Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1903. 12mo. paper wrappers. (iv), 153, (3) pages. Second edition. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Wrappers chipped, torn, and partially detached. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49459
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1910. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 156, 32, (2) pages. Third edition, revised. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Front cover spotted. Light foxing of early pages. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 49611
New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, (4), 286 pages. First edition. A collector's guide to the world of prints. With chapters devoted to what to collect, and famous collectors and collections. Authored by the curator of prints at the New York Public Library. Jacket torn with small loss. READ MORE about THE QUEST OF THE PRINT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 43723
New York: Coward-McCann, (1947). 8vo. cloth. xii, 308 pages. First edition. Facts for collectors, with chapters on various areas of literature. Talks of his Robert Frost collection. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about THE MIND ON THE WING, A BOOK FOR READERS AND COLLECTORS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 55529
London: George Allen, 1898. small 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 275 pages. First edition. Part of the Library Series edited by R. Garnett. Chapters on Sellers of Books, Auction sales in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and others. Covers spotted; wear at head of spine. READ MORE about THE PRICES OF BOOKS, AN INQUIRY INTO THE CHANGES IN THE PRICE OF BOOKS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16128
London: George Allen, 1898. small 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 275 pages. First edition. Part of the Library Series edited by R. Garnett. Chapters on Sellers of Books, Auction sales in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and others. Light cover rubbing. Bookplate. READ MORE about PRICES OF BOOKS, AN INQUIRY INTO THE CHANGES IN THE PRICE OF BOOKS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ENGLAND...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 20267
London: Elkin Mathews, 1927. 8vo. later quarter calf with blue cloth covered boards. (viii), 171 pages. First edition. (Webber p.129). "A great deal of practical information and suggestions which will prove of value to even the most experienced collector." From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Obviously a binding project as the book block is bound in upside down and the lettering is not well executed. Covers faded..... READ MORE about THE ELEMENTS OF BOOK-COLLECTING
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 52264
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1921. 16mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (viii), 83+(1) pages. Table of contents. Ex-library, with markings. Clippings pasted to front free endpaper. Spine label chipped. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about BIBLIOPHILY OR BOOKLOVE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130656
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xi+(i), 463 pages. First edition. An autobiography by Francis Wilson who was known as a great comedian, and a collector of books, and friend of Eugene Field. In this book he describes his remarkable career with delightful and entertaining stories. It is illustrated with several black-and-white photographs of himself, family and friends. Indexed. The dust jacket is yellow with several tears and..... READ MORE about FRANCIS WILSON'S LIFE OF HIMSELF
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 65341
New York: Fordham University Press, 1956. 8vo. paper wrappers. Offprint from Traditio, Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought and Religion, 1956, pages 460-555. A wide-ranging investigation into the problems of manuscript cataloging, aimed at the professional librarians and historians who acquire collections of manuscripts, and have had little experiennce or training in cataloguing this type of material. Three appendices deal with the more unusual problems and terminologies encountered. Name in pencil in corner of..... READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT CATALOGING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45245
Englewood, Colorado: Information Handling Services, (1978). 8vo. cloth. x, 406 pages. First edition. Twenty-eight chapters on various aspects of the book. Includes a chapter on The Alphabet by Warren Chappell, two chapters on bookbindings, and an article on the invention of printing by Fuhrmann. Review copy with slip inserted along with a T.L.s. from the author to the potential reviewer. READ MORE about READER IN THE HISTORY OF BOOKS AND PRINTING
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 105098
New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1926. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xii, 206, (6) pages. Second impression. Divided into two major sections: The Quarry and The Chase. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING
Price: $8.50 Order nr. 37388
New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1935. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 265 pages. Revised edition. Jacket has piece missing at head of spine and wrinkling in corner of front cover. READ MORE about A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 128063
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1939. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 241 pages. Stories about PARADISE LOST, WAVERLEY, MOBY-DICK, UNCLE REMUS, WALDEN, LITTLE WOMEN, etc. Jacket has small pieces missing at spine ends. READ MORE about TWENTY-THREE BOOKS & THE STORIES BEHIND THEM
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 73609
Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1928. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Variously paginated. The complete run of volume 20, nos. 1-6 (1928) in 6 issues. This German periodical contains essays relating to all aspects of the book arts. Topics range from the care and cultivation of book collections to reviews of newly published books. Issues are indexed and illustrated in black-and-white. Some yellowing of covers. READ MORE about ZEITSCHRIFT FUR BUCHERFREUNDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61818
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Reprinted from the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current AcquisitionsVol.3, No.1, October 1945. Humorous title but an important statement about the book. Covers soiled. READ MORE about THE CHIEF END OF BOOK MADNESS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 10954
Wien: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages followed by 20 plates and 12 pages of advertisements. Discussion of three 18th century bibliophiles, Prinz Eugen von Savoyen, Georg Wilhelm von Hobendorf, and Antonio Folch de Cardona. Exhibition of 152 books out of their libraries. READ MORE about GROSSE BIBLIOPHILE DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 38404
Katalog der Ausstellung aus Anlaß des 25jährigen Dienstjubiläums des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick
Wien: H. Bauer-Verlag, 1948. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), xiii, (iv), 126 pages followed by plates. Katalog der Ausstellung aus Anlaß des 25jährigen Dienstjubiläums des Generaldirektors Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Bick. The exterior of this copy is moderately soiled and shows minor wear. The lower fore-edge corner of the front wrapper has been folded, and the stiff paper is cracked on the inner surface. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference..... READ MORE about 25 JAHRE NEUERWERBUNGEN DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK, 1923-1948
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91249
Paris: Association Internationale de Bibliophile, 1991. small 8vo. cloth-covered slipcase, 11 stiff covered wrappers, paper covered folder. Guidebook from the International Conference of the AIB, held in Torino, Italy. Includes eleven pamphlets recording the events, activities and agenda of the conference. READ MORE about XVIIe CONGRES DE L'ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE BIBLIOPHILIE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 70652
8 (of 11) volumes.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1965-1989. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 8 (of 11) volumes. Lacking parts 9, 10, 11. Includes Abbey's bindings and illuminated manuscripts. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...
Price: $251.00 Order nr. 60844
Cambridge: Cambridge University Library, 1902. small 8vo. cloth-backed paper covered boards. (vi), 203 pages. With a one page introduction by "F.J." (Francis Jenkinson). Very scarce. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY PRINTED AND OTHER BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO THE LIBRARY BY JOHN...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 114996
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (2001). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. viii, (iv), 788 pages. Revised edition of the 1998 price handbook with up-to-date values for more than 20,000 first and important collected editions. The largest and most comprehensive single-volume guide to current market values of collectible books in the United States,Collected Books is used by most book dealers and serious collectors in the country. It explains how to identify first editions..... READ MORE about COLLECTED BOOKS, THE GUIDE TO VALUES, 2002 EDITION
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 64781
New York: The Bradford Club, 1864. large 8vo. unbound, top edge gilt. Frontispiece; (ii), 39 pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies. A private printing by the Bradford Club of New York commemorating the life and death, and the sale of the library of the book collector John Allan (1777-1863). Allan specialized in works of R. Burns and Dibdin, American history, and extra-illustrated works. The 1860 work, Private Libraries of New York, by James Wynne mentions..... READ MORE about MEMORIAL OF JOHN ALLAN
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 128318
Chicago: W.B. Thorsen, 1956-1970. 4to. self paper wrappers. Price is per issue. Issues Available: Vol. 6 - #10 (1); Vol. 13 - #4 (1), #5 (1), #6 (1), #7 (1), #8 (1), #9 (1); Vol. 14 - #1 (1), #2 (1), #3 (1), #4 (1), #5 (1), #6 (1), #7 (1), #8 (1), #9 (2), #10 (1); Vol. 15 - #1 (1), #2 (1), #3 (2), #4 (1), #5 (3), #6 (2), #7 (2), #8..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR (THE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 42091
Ossining, NY: William Burton, 1980-1987. small 4to. paper wrappers. For each issue:. The following odd issues are available: Vol 1: 1(2), 2, 3(2), 5(3), 6(3); Vol 2: 1(3), 2(2), 3(4), 4(2), 5(2), 6(2); Vol 3: 1(2), 2(4), 3(2), 4, 5(3), 6; Vol 4: 1(2), 2(2), 3(3), 4(2), 5(3), 6(2); Vol 5: 1(4), 2(5), 3, 4, 5(2); Vol 6: 2, 3, 4(3), 5(2), 6; Vol 7: 1(5), 2(4), 3(7), 4(5), 5(2), 6(4), 7(4), 8(2), 9(4), 10(4)..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR, NEW SERIES
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 30368
