(Censorship).

NIHIL OBSTAT: AN EXHIBITION OF BANNED, CENSORED & CHALLENGED BOOKS IN THE WEST-1491-2000.

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2005. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. Exhibition and catalogue by Pearce J. Carefoote. Table of contents, foreword, introduction by Alberto Manguel. Black and white illustrations. An exhibition of books subject to censorship. READ MORE about NIHIL OBSTAT: AN EXHIBITION OF BANNED, CENSORED & CHALLENGED BOOKS IN THE WEST-1491-2000

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126996

(Center for Book Arts).

WILLEM SANDBERG: FROM THE NETHERLANDS.

From the Netherlands
New York: Center for Book Arts, (1988). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. From the Netherlands. In 1988, The Center for the Book Arts held the first in a series of annual exhibitions focusing on contemporary book artists from Europe and Asia. This exhibition presented the work of the typographer and book designer, William Sandberg (1897-1984). The outstanding characteristic of Sandberg's design is its vitality. Time has not diminished its impact; we now see..... READ MORE about WILLEM SANDBERG: FROM THE NETHERLANDS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103187

(Children's Books). Welch, D'Alte A.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821.

N.P. American Antiquarian Society, 1972. 7.5 x 10.25 inches. cloth. 522 pages. First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25465

Christianson, C. Paul.

A DIRECTORY OF LONDON STATIONERS AND BOOK ARTISANS 1300-1500.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. 8vo. cloth. 254 pages. The history of the book trade in Medieval London before the age of print has long remained a matter of speculation. Few records survive that name the book artisans and entrepreneurs involved with this early trade venture or that document directly their methods of producing books and creating markets for them. In this directory, C. Paul Christianson assembles an extensive body of alternative..... READ MORE about A DIRECTORY OF LONDON STATIONERS AND BOOK ARTISANS 1300-1500

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 29985

(Cobbett, William). Gaines, Pierce W.

WILLIAM COBBETT AND THE UNITED STATES, 1792-1835. A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NOTES AND EXTRACTS.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1971. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 249 pages. First edition. In the early 1790s, William Cobbett, an ex-plowboy and soldier, arrived in Philadelphia and set off a journalistic explosion. In an age of slashing and scurrilous pamphleteering, Cobbett, better known under the pseudonym of Peter Porcupine, proved to be the most hard-hitting, fearless, prolific and irrepressible bully-boy with pen and types that America had ever seen or possibly ever was to..... READ MORE about WILLIAM COBBETT AND THE UNITED STATES, 1792-1835. A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NOTES AND EXTRACTS

Price: $27.50  other currencies  Order nr. 12382

Cohen, Ben.

THE RIVER AND FIRTH OF CLYDE 1549-1993: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth. 290 pages. Reprint of the out-of-print 1995 first edition, with index revised to include place names. This bibliography of the River Clyde and Firth of Clyde covers a period of over four centuries. The material derives from collections in libraries and institutions in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Clydeside and on the Firth. All items are collated in full, illustrations are itemized and engravings are..... READ MORE about THE RIVER AND FIRTH OF CLYDE 1549-1993: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95871

Cole, Heather and R.W.G. Vail.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2020. 7 x 10.375 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 320 pages plus 8-page color insert. "It is a book, that anyone interested in bibliography, books history, history of publishing and, of course, the life and works of Theodore Roosevelt will found fascinating...This book is a perfect example of what a bibliography should be." - Concetta La Spada, SHARP News "Oak Knoll Press [is] the leading source for author and..... READ MORE about THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133472

(Connecticut). Johnson, Hazel A.

CHECKLIST OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, IMPRINTS 1709-1800.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1978. 8vo. cloth. xlviii, 492, (2). According to the Introduction, this book attempts to record over 1,400 of the publications, almost all with exceptions noted, of New London printers from May 1, 1709 through the year 1800. The output of the several presses was surprisingly large because all the printing done between the spring of 1709 and the autumn of 1754 in the Colony of Connecticut was done..... READ MORE about CHECKLIST OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, IMPRINTS 1709-1800

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 44037

(Croquet). Drazin, David.

CROQUET: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 528 pages. First edition. The definitive bibliography on the game of croquet. This scholarly work contains specialists books and pamphlets starting in the earliest times and going to 1997. The literature of croquet has long been of interest to scholars and collectors, but until now, no systematic bibliography of this subject has been published. There are over 1,000 entries, including works in English, French, German..... READ MORE about CROQUET: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $59.95  other currencies  Order nr. 56712

Danforth, Susan (editor).

A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2008. 8 x 11 inches. cloth. 86 pages. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library. Curated by Susan Danforth, the exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue demonstrated how the urge to collect, preserve, and ultimately share books can, however subtly, affect the physical character of the book itself. With a focus on acquisitions made in the nineteenth century - including several..... READ MORE about A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING

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(Davies, W.H.). Harlow, Sylvia.

W.H. DAVIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, Delaware and Winchester: Oak Knoll Books and St Paul's Bibliographies, 1993. 8vo. cloth. xii, 259 pages. First edition. The third volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. W.H. Davies is best remembered as the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP first published in 1908, and still in print, but his reputation is based on his poetry which was published in over fifty books and has appeared continuously in anthologies..... READ MORE about W.H. DAVIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 36407

(Dickens, Charles). Smith, Walter E.

CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS 1836 - 1870.

Calabasas: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., 2012. 8 x 10.75 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 456 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK This significant work identifies the first and early American editions of Charles Dickens's novels and Sketches by Boz and traces their publishing history, including various impressions and sub-editions, from 1836 to 1870, the year of Dickens's death. Each of the entries provides detailed textual data and binding descriptions and..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS 1836 - 1870

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133468

(Dictionary of National Biography). Fenwick, Gillian.

CONTRIBUTORS' INDEX TO THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 1885-1901.

Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1989. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xli, 413 pages. First edition. One hundred years after its first publication, the DNB is still a valuable source of biographical information on over 30,000 famous names. With the continuing interest in the Victorian era the contributors themselves - over 600 of them - are now of as much importance as the subjects they wrote about. This is the first guide to the contributors: authors..... READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS' INDEX TO THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 1885-1901

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 28404