-POCKET WORD-BOOK

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131847

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