N.P. n.p., 1970. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrpapers. 30 pages. Reprinted from the Yale University Library Gazette, Volume 44, Number 3, January 1970. Illustrated. Includes a tipped-in bookplate of the Osborn Collection on inside front cover. READ MORE about THE OSBORN COLLECTION: A BIENNIAL PROGRESS REPORT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 94880
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1974). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 178 pages. A fascinating book about some of the curious items collectors have acquired. It includes a survey of many treasures bought and sold throughout history including the prices. Jacket spine slightly faded with wrinkling along bottom edge of back cover. READ MORE about A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RELICS AND MEMORABILIA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 55953
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Historical Society, 1943. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 109-120. An article in "Cambridge Historical Society Publications, Volume 28, Proceedings for the Year 1942. Covers soiled. READ MORE about "THE CENTENARY OF THE CAMBRIDGE BOOK CLUB."
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102139
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 298 pages. First edition. With 42 illustrations. Another in a series of excellent books on books by Pearson. Jacket worn with pieces missing at spine ends and internal tape repairs. READ MORE about QUEER BOOKS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 24505
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth. xii, 213 pages. Reprint of the 1923 first edition. Twelve chapters for the bookcollector including one on Bookshops and two on The Literary Hoax. Private ownership stamp embossed on half-title. READ MORE about BOOKS IN BLACK OR RED
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3161
Hanover: University Press of New England, (1988). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 208 pages. Essays on a selection of favorite books chosen by the author, which include sixteen novels, five memoirs, four books of short stories and four of essays, a diary, a volume of letters written to an English knight, a book of animal stories, a science fiction novella, and a book of fables. Front corner bumped. READ MORE about A READER'S DELIGHT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 60976
Hanover: University Press of New England, (1988). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 208 pages. Reprint of first edition. Essays on a selection of favorite books chosen by the author, which include sixteen novels, five memoirs, four books of short stories and four of essays, a diary, a volume of letters written to an English knight, a book of animal stories, a science fiction novella, and a book of fables. Front corner bumped. READ MORE about A READER'S DELIGHT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 122873
New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1975. 8vo. cloth. vi, 169 pages. Fifth edition, revised. (Brenni no. 28) Many binding terms defined. Ink ownership inscription on half-title. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S GLOSSARY, FIFTH EDITION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20545
New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 223 pages. Sixth edition, revised. (Brenni no. 28) 1800 terms are defined with 300 new terms added, 50 deleted and 500 revised in light of new information. Many binding terms defined. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S GLOSSARY, SIXTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 126659
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1968. 12mo. marbled paper wrappers, paper label. (vi), 25 pages. Being an address before the Caxton Club. READ MORE about SIX STUNNING PARADOXES; OR THE PRESENT DISADVANTAGES OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 9941
N.P. (Stockholm): n.p. (Society of Bibliophiles, 1968. small 8vo. quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. 119+(1) pages. Limited to 700 copies. Owners are episodes in the lives of their books. Pleijel discusses nine books in his library with regard to their method of acquisition, prior history, and interesting or odd earlier owners, for ex., the old soldier who used a rare 1530 imprint for regular devotional reading. With several illustrations. READ MORE about BOCKER OCH MANNISKOODEN, MINNAN FRAN ETT HALVSEKELS FYND OCH FORSKNINGA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52855
København: Forening for Boghaandværk, 1957. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 158, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 200 copies. This study is devoted to Danish book collecting in the nineteenth century. Portraits of prominent book collectors illustrated in black-and-white. Indexed. In Danish. Covers faded. READ MORE about DANSKE BOGSAMLERE I DET NITTENDE ARHUNDREDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61584
New York: Columbia University Libraries, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 104 pages. First edition. The memoirs of George Arthur Plimpton, publisher and collector, told by and edited his daughter-in-law Pauline Plimpton. The foreword is by his grandson George Plimpton. Illustrated with photographs taken throughout his life. Wear along spine. READ MORE about A COLLECTOR'S RECOLLECTIONS, GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 60650
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 395, (5) pages. First edition. This exhibition Catalogue features nineteenth and twentieth century book illustrations. The 1982 exhibition in Berlin was sponsored by the Kunstbibliothek in association with the Museum für Architektur, Modebild, und Grafik-Design. The Catalogue, written by Klaus Popitz with the assistance of other writers such as Horst Ludwig, is divided thematically. Each chapter contains an essay followed by illustrated Catalogue entries. Topics include "Don..... READ MORE about VON ODYSSEUS BIS FELIX KRULL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61585
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1952). tall 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.267-272. Offprint from the American Library Association's Bulletin, September, 1952. With a portrait of Powell. READ MORE about THE ALCHEMY OF BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 16027
Tucson: El Signo de los Arboles Caidos, 1982. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 21, (3) pages. Printed by Richard Hoffman and issued for the friends of Fay and Larry Powell at New Year's. READ MORE about FAREWELL TO THE ENCINAL
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 44116
8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages. Reprinted from the Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, December, 1958. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about THE SENSE OF THE PAST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 16028
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1986. 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 111 pages. Powell's trip to Paris reveals some personal aspects of his agricultural scientist father who he barely knew. Signed by the author. READ MORE about PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35941
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1986. 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 111 pages. Powell's trip to Paris reveals some personal aspects of his agricultural scientist father who he barely knew. READ MORE about PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 97770
2 volumes.
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1974. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xx,(ii),808; xii,(ii),774 pages. 2 volumes. Twelfth edition. A reference guide to books with book and author information designed to aid the reading public, students, booksellers, librarian and publishers. Lists hundreds of titles. Covers fiction and drama. READ MORE about THE READER'S ADVISER, A GUIDE TO THE BEST IN LITERATURE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 123250
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated with pictures of the author's book collection. Sections on points and pitfalls, collecting novels, travel, science, medicine, early children's books, etc. With a glossary of terms. READ MORE about THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10074
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated with pictures of the author's book collection. Sections on points and pitfalls, collecting novels, travel, science, medicine, early children's books, etc. With a glossary of terms. Bookplate. READ MORE about THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF BOOKS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 70295
N.P. n.p., 1972. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 142 pages. Written in German. With an introduction and index. Contains 570 entries, and several black-and-white plates throughout. Some wear and soiling on covers. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about BAROCKE BÜCHERLUST, AUS DEN SAMMLUNGEN DER HERZOG AUGUST BIBLIOTHEK WOLFENBÜTTEL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101516
(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, 2005). thick 8vo. cloth. lx, 718 pages. Reprint of the second revised, corrected and expanded edition published in Paris in 1924 by Francisque Lefrançois, Libraire de la Sociéte des Bibliophiles françois (Besterman 912). Bibliophiles desiring to collect could, at one time, turn to such publications as this. Books sought ("recherchés") for collecting are divided into three lists: those sought "for the text," sought "for the illustrations," and those "interesting from the..... READ MORE about LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'AMATEUR, GUIDE SOMMAIRE A TRAVERS LES LIVRES LE PLUS ESTIMÉS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 88569
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A look at bookselling and collecting. Creased at one point. READ MORE about THE RARE BOOK WORLD TODAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8335
