Billings, John S.

CIRCULAR NO. 4. REPORT ON BARRACKS AND HOSPITALS WITH DESCRIPTION OF MILITARY POSTS BY JOHN S. BILLINGS AND CHAPTER ON "ARROW WOUNDS" FROM CIRCULAR NO. 3. REPORT OF SURGICAL CASES TREATED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

(New York): Sol Lewis, 1974. 4to. cloth. xxxiii, 494, 20 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies. Preface by John M. Carroll. Introduction by Colonel Herbert M. Hart. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, floor plans, a map and facsimiles. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CIRCULAR NO. 4. REPORT ON BARRACKS AND HOSPITALS WITH DESCRIPTION OF MILITARY POSTS BY JOHN S....

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136137

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120383

(Blanck, Jacob). Stoddard, Roger E.

JACOB NATHANIEL BLANCK (CALIBAN BOCK; CONRAD KIMBALL; J.C.L) 1906-1974 A LIST COMPILED BY R.

N.P. n.p., 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, stapled, with addenda slip stapled to back cover. pp.5-12. Limited to 200 copies. Reprinted from AB Bookman's Yearbook. Bibliography of books, book contributions, pamphlets and offprints for some periodical contributions by J.N. Blanck, an associate of Merle Johnson, bibliographer, writer, and frequent contributor to bibliographic and antiquarian publications. READ MORE about JACOB NATHANIEL BLANCK (CALIBAN BOCK; CONRAD KIMBALL; J.C.L) 1906-1974 A LIST COMPILED BY R

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 54727

Block, Andrew.

KEY BOOKS OF BRITISH AUTHORS 1600-1932.

London: D. Archer, 1933. 8vo. cloth. 384 pages. First edition. Gives number of volumes, whether illustrated and by whom, size, critiques or notices of the book, etc. Shelfwear, else fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about KEY BOOKS OF BRITISH AUTHORS 1600-1932

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79953

Bodmer, Martin.

EINE BIBLIOTHEK DER WELTLITERATUR.

Zürich: Atlantis, 1947. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 168 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations. First edition. Guide to a Swiss library of world literature; includes plans for the building and reproductions of works in its collection. Indexed. Lacks dust jacket. Covers yellowed. READ MORE about EINE BIBLIOTHEK DER WELTLITERATUR

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 49608

(Book Club of California). Lewis, Oscar.

THE FIRST 75 YEARS, THE STORY OF THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA 1912-1987.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. slim 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, gilt decorated front and back covers, gilt lettering on spine. (vi), 54, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1200 copies, designed and printed at the Arion Press. A fine copy. A history of the organization, with a list of officers and checklist of the 185 books published from l914 to 1987. Illustrated with photographs and examples of menus..... READ MORE about THE FIRST 75 YEARS, THE STORY OF THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA 1912-1987

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 44725

(Book Club of California). Tarpey-Schwed, Randall (editor).

PLATE BY PLATE: CALIFORNIA RECIPES FROM THE GOLD RUSH THROUGH "CALIFORNIA CUISINE"

(San Francisco, CA): The Book Club of California, 2014. 4to. 12 folders in portfolio, original mailing envelope. unpaginated. Illustrated by Christopher Carroll. Designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. 12 recipes, the Book Club of California's 2014 keepsake. Letter to members laid in. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PLATE BY PLATE: CALIFORNIA RECIPES FROM THE GOLD RUSH THROUGH "CALIFORNIA CUISINE"

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123018

(Book Collecting).

ASPECTS OF BOOK COLLECTING A HANDBOOK WITH EXAMPLES.

Garden City: Adelphi Univ. Library, (1977). tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 80 pages. An exhibition catalogue describing the collections of many of the members of the Long Island Book Collectors and including a number of interesting essays on collecting. Slightly faded. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF BOOK COLLECTING A HANDBOOK WITH EXAMPLES

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19486

(Book Collecting).

PRIVATE BOOK COLLECTORS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WITH MENTION OF THEIR HOBBIES.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1948. tall 8vo. two toned cloth. vi, 389 pages. Ninth edition. With a two page summary of the different editions of this directory. Lists hundreds of collectors and their addresses. Covers foxed, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRIVATE BOOK COLLECTORS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WITH MENTION OF THEIR HOBBIES

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75367

THE BOOK COLLECTOR.

London, England: The Book Collector, 2012. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 148 pages. Volume 61, Number 1. Table of contents, scholarly articles, book reviews, notes on contributors, list of advertisers. Black and white illustrations. Index to Volume 60 included. READ MORE about THE BOOK COLLECTOR

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133562

(Book Lover's Library). Blades, William.

THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS.

London: Elliot Stock, 1888. 12mo. original green cloth with beveled edges. xv, 165 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. Chapters on fire, water, gas and heat, dust, ignorance, bookbinders, etc., all as enemies of the book. Some rubbing to the spine, else very good condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3163