Bruce, H.A.

FIRST REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS.

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1870. 4to. original cloth. xiv, 133+(1) pages. Report of a royal commission to collect, catalogue, and preserve manuscripts of historical importance. Includes the commission of Queen Victoria, the commission's report. Includes appendices related to England, Scotland, and Ireland. Appendices include detailed descriptive information about each manuscript. Endpapers tanned. Bookplate on front pastedown and previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about FIRST REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116361

Brunet, Jacques-Charles.

MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES. With MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES. SUPPLEMENT.

8 volumes.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1860-1880. thick 8vo. quarter calf with pebbled cloth-covered boards, top edges gilt. Thousands of pages. 8 volumes. First edition of the fifth and best edition of the main work and first editions of the other two supplemental volumes. The inner hinges of volume one have clear tape reinforcement. Light rubbing of covers. Well preserved set. READ MORE about MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES. With MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES....

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Brussel, I. R.

ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS EAST TO WEST. with ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS WEST TO EAST.

2 Volumes.
London, England: Constable & Co., 1935-6. 8vo. quarter parchment, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. xvi, 170; xxxii, 131+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Nos. IX and X in the Bibliographia series, edited by Michael Sadleir. No. IX with introduction by Graham Pollard; No. X with introduction by Lord Esher. Each volume with editor's note, table of contents, and index. "West to East" and "East to West." Discussions of actual first editions..... READ MORE about ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS EAST TO WEST. with ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS WEST TO EAST

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Brussel, IR.

ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, 1826-1900, EAST TO WEST DESCRIBING FIRST EDITIONS OF ENGLISH AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BEFORE THEIR PUBLICATION IN ENGLAND.

With an Introduction by Graham Pollard.
London: Constable & Co., 1935. 8vo. parchment backed marbled boards. xvi, 170 pages. With an Introduction by Graham Pollard. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Volume IX of Michael Sadleir`s important Bibliographia Series. With bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. and a presentation from Brussel to Adams on the half-title. Covers rubbed with some wear at spine ends. READ MORE about ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, 1826-1900, EAST TO WEST DESCRIBING FIRST EDITIONS OF ENGLISH...

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Buchheim, Günther108839.

A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ICONES PLANTARUM SPONTE NASCENTIUM IN REGNIS DANIAE ET NORVEGIAE, BETTER KNOWN AS FLORA DANICA.

(Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botannical Documentation, Carneigie-Mellon University), 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers bound in library binding. pp. 161-178. Bibliographical account of Flora Danica, first published 1762, the first attempt to publish a comprehensive listing of the flora within the kingdom of Denmark (which then included Norway). Reprint from Huntia 3(3), 1979. Black and white illustrations of title pages of various editions. Listing of abbreviaitons and of references cited. Presentation from author to collector Gavin..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ICONES PLANTARUM SPONTE NASCENTIUM IN REGNIS DANIAE ET NORVEGIAE,...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108819

Burg, Fritz.

DIE CAPSA AMBROSII DER FRÜHEREN KOPENHAGENER UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK.

Der zwölften Versammlung Deutscher Bibliothekare
Hamburg: Hamburger Stadtbibliothek, 1911. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 89+(1) pages plus fold-out chart. Der zwölften Versammlung Deutscher Bibliothekare. Includes large fold-out chart at the back. This copy shows minor wear and soiling. The wrappers have darkened irregularly. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about DIE CAPSA AMBROSII DER FRÜHEREN KOPENHAGENER UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK

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Cagle, William R. and Matthew J. Bruccoli (editors).

150 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY.

Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library, Indiana University, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 75+(1) pages. Exhibition at the Lilly Library of the development of American short story literature. Acknowledgments, introduction, index of authors and titles. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about 150 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY

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Cameron, William J. and Brian J. McMullin, Joginder K. Sood.

THE HPB PROJECT: PHASE II, DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT IN CREATING A COMPUTERIZED CUMULATIVE SHORT-TITLE CATALOG OF HAND-PRINTED BOOKS LEADING TO A UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS PRINTED 1453-1800.

London, Canada: University of Western Ontario, 1970. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 165 pages. With chapters on "Principles of Short-Title Cataloging", "Computerizing a Short-Title Catalog", "Using the Computerized Short-Title Catalog", and "Research and Development". Contains variously numbered entries. Laid-in is a letter to Bridson by William J. Cameron, asking him for his comments and criticism of the book. Minor wear. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front cover. READ MORE about THE HPB PROJECT: PHASE II, DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT IN CREATING A COMPUTERIZED CUMULATIVE...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 102154

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

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Cappon, Lester J.

AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL PERIODICALS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL FINDING-LIST.

New York: New York Public Library, 1962. 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages. Lists over 100 periodicals. READ MORE about AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL PERIODICALS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL FINDING-LIST

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Carlton, William J.

BIBLIOTHECA PEPYSIANA, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1940. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, (i), 124, (2) pages. Issued as Part IV., Shorthand Books with Biographical and Bibliographical Notes, in the series on Bibliotheca Pepysiana. But for Pepys' expert knowledge of shorthand, probably learned during his time at Cambridge, the diary as we know it could never have been written. A list of over twenty authors and their works on shorthand, with biographical and bibliographical notes. Jacket chipped..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PEPYSIANA, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS

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Carter, John.

VICTORIAN FICTION, AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS AT 7 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON ... ARRANGED BY JOHN CARTER WITH THE COLLABORATION OF MICHAEL SADLEIR.

N.P. National Book League, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 50 pages followed by 16 plates. First edition, one of the hardbound copies issued with 16 plates. Foreword and introduction by Carter. Many unsigned notes by Sadleir. An important catalogue. Some fading of jacket spine. READ MORE about VICTORIAN FICTION, AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS AT 7 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON ... ARRANGED...

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Castronova, Frank V. (editor).

BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX.

2 Volumes.
Detroit, MI: The Gale Group, 2000. 4to. paper-covered boards. xx, 840; xviii, 853+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Part of the Gale Biographical Index Series. More than 300,000 biographical sketches in 90 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. User's guide, bibliographic key to source codes. Ex-library copy with markings. Pencil notations in key to source codes. Pages 815-26 of first volume loose. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX

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