Mumey, Nolie.

A STUDY OF RARE BOOKS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COLOPHONS, PRESS DEVICES AND TITLE PAGES OF INTEREST TO THE BIBLIOPHILE AND THE STUDENT OF LITERATURE.

Denver: The Clason Publishing Co., 1930. thick 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover and spine labels. xi, 572 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies. Contains three major sections: History of Books, Printers, Colophons; Press devices; and Aids to Identification of rare books. Profusely illustrated. Covers toned with abrased marks along top of front cover. Private ownership inscription in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about A STUDY OF RARE BOOKS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COLOPHONS, PRESS DEVICES AND TITLE PAGES OF...

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 87150

Munby, A.N.L.

PHILLIPPS STUDIES NO. 2. THE FAMILY AFFAIRS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS.

5 volumes.
Cambridge: University Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, xiii+(i), 119 pages. 5 volumes. Volume 2 of this 5 volume set. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about PHILLIPPS STUDIES NO. 2. THE FAMILY AFFAIRS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 87187

Murray, Charles Fairfax.

CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX-MURRAY.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2000). tall 8vo. cloth. 401 pages. Reprint of the 1899 first edition, which was printed in only 100 copies in London (not in Besterman). This extremely rare catalogue of early printed books is the most elusive of the catalogues of the Fairfax-Murray Collection. Contains many books pertaining to Italy. Descriptions of 2382 books. READ MORE about CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX-MURRAY

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58105

Newton, A. Edward.

" ARE COMPARISONS ODIOUS? "

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1924. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.300-309. In the Atlantic Monthly, September, 1924, Vol. 134, No.3 (Fleck E.22). Appeared in THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD. READ MORE about " ARE COMPARISONS ODIOUS? "

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15285

Newton, A. Edward.

"THE COURSE OF EMPIRE."

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1932. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.293-304. In The Atlantic Monthly, September, 1932, Vol.150, No.3. Appeared in DERBY DAY AND OTHER ADVENTURES (Fleck E.38). READ MORE about "THE COURSE OF EMPIRE."

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15323

Newton, A. Edward.

DERBY DAY AND OTHER ADVENTURES.

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth. xii, 351 pages. Reprint of the first edition (Fleck A.36.D). Identical with the first edition with the following exceptions: The frontispiece has been printed on the verso of the half-title thus eliminating the list of Newton's writings; frontispiece is in black-and-white; title page and copyright page have been altered; four blank pages at the end. READ MORE about DERBY DAY AND OTHER ADVENTURES

Price: $5.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14928

Newton, A. Edward.

EDWIN FORREST AND HIS NOBLE CREATION.

Philadelphia: Managers of the Edwin Forrest Home, 1928. small 8vo. blue paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12 pages. First edition (Fleck A.16). Forrest was a noted American actor. Newton was a manager of the Edwin Forrest Home. READ MORE about EDWIN FORREST AND HIS NOBLE CREATION

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Newton, A. Edward.

"THE GRAND NATIONAL.."

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1933. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.257-264. In The Atlantic Monthly, September, 1933, Vol.152, No.3 (Fleck E.62). Appeared in DERBY DAY AND OTHER ADVENTURES. READ MORE about "THE GRAND NATIONAL.."

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15327

Newton, A. Edward.

" HOUSE-HUNTING IN LONDON."

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1926. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.28-36. In the Atlantic Monthly, July, 1926, Vol. 138, No.1 (Fleck E.28). Appeared in HIS BOOK COLLECTING GAME. READ MORE about " HOUSE-HUNTING IN LONDON."

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15293

Newton, A. Edward.

" LONDON IN THE EIGHTEEN-EIGHTIES."

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1924. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.298-309. In the Atlantic Monthly, March, 1924, Vol. 133, No.3 (Fleck E.20). Appeared in THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD. Wrappers chipped. READ MORE about " LONDON IN THE EIGHTEEN-EIGHTIES."

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15283

Newton, A. Edward.

A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1921). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. xxii, 267 pages. First edition, first impression (Fleck A.6.A.1b). Twelve essays of interest to the book collector accompanied by 72 illustrations of which 21 are in the text and 51 are separate plates not counted in the pagination. 4000 copies were released in September 1921 and sold for $4.00. Has three errors in the list of illustrations and type damage on page 160..... READ MORE about A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 72724

Newton, A. Edward.

"A RIDICULOUS PHILOSOPHER."

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1917. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.382-390. In the Atlantic Monthly, September 1917, Vol. 120, No.3 (Fleck E.3). Appeared as a Christmas greeting in 1913 and later as a chapter in THE AMENITIES OF BOOK COLLECTING. On William Godwin. Wrappers chipped. READ MORE about "A RIDICULOUS PHILOSOPHER."

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15267

Newton, A. Edward.

Suppressed plate from A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR.

19.7 x 13.4 cm. Single sheet framed behind glass. This plate was suppressed by the publisher from Newton's book as being too indicative of Newton's opinion of Woodrow Wilson.This is the state with 7 lines of text under the caricature of Wilson (Fleck A.6.A.1b). READ MORE about Suppressed plate from A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11442