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
3 volumes.
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1834-1840. Folio. disbound. (iv),viii,168 pages and 8 leaves of plates; (ii),vi,(ii),159+(1) followed by (4) leaves of plates; (iv),234 pages. 3 volumes. First editions. A catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts from the Arundel and Burney collections in the British Museum. Antiquary Thomas, Earl of Arundel (1592-1646), collected more than 500 manuscript volumes, many of which relate to English History. He was an early supporter of Inigo Jones and friend..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 77150
London: the Trustees of the British Museum, 1886. small 4to. original cloth. vi, 1044 pages. First edition. An extensive index of works originally designed to aid in the use of the Reading Room of the British Museum. Consists of a Subject Index and Class catalogue from the catalogue of Printed Books, from Sections A and B of the Accessions, Parts I to LXV. Covers worn and detached (with prelims). Cloth missing from spine. Ninteenth century..... READ MORE about SUBJECT INDEX OF THE MODERN WORKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 56593
9 volumes. With eight additional volumes for 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836-1838 (Printed Books), 1836-1839 (Natural Hisstory, Antiquities and Prints), 1841-1845 (manuscripts), 1854-1875, (manuscripts volume II of II only).
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1833-1877. 8vo. two volumes in original paper-covered boards, last volume in original publiusher's cloth, others in later library buchram. Various paginations. 9 volumes. With eight additional volumes for 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836-1838 (Printed Books), 1836-1839 (Natural Hisstory, Antiquities and Prints), 1841-1845 (manuscripts), 1854-1875, (manuscripts volume II of II only). Ninteenth century library markings. Boards detached with spines lacking on three volumes. READ MORE about LIST OF ADDITIONS MADE TO THE COLLECTIONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 56497
London: British Museum, 1881. small 8vo. original cloth (disbound). 105+(1) pages. With an introductory note by George Bullen. Covers detached; ex library copy. READ MORE about HAND-LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CLASSIFIED CATALOGUES, AND INDEXES PLACED IN THE READING ROOM OF THE...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56216
Cambridge: J. Deighton, and MacMillan & Co., 1849. 8vo. original cloth boards, otherwise disbound. viii, 329+(1) page. First edition. Describes 700 manuscript volumes. Bibliographic entries include annotations regarding contents, illuminations, and foliation. Includes a brief introduction about the catalogue. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. Spine lacking, boards detached. Last leaf provided in photocopy facsimile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 56222
3 volumes.
Mancunii (Manchester): n.p., 1791-1826. small 8vo. one volume disbound and others bound in library buchram, all edges speckled red. Frontispiece,xvi,(2), 367; 368-622; frontispiece,v-xii,174, (6),116,86,48 pages. 3 volumes. Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653), a successful Manchester businessman and public figure, left a sum for founding of a library, afterwards named the Chetham Library. In 1791, the Chetham librarian, John Radcliffe, produced a two-volume classified catalogue in Latin with 6,723 numbered entries and divided into five general subjects with..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA CHETHAMENSIS, SIVE BIBLIOTHECAE PUBLICAE MANCUNIENSIS AB HUMFREDO CHETHAM ARMIGERO...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 53440
Griechische und Roemische Autoren. Literaturgeschichte. Geschichte und Geographie. Staats- und Privatalterthümer. Varia Philologica.
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1893-1894. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (ii), 54, (4) pages. Griechische und Roemische Autoren. Literaturgeschichte. Geschichte und Geographie. Staats- und Privatalterthümer. Varia Philologica. Written in German. With a biography of Friedrich Wieseler and 1513 entries in the bookseller's catalogue. Wear on extremities, especially on spine, which is almost totally gone, and most pages are loose. Pages brittle. READ MORE about CLASSISCHE PHILOLOGIE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100660
Paris: E. Dufossé, n.d. but circa 1876. 12mo. original paper wrappers. (ii), 178 pages. An antiquarian bookseller's catalogue, 6e Série, Nos. 7 à 12. Describes items 40364 to 42935. Covers detached and three holes punched in hinge. Old library stamps. READ MORE about AMERICANA, BULLETIN DU BOUQUINISTE, AMÉRICAIN ET COLONIAL. CATALOGUE DE LIVRES CARTES, PLANS,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68978
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
7 volumes.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1867. 4to. original cloth. (vi),822; (vi)786; (vi)833; (vi)815; (iv)874; vi,1017; (iv),468,(2) pages. 7 volumes. First edition. A complete list of works acquired by the Library of the Faculty of Advocates up to 1871. Presented in alphabetical order by author; or by title, key words, and subject for anonymous works. Includes a supplement containing those works published between 1860 and 1871, previously left out. All boards detached with one..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 56639
Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1886. 8vo. later quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards with original paper wrappers bound-in. 95 pages. The fourth edition, revised and enlarged of this method handling library duplicates by the Franklin Institute. Old library stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on front paper wrappers and some other pages. Library binding is worn with covers detached but pamphlet itself is in very good condition. READ MORE about LIBRARY, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, CATALOGUE OF DUPLICATES, FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69369
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
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, & Co., 1889. small 8vo. cloth. 56 pages. First edition. A sales catalogue listing items published by George Bell and Sons with an appendix of volumes in Bohn's Libraries. Indexed. Ninteenth century Library markings. Small piece of spine lacking. Cover spotted. READ MORE about A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56260
London: George Bell and Sons, 1887. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. First edition. A sales catalogue listing items published by George Bell and Sons with an appendix of volumes in the Bohn's Libraries. Indexed. Ninteenth century library markings. Boards detached and spine lacking. Cover spotted. READ MORE about A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56261
(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
Paris: Imprimerie de E. Martinet, 1867. small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers with front cover missing. 20 pages. Extracted from the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie. Study of these landmark bibliographies of americana. Chipped around edges and soiled. Library stamp on second page. READ MORE about RAPPORT SUR LES DEUX OUVRAGES DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE AMERICAINE DE M. HENRI
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 49077
Haverhill: Press of Franklin P. Stiles, 1888. 8vo. original cloth. (iv), 420, 12 pages. This catalogue comprises the additions to the library from May 1880, to July, 1888. There is a small section in the back which list the most popular French Books. Nineteenth century library markings. One half of the spine is partially detached. Corners worn, hinges cracked and soiled. READ MORE about SECOND BULLETIN OF THE HAVERHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY. JULY, 1888
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59478
