London, England: Sotheby's, 2005. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 356, (4) pages. Auction Ocober 5, 2005. 266 lots. From the Matcham collection of items relating to, and commemorating Admiral Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and other items related to the Napoleonic wars. Includes a historical sketch, bibliography, and glossary. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about TRAFALGAR NELSON AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121780
Padova, Italy: Libreria Marsilio da Padova, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 144, 58, (6) pages. Text in Italian. List of committee members, introduction, bibliography, black and white plates, index. Engravings of the 16th through the 18th centuries. Price list laid in. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about TRE SECOLI DI INCISIONE DAL '500 A '700
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 125519
Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 2001. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. Exhibition at the National Library of Australia which commenced in 2001. List of sponsors, foreword by Director-General Jan Fullerton. Bibliography and acknowledgments. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about TREASURES FROM THE WORLD'S GREAT LIBRARIES
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 120696
Minneapolis: Vermillion Publications, (1983). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (52) pages. Full color catalogue of the prints they had for sale. READ MORE about VERMILLION PUBLICATIONS, 1978-1983
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 94947
London, UK: Royal Academy of Arts, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 168 pages. Exhibition catalogue spotlighting Victorian Fairy Painting art throughout the years of history. Acknowledgements, foreword, table of contents, list of lenders to the exhibition. This catalogue is filled with color and black & white photographs throughout with great detail on the works. READ MORE about VICTORIAN FAIRY PAINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 125408
(Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Library, 1991). 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Michigan Library, 1991. Lecture invitation laid in. READ MORE about VICTORIAN WRITERS MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY EDITIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131351
London: Sotheby's, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 156, (8) pages. A catalogue (December 2nd) to an auction of rare manuscripts and miniatures. 74 lots. Well illustrated, much in full color. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70303
Amsterdam: de Bifenkorf, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Dutch. A year by year review of 100 years (1885-1985) of Dutch literature. Includes major news events of each year, list of best sellers and biographical sketch of the author of the top seller. Introductory essay by Gerrit Komrij. Black and white illustrations throughout. Afterword by the editors. Index of authors. READ MORE about HET LITERAIR EEUWBOEK: HONDERD JAAR HET BOEK VAN HET JAAR
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 108270
4 volumes, complete set.
London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957. 4to. cloth, spine labels, top edges gilt, leather spine labels, dust jackets. xx, 399; xxi, 428; xiii, 300; xiii, 301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The great reference set of the subject. Jacket..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....
Price: $2,400.00 Order nr. 123769
(Columbus, OH): Ohio State University Press, (1963). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 90, (18) pages. The Ohio State University Libraries Publications No. 1. Edited by Paul J. Kann and Rolland E. Stevens. Preface, introduction, table of contents, lists of reference works and abbreviations. Frontispiece. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE TALFOURD P. LINN COLLECTION OF CERVANTES MATERIALS ON DEPOSIT IN THE OHIO...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131586
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 54 pages. Study of this English publisher and their productions from the 17th century to the later part of the 18th century. Corners bent. READ MORE about NON-CARTOGRAPHICAL MARITIME WORKS PUBLISHED BY MOUNT AND PAGE, A PRELIMINARY HANDLIST
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 33088
New York: Putnam, (1991). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xii, 769 pages. Reprint of the second edition. The successor to Bradley's Book Collector's Handbook of Values, the handbook is completely updated from the 1991 edition. A very important reference guide for any collector, librarian or dealer, this volume helps collectors identify 20,000 first editions and determine their current value. This copy has been signed by both authors on the title page. READ MORE about COLLECTED BOOKS, THE GUIDE TO VALUES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 72215
2 volumes.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994. thick 4to. cloth. xc,719; vii,720-1456 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Introduction by John B. Hench followed by bibliography, chronological listing of titles by years of founding, geographical list of titles, and titles by major religious interests. Also includes an index of editors, publishers, printers, illustrators and engravers. Corner bumped. READ MORE about HISTORY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 72190
Volume I: Works in languages other than English
(Hampshire, England): Scholar Press, (1989). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxviii, 291+(1) pages. Volume I: Works in languages other than English. First volume of the catalogue, which contains books linked to specific English writers or institutions. Each entry includes the author, title, subject-matter, date, place of origin, locations of up to fifteen copies, and notes about the work's publication. Collector-librarian Decherd Turner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Several indexes included at the end of the text..... READ MORE about THE CONTEMPORARY PRINTED LITERATURE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTER-REFORMATION BETWEEN 1558 AND 1640
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 93361
Stockholm: n.p. (Royal Library)), 1912. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 152 pages. Part III, fasc. 1 of the work listed in Besterman 5949. Entries no. 4951-5810 (i.e. 860) of this work. The making and selling of books, and the history thereof. The supplement lists bibliographies, biobibliographies, books on library science and archives, and library catalogues. Concludes with list of corrections and errata. Unopened. Covers detached and missing pieces; backing missing. READ MORE about SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52954
(Madrid): Real Monasterio de el Escorial, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pages 666-710. Text in Spanish. Published in La Ciudad de Dios, CLXXIII, pages 666-710, 1960. Frontispiece. Bibliography of literary works of the Augustinians in the Royal Library of the Escorial in Madrid. Organized by subject. Alphabetical index. Introduction. Black and white plates. Wrappers tearing at spine. Small bookplate on inside front wrapper. READ MORE about LABOR LITERARIA DO LOS AGUSTINOS EN LA REAL BIBLIOTECA DE EL ESCORIAL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108405
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc, (1979). small 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 180 pages. Sixth edition. A selection of bibliographies and reference works which are actually used by modern scholars. Indexed. READ MORE about SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 122874
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. 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: $30.00 Order nr. 56129
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. 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. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97972
Lisboa: Oficinas Gráficas da Biblioteca Nacional, 1923. small 8vo. later cloth. (x), pages 15-158. Text in Portuguese. Former library book in library binding with the original wrappers bound in ( although the front one has come loose and is laid-in) The third in the series - Biblioteca Do Bibliotecário E Do Arquicista. With a bookplate laid-in " from the Reference Library of H.P. Kraus. Oak Knoll Books. MMIII. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA DAS BIBLIOGRAFIAS PORTUGUESAS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 95607
(Ambleside): Freshwater Biological Association, 1979. small 8vo. later pamphlet holder with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 18 pages. Occasional Publication No. 5 issued by the Association. With the ink ignature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 99816
3 volumes.
(London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1960). tall 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edges blue. lxxvi,542,(4); lx,593,(3); lx,593,(3) pages. 3 volumes. Facsimile reprint of the extremely scarce first edition; this facsimile is limited to only 395 sets. Reprints of the first editions of 1877, 1879 and 1885; the complete set of this bibliography of erotic books. (Besterman p. 2055). READ MORE about INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM BEING NOTES BIO- BIBLIO- ICONO- GRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ON CURIOUS AND...
Price: $235.00 Order nr. 91320
Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1962. small 8vo. cloth. 170 pages. First edition. READ MORE about THE CRUSADE, HISTORIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 254
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1994). 4to. cloth. xxviii, 212 pages. University of California Publications: Catalogues and Bibliographies, Volume 11. Table of contents, foreword by Alan Dundas, preface and acknowledgments, introduction, list of abbreviations, index. Arranged alphabetically by author. READ MORE about ARMENIAN FOLKLORE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119556
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, (1962). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 148 pages. Sixth edition. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about FACTS AND HOW TO FIND THEM, A GUIDE TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND TO THE METHOD OF SYSTEMATIC...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 79921
