Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, (1945). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. First Swedish edition of Anatole France's Bibliophilie orginally printed in French (1926). A treatise on book collectiong and bibliophiles. The introduction and notes are by Grete Jacobsen and have been taken from the Danish Bogvennerne(1929). Illustrations by Karen Jacobsen. Pages unopened. READ MORE about BOKVÄNNERNA
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 63330
Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1925. 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 36, (4) pages. Offers guidance to book-lovers on compiling a Catalogue. Spine covering partially missing with the rest detached. READ MORE about DER KATALOG DES BUCHLIEBHABERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48645
Monaco: Éditions du Rocher, 1962. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages. 297, (5) pages. First edition. An investigation into the sources of creative inspiration. Discussion of the aesthetics of modern art in relation to science and spirituality. Furstenberg was an avid book collector and part of his collection now resides in the Bibliothèque Nationale. READ MORE about LES SOURCES DE LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE JEU ET RÉALITÉ DES ARTS MODERNES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 74169
Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1979. 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 159+(1) pages. Text in Russian. History of bibliophilia in Russia. Black and white illustrations throughout. Glossary of terms, listing of recommended readings, and table of contents. Decorated pastedowns and free endpapers. Ink inscription on inside free endpaper. Some notations in text. READ MORE about V STRANE KNIGOLIUBOV (IN THE WORLD OF BIBLIOPHILES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 108098
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth. viii, 402 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Many chapters including ones on A Great American Library, The Daniel Press, Izaak Walton's Adopted Son and Matthew Arnold. READ MORE about MORE BOOKS ON THE TABLE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 61180
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1935. 8vo. cloth. xii, 715 pages. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. (Webber p.74). Covers rubbed and faded with crease in front cover. Endpapers yellowed. READ MORE about BOOKMAN'S MANUAL, A GUIDE TO LITERATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 25602
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1928. 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 635 pages. Third edition, revised and enlarged. (Webber p.74). Minor rubbing of covers. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S MANUAL, A GUIDE TO LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 76383
New York: Privately printed, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers enclosed in outer wrapper and slipcase. (4), 10 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from Bouillabaise for Bibliophiles. Limited to 568 numbered and signed copies. Story of the restoration of the famous Diaz manuscript. Designed by John DePol. Presentation from Grauer to Ben Lieberman on a separately enclosed card. Slipcase faded. READ MORE about HOW BERNAL DIAZ'S "TRUE HISTORY" WAS REBORN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 13445
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2007). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 319 pages. First edition. A collection of eleven essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes Keri Berg on "Contesting the Page: The Author and the Illustrator in France, 1830-1848," Matthew Fishburn on "Books are Weapons: Wartime Responses to Nazi Bookfires of 1933," and Cynthia Brokaw and Christopher Reed on book history in China. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 10
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114852
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2008). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 327+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of twelve essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes Nicole Howard's "Marketing Longitude: Clocks, Kings, Courtiers, and Christiaan Huygens," Ross Alloway's "Cadell and the Crash," and Trysh Travis's "The Women in Print Movement: History and Implications." READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 11
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105119
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2010). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 327+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of ten essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes Charlotte Eubank's "Circumambulatory Reading: Revolving Sutra Libraries," Spencer D. C. Keralis's "Pictures of Charlotte: The Illustrated Charlotte Temple and Her Readers," and Greg Barnhisel's "Cold Warriors of the Book: American book Programs in 1950's." READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 13
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109474
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. 8vo. cloth. xii, 306, (2) pages. First edition. A collection of essays by various authors, related to the history of written communication. Includes twelve essays including "Geographic Information systems: A New Research Method for Book History," "The Market Value of Memory: Popular war Histories and the Northern Literary Marketplace, 1861-1868," "Forbidden Topics: Early Soviet Censorship Directives," and more. Includes an introduction by the editors. Bookplate. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME I
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57224
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (2001). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 373, (3) pages. First edition. A collection of twelve essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes "London Publishing, 1640-1660" by John Barnard, "Caxtons of the North: Mid-Nineteenth-Century Arctic Shipboard Printing" by Elaine Hoag, and "Booksellers and Bestsellers: British Book Sales as Documented by The Bookman1891-1906" by Troy J. Bassett and Christina M. Walter. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 4
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 69792
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). oblong 8vo. printed paper over boards. (iv), (124) pages. First edition, later printing. An amusing publication, in which some of America's top cartoonists interpret the world of books and publishing. READ MORE about BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS A HILARIOUS COLLECTION OF LITERARY CARTOONS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 29834
München: Kindler Verlag, 1963. 12mo. paper wrappers. 156, (8) pages. The autobiography of art collector Peggy Guggenheim. READ MORE about VON KUNST BESESSEN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48992
Offenbach am Main: Wilhelm Kumm Verlag, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of essays that shows the multifariousness of the scientific and literary work of Hans Adolf Halbey. Contains sections on the art of the book, illustration, satire, prose, lyric, and children's poetry. Presentation from author on verso of half-title. READ MORE about IM WEITEN FELD DER BUCHKUNST, AUFSATZE, ESSAYS, SATIREN, GEDICHTE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 55604
Offenbach am Main: Wilhelm Kumm Verlag, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of essays that shows the multifariousness of the scientific and literary work of Hans Adolf Halbey. Contains sections on the art of the book, illustration, satire, prose, lyric, and children's poetry. A few marks in red at top of front cover. READ MORE about IM WEITEN FELD DER BUCHKUNST, AUFSATZE, ESSAYS, SATIREN, GEDICHTE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114987
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1976). 8vo. imitation leather, dust jacket. 271 pages. Arranged as a glossary; filled with valuable information for the collector and the dealer. Includes bookbinding terms. Minor rubbing of jacket. READ MORE about THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S FACT BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6475
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 351, (3) pages. First edition, near fine. And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books. READ MORE about CASANOVA WAS A BOOK LOVER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 101173
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. xiii, 438, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1912 first edition. Collection of studies in general literature, libraries and authors including Homer. READ MORE about AMONG MY BOOKS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 61177
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. Contains book projects, quizzes, short plays, etc. Jacket spotted. READ MORE about WHAT BOOK IS THAT? FUN WITH BOOKS AT HOME-AT SCHOOL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27310
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Stockholm: Trevi, 1975. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 149 pages. Guide to book clubs in Europe and the US, with a list of clubs by country, a list of Swedish bestsellers, 1924-1974, and a bibliography. Presentation to "Sigfred" [i.e. Taubert], signed by author on half-title page. Light soiling. READ MORE about VÄRLDENS STÖRSTA KLUBB - BOKKLUBBARNA [THE WORLD'S LARGEST CLUB
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 52953
(Stockholm): Sällskapet Bovännerna, (1961). large 12mo. paper-covered boards. 43, (4) pages. First edition. A short study of literature from around the world. This is publication 16 in the Bokvännens Småskrifter series. In Swedish. READ MORE about ETT VÄRLDS-BIBLIOTEK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63352
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 15 pages. Reprinted from the Book Collector, Summer 1958. Illustrated with five plates. A collector describes his collection. READ MORE about COLLECTION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9105
Gottingen: Wallstein Verlag, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109 pages. First edition. catalogue of an exhibition of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. This writer and teacher was also a great bibliophile who was fascinated with English life and letters. He was also obsessed with John Baskerville and this catalogue includes several books printed by Baskerville. Illustrated. READ MORE about LICHTENBERGS BUCHERWELT, EIN BUCHERFREUND UND BENUTZER DER GOTTINGER BIBLIOTHEK. KATALOG DER...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30450
