Claremont, CA: Claremont Colleges Library, 1937. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15 pages. Claremont Library Series, Number Four. With four articles on the subject by Raymond B. Fosdick, William S. Ament, Hartley B. Alexander and Willis Kerr. READ MORE about LIBRARIES AND HUMANISTIC STUDIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91474
Eight issues.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, (for 1864). 8vo. original paper wrappers. Eight issues. Ex-library copies with some library marks. Covers detached and chipped at the edges. Wrappers tanned and soiled. READ MORE about LONDON CATALOGUE OF PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND TRANSACTIONS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 56606
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1895. 8vo. Three-quarter leather, paper-covered boards. various. This book contains bibliographies complied by students of the New York state library school on subject of their own choice, as a condition of graduation. Some subjects include travel in North America, the best books of 1897, fairy tales for children and house decoration and furnishing. Bookplate from the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on back free end paper. Ink stamp..... READ MORE about STATE LIBRARY BULLETIN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88405
London: Dulau & Co., 1845. disbound, all edges marbled. liv, 955 pages. Sales catalogue for Dulau & Co. listing 19,956 Foreign books, mostly in French. A special section is devoted to illustrated works and contains 25 plates of black-and-white illustrations. Works are organized into sections by topic (Illustrated editions, Theology, Medicine, etc.), followed by an alphabetical table of all works. Index pages significantly chipped around edges with text loss and one page entirely lacking. Minor..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF FOREIGN BOOKS, COMPRISING POPULAR & STANDARD WORKS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 56597
Madison, WI: Published by Order of the State, 1873. 8vo. original cloth, lacking backstrips. 637+(1); 719+(1) pages. Printed by Atwood & Culver, 1873. An alphabetical list by author of more than 50,000 titles in the Wisconsin State Historical Society (Singerman 3321). Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Each volume lacks back strip, some wear to extremities, corners bumped. Volumes 1-2 complete and self-contained from A to Z, 1873, but lacks Vols. 3-7..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 69672
Paris: O. Lorenz, 1877. 12mo. original paper wrappers, disbound. 107+(1) pages. Deuxieme edition refondue et augmentee. Precedee d'une statistique de la presse et du tarit postal pour la france et l'union generale des postes. Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Disbound, many pages loose, paper yellowed and fragile, with some tears, title page soiled. READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE JOURNAUX PUBLIES OU PARAISSANT A PARIS, ET ACCOMPAGNE D'UNE TABLE SYSTEMATIQUE
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 69684
(Leipzig: Georgi, (1742-1753). folio. contemporary paneled calf covered boards, six raised bands. (328), 1-350 pages. First edition. (Breslauer & Folter 101, Petzholdt 281-282). Volume three, sections M-R & S-Z of Georgi's ambitious Allgemeines Europäisches Bücher-Lexicon. This work "represents the last attempt to list all the books ever printed (up to 1757)." A good source for early bibliography of 17th century German authors as well as a fine source for bibliography of other important Euopean publishers..... READ MORE about DES BUCHER LEXICI. DRITTER THEIL
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 63370
Leipzig: (Georgi), 1758. folio. contemporary decorated paper-covered boards. (iv), 408 pages. First edition. (Breslauer & Folter 101, Petzholdt 281-282). The third supplement to Georgi's ambitious Allgemeines Europäisches Bücher-Lexicon. This work "represents the last attempt to list all the books ever printed (up to 1757)." A good source for information on 17th century German books. This supplement contains a complete A-Z listing with all book sizes and prices listed. Among the topics represented are theology, medicine..... READ MORE about DRITTES SUPPLEMENT ZU DESSEN ALLGEMEINEN EUROPAISCHEN BUCHER LEXICO
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 63365
(Worcester, Mass. n.p., c.1898). large 8vo. paper wrappers. 17 pages. Reprinted from the "Worcester of 1898". Informative article describing the more important books, manuscripts and collections housed in the city of Worcester's public libraries, such as the Free Public Library, those of the American Antiquarian Society and Worcester County Horticultural Society, and several others. Illustrations. Front wrapper inscribed by Green. Library stamp. Front wrapper detached, spine lacking. Wrappers and some pages torn. Paper brittle. READ MORE about PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF WORCESTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 69502
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1893. small 8vo. original paper wrappers. (ii), 108. A catalogue of Hiersemann's choice list of stock including sets of scientific periodicals, oriental history, geopgraphy, fine arts and more. It includes 978 entries. Indexed. Covers worn and several pages are detached. Library stamp on front cover. READ MORE about ONE THOUSAND HIGH CLASS STANDARD WORKS OF ALL TIMES AND NATIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 59589
New Orleans: Office of the Democrat, 1978. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 24 pages. Removed from binding. Some spotting of front cover. READ MORE about ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE LIBRRIAN TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, STATE OF LOUISIANA. 1877
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94795
Philadelphia: Press of Walther Printing House, 1907. original cloth. (x), 525+(1) pages. An extensive list of works used for teaching. Items are listed alphabetically by author, title, or subject. Ex-library copy. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 57271
London: Henry Sotheran, 1869. tall 12mo. original cloth. (viii), 39 pages. First edition. Frontispiece diagram of library layout. Ex-library copy with markings. Pages loose in binding. An uncommon title. Back cover missing. READ MORE about FREE LIBRARIES AND NEWSROOMS: THEIR FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 49083
London: Netherclift and Durlacher, Lithographic Artists and Printers, 1855. folio. original cloth. (102) sheets (each as a leaf or as two pages). Facsimiles of several lines to several pages of autograph letters and other examples of writing by sixty-one historical figures, mostly copied from documents in the British Museum. Transcriptions on lighter paper alternate with facsimiles on heavier stock, with the transcription(s) on the left-hand side and the facsimile(s) on the right. Printing is generally..... READ MORE about THE AUTOGRAPH MISCELLANY OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, INTERESTING DOCUMENTS, ETC., EXECUTED IN...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 55180
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898. small 8vo. original cloth. ix, 344 pages. First U.S. edition. A history and overview of public libraries in England in the late ninteenth century. Discusses libraries in England prior to 1855, the "Free Public Library Movement," library administration and organization, and various libraries in various locations, with statistics. Index. This volume is part of "The Library Series" edited by Dr. R. Garnett. Library name blind-stamped on covers, library spine..... READ MORE about THE FREE LIBRARY, ITS HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50021
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Halle: H.W. Schmidt, 1853. large 12mo. modern cloth, leather spine label. iii-xii, 444 pages, with 7 additional leaves of plates. Per author's preface, this work takes the place of a fourth edition of his Address Book of German Libraries (first published 1844). One might prefer simply to call this the fourth edition of a variously titled (the title changed again later) guide to German-language libraries. Julius Petzholdt (1812-1891) was the librarian of the then Royal..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKEN [HANDBOOK OF GERMAN LIBRARIES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 52756
Boston: Rockwell and Church, 1890. small 4to. later quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), 71+(1). Number five "catalogue of the Bibliographies of Special Subjects in the Boston Public Library together with an Index to Notes upon Books and Reading to be found in Library catalogues, in periodical and other publications." Ex-library with markings throughout. Front board and original front wrapper detached. Spine cracked and chipped. Corners worn. Offsetting to original..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 59410
Bristol: William George's Sons, 1890. 8vo. original cloth. vi, 146 pages. The third large collection of Americana offered for sale by this English bookseller. 2349 items described. Ex-library copy with old library stamps on various pages. Label on front cover and covers worn. READ MORE about NEW WORLD BOOK LIST
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 18541
Boston: Charles F. Libbie & Co., 1884. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 50 pages. Auction catalogue of American and Foreign Autographs, Boston, January 17-18, 1884, Charles F. Libbie salesroom, No. 1 Hamilton Place (McKay 3034), with bookseller ads on inside of covers. A bill for materials, workmen and expenses in casting the Perseus was signed by the sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, dated 1545, and sold as Lot 105. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN AUTOGRAPHS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION ON...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 69200
Boston: C.F. Libbie and Co., 1901. 8vo. later quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. (v), 226 pages. An auction catalogue "containing an extensive collection of historical books relating to New Hampshire, including nearly complete set of New Hampshire Town, county and regimental histories, genealogies, rare pamphlets of local interest, newspapers, etc." (McKay 5215). Ex-library with markings throughout. Includes frontispiece portrait of Balcom. Front board detached, spine torn, corners worn. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE GEORGE L. BALCOM, ESQ
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59429
Paris: Bibliothèque Impériale, 1869. 8vo. later quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (ii), 13 pages. A list of works freely available to the public in the Bibliothèque Impériale. Covers worn and chipped at spine. Library tag on front cover. Wear to front hinge; preliminary blank detached. Library stamps on pp.1, 4, 8, 11. READ MORE about LISTE DES OUVRAGES MIS A LA LIBRE DISPOSITION DU PUBLIC
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 51052
Birmingham: Printed by Josiah Allen, (1873). 8vo. original paper wrappers. (iv), 166 pages. Some nineteenth century library markings. Front wrapper detached. READ MORE about SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE, FROM 1863 TO NOVEMBER 1873
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 56542
Paris: n.p., 1936. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, protector. 178, (4) pages, with 18 additional pages and 5 additional leaves of plates. Auction catalogue for the sale of 511 lots from the library of Gabriel Thomas on March 26-28, 1936 (Blogie 334). Offered were books of the 16th to 18th centuries, often in fine bindings, drawings and watercolors by Maurice Denis (1870-1943), first editions, illustrated books, and autographs and manuscripts, including the autograph manuscript..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE GABRIEL THOMAS, BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS AUX ARMES, EDITIONS ORIGINALES ROMANTIQUES ET...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 52274
2 volumes
Boston: Published by the Trustees, 1898-99. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. xii,176 pages; xii,164 pages. 2 volumes. Annual list of books added to the Boston Public Library, selected from the monthly bulletins, Vol. 1, 1896-97, Vol. 2, 1897-98, with a synopsis of classification. Over ten thousand titles were selected from more than fifteen thousand listed in the bulletins, the proportion of books in the fine arts being the largest. Ex-library copy from the..... READ MORE about ANNUAL LIST OF NEW AND IMPORTANT BOOKS ADDED TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 69642
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees [of the Museum], 1849. large 4to. all but disbound. (iv), 514 pages. Between the publication of the 1782 Ayscough catalogue and the inception of the Index to the Additions in 1836, the British Museum acquired about 5,000 manuscripts or manuscript sets. The Index to the Additions was not retroactive, and manuscript acquisitions from 1783 through 1835 had, therefore, no coverage in any printed catalogue until this gap was..... READ MORE about INDEX TO THE ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, WITH THOSE OF THE EGERTON COLLECTION, PRESERVED IN THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 56199
