Anderson, John P.

THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY.

Ardsley: EP Publishing Ltd., 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 472 pages. A reprint of the 1881 first edition with a new introduction by professor Jack Simmons of the University of Leicester. Spine of jacket faded, else a near fine copy in near fine jacket. An extensive list of topographical works including a lengthy chapter on the general topography of Great Britain with additional chapters on Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56129

(British Museum).

CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN THE YEARS MDCCCLXXVI-MDCCCLXXXI.

London: British Museum, 1882. large 8vo. original polished cloth, blind-tooled triple fillets, blind-stamped centerpiece. viii, 616 pages. About 4,500 additions of manuscripts, charters and rolls to the main and Egerton collections, and seals, casts and papyri. Unopened. Library stamp on title page. Inside hinges partially split. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN THE YEARS MDCCCLXXVI-MDCCCLXXXI

Price: $28.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53116

(British Museum).

CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Oxford: The Trustees of the British Museum, (1969). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 566, (2) pages. Photolithographic reprint edition of the original 1901 edition. A catalogue of the 1,807 additions to the manuscripts collected from 1894 to 1899. Includes Additional MSS., Additional Charters, Detached Seals, Papyri, Egerton MSS., and Egerton Charters. Minor spotting to cover. Two tears in jacket and minor spotting. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56187

(Burrell, William).

THE BURRELL COLLECTION.

With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich.
London: Collins / Glasgow: Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1984. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich. Third impression. A fine copy. Illustrated survey (many in color) of the Burrell Collection--Ancient civilizations, oriental art, medieval art, decorative art, and paintings--given to the City of Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958). Index. READ MORE about THE BURRELL COLLECTION

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54234

Campbell, Frank.

THEORY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.

London: Library Bureau, 1896. large 8vo. original publisher's printed paper wrappers. xvi, 500 pages. First edition with a presentation from the author on the front wrapper to H. Guppy (Librarian of the John Rylands Library). A broad bibliographic manual addressing many of the theoretical concepts behind bibliography of the period. Front wrapper and first few pages detached. Chipping to edges and to spine. READ MORE about THEORY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $24.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56445

Dickson, William P.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE. A STATEMENT.

Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1897. small 8vo. self paper wrappers, stiched. 32 pages. Loosely inserted is a handwritten note from Dickson presenting this title. Dickson was the curator of the library at Glasgow. READ MORE about UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE. A STATEMENT

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(Dorset). Mayo, Charles Herbert.

BIBLIOTECA DORSETIENSIS, BEING A CAREFULLY COMPILED ACCOUNT OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET.

London: Privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1885. 8vo. original cloth, beveled edges. x, 296 pages. Besterman 1658. About 1,250 entries, arranged by topic and then by date: Histories and Descriptions, Guide Books, Ecclesiastical Literature, Acts of Parliaments, etc. etc., with over half being "Works Related to Particular Parishes" (subarranged by place). With some annotations; entries for "Newspapers" give brief publishing histories. With a list of Dorset printers and index of author's names. Ex-library copy..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA DORSETIENSIS, BEING A CAREFULLY COMPILED ACCOUNT OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS...

Price: $44.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54097

Gilbert, Henry March.

BIBLIOTECA HANTONIENSIS, A LIST OF BOOKS RELATING TO HAMPSHIRE, INCLUDING MAGAZINE REFERENCES ETC. ETC....WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIST OF HAMPSHIRE NEWSPAPERS BY F.E. [OR F.A.] EDWARDS.

Southampton: To Be Had at Ye Olde Boke Shoppe, 1891. large 8vo. original quarter leather, with cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. (vi), 80, lxiii, (3) pages. Besterman 2794. About 2,500 entries, in three lists: Hampeshireiana from the 16th to 19th centuries (mostly 18th and 19th), "books and periodicals containing references to Hampshire," and a list of Hampshire newspapers, current and defunct, by "F.A. Edwards" who seems to have been associated with the Hampshire Independent. An..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA HANTONIENSIS, A LIST OF BOOKS RELATING TO HAMPSHIRE, INCLUDING MAGAZINE REFERENCES...

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 55038

Green, John Albert.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF HEYWOOD.

Heywood, England: n.p., 1902. large 12mo. cloth. viii, 113+(1) pages. Includes books, pamphlets, etc., written by natives or residents of, and printed at or relating to, Heywood. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF HEYWOOD

Price: $26.40  other currencies  Order nr. 55876

Haslam, G.E. (editor).

MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES: REFERENCE LIBRARY SUBJECT CATALOGUE SECTION 655, PRINTING, PART 1, HISTORY OF PRINTING. PART II. TYPE & TYPESETTING, PRINTING PROCESSES.

Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries Committee, 1961, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated. Edition limited to 550 copies. This catalogue deals primarily with general books on printing, with some books of a more specific interest added because of their value to students of printing. 2524 items listed; author, printers and presses, and analytical indices. READ MORE about MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES: REFERENCE LIBRARY SUBJECT CATALOGUE SECTION 655, PRINTING, PART 1,...

Price: $36.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46613

Keefe, H.J.

A CENTURY IN PRINT, THE STORY OF HAZELL'S 1839-1939.

London: Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd., 1939. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 224 pages and 19 plates and 17 engravings. First edition. Tells primarily the story of the growth of a printing business during a 100 year period. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about A CENTURY IN PRINT, THE STORY OF HAZELL'S 1839-1939

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(Pickering & Chatto).

ENGLISH LITERATURE NOTED BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY AND BIOGRAPHICALLY, A CATALOGUE WITH PRICES AFFIXED, OF A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

3 volumes in one.
London: Pickering & Chatto, n.d. (c1895). 8vo. later half leather, cloth-covered boards, five false raised bands, original stiff paper wrappers bound in. (ii), 504, (10) pages. 3 volumes in one. Pickering, later Pickering and Chatto, is generally thought of in connection with printing and publishing, but the firm also sold books from the beginning. This alphabetical, undated catalogue (we guess c1895) of 3,380 priced entries was issued in three parts, but with consecutive numbering and..... READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE NOTED BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY AND BIOGRAPHICALLY, A CATALOGUE WITH PRICES AFFIXED,...

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(Samurai Press). Woolmer, J. Howard.

THE SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd., 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. Annotated bibliography of this 20th century British publisher founded by Maurice Browne with others. Each booklet has the title page illustrated. Presentation from the author on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $22.40  other currencies  Order nr. 14121