Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1929. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.182-193. In The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1929, Vol. 145, No.2 (Fleck E.48). Appeared in A TOURIST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. READ MORE about "A TOURIST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. IN JERUSALEM."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15311
(Prague: Th. Venty, 1918). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with text block loosely inserted. 25+(1) pages. Limited to 225 numbered copies. (Arno Sáñka I, 98). Text in Czech. Translated from French by Jarmil Krecar. Nodier (1780-1844) was a French Romantic writer. Biblioman first printed in Le Livre des Cent-et-Un, published in Paris 1831. Engraved frontispiece portrait by G. Staal. Unopened. Wrappers and pages bent at bottom corner. READ MORE about BIBLIOMAN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 107571
Boston: The Boston Athenaeum, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. The first catalogue of manuscripts from the Boston Athenaeum. These manuscripts have been used by authors researching ambience and backdrop for historical fiction and also have been consulted by researchers investigating specific topics such as the history of the Boston Society of Architects, the naval aspects of the War of 1812 and biographical research. Indexed. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 56638
Copenhaven: Forening for Boghandvaerk [Association for Book Craft], 1960. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. 112, (4) pages. Basic information on many things: paper, type, title pages, text pages, citations, margins, colophons, types of text (poetry, etc.), illustrations, etc. With bibliography. Backing lightly browned. READ MORE about TYPOGRAFISK ABC FOR BOGVENNER
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 51403
Prague: Vlastnim Nakladem, 1928-1929. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. (Arno Sáñka III, 2124). Text in Czech. Czech bibliophile's magazine, Volume VI, Nos. 1-6. Listings of new publications, Articles about authors and publishers. Listing of contents. Various advertising leaflets laid in. Wrappers torn at edges and spine, and fading. Pages separating. READ MORE about VITRINKA NA KRÁSNÉ KNIHY, VAZBY A JINÉ HEZKÉ VECI
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 107605
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N.P. (Stockholm?): Bokvännerna ([Society of?] Bibliophiles), 1958. 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 198+(1), (2) pages. Limited to 600 copies. 103 poems by 85 poets, in Swedish or translated into Swedish, having to do with books (libraries, collectors, etc.). Index. Bibliophile's Library no. 40. READ MORE about BOKEN I DIKTEN, EN ANTOLOGI [THE BOOK IN THE POEM, AN ANTHOLOGY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 52939
Malmo: Allhems Forlag, 1962. square 8vo. parchment-backed boards. 148, (6) pages. History of the various libraries housed in the Royal Palace in Sweden with emphasis on the collecting of Gustaf Adolf VI. 96 illustrations and 6 colorplates. Summary in English. READ MORE about KUNGENS BOCKER ETT REPORTAGE OM GUSTAF VI ADOLFS PRIVATA BIBLIOTEK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1528
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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 290, (2). First Edition. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecturns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved, but..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 72679
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 290, (2). First edition, paperback. The ways in which the housing of books evolved, from the scroll, to the codex, to the volume we are used to. The author takes us into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 75501
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
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
