Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1986. 8vo. cloth. xii, 186 pages. First edition. A book on the collecting of ephemera and other material relating to libraries and librarians. With many illustrations. Reproduced from typescript. Inscribed by the author. READ MORE about GUIDE TO COLLECTING LIBRARIANA. WITH BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS BY VALERIE OLIVER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15827
New York: George W. Stewart, (1940). 12mo. cloth. 64 pages. First edition. Tells the reader various means of coping with lack of space in shelving his collection. Illustrated. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about I HAVE A BOOK
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 128777
Preface by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
Portland: The Baxter Society, 2004. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 74, (4) pages. Preface by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. First edition, limited to 230 copies. With a two page foreword by Eliot H. Stanley, Founder and First President of this society of book collectors. READ MORE about ABUNDANT BIBLIOPHILES: HUBBARD WINSLOW BRYANT ON THE PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF PORTLAND, 1863-1864
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 95566
Boston: Typographic Laboratory, 1931. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper covered boards. 14 pages. Collection of quotations of noteworthy authors and bibliophiles. "This book is set in Italian Old Style Type, designed by Frederic W. Goudy. It is a project in book layout and esign by Burton L. Stratton at the Typographic Laboratory, Boston, Mass." Corners and edges of boards slightly worn. Unopened. READ MORE about SENTIMENT ABOUT BOOKS EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF FAMOUS AUTHORS AND BOOK LOVERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106342
San Francisco: Privately printed for Strouse by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1972. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 21 pages. Limited to 1000 copies, this being one of the 200 copies specially printed for private distribution for Norman H. Strouse. Autobiography by this book-collector. Corner bumped. Minor fading along top edge. READ MORE about A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON, AN ADDRESS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF GLEESON LI BRARY ASSOCIATES, APRIL...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25364
San Francisco: Privately printed for Strouse by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1972. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 21 pages. Limited to 1000 copies, this being one of the 600 copies specially printed for the Gleeson Library. READ MORE about A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON, AN ADDRESS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF GLEESON LI BRARY ASSOCIATES, APRIL...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96863
London: First Edition Club, 1922. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover and spine labels. (xii), 178 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Includes Dickens, Kipling, Lamb, Wells, and others. Front cover stained. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST LOAN EXHBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128048
New York: The Kossuth Foundation, Inc., (1960). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, stapled. (ii), 12, (1) pages. Volume Three in the Hungarian Bibliography Series. A compilation of book and article titles concerning the two known manuscripts of this 15th century Hungarian bibliophile. Reproduced from typescript. READ MORE about CODICES OF DOMINICUS KÁLMÁNCSEHI IN THE UNITED STATES, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65635
Volume II.
Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1942. small 8vo. cloth. 336 pages. Volume II. Limited to 500 copies. Thousands of books listed. Though labeled volume two stands by itself. None of the books that were listed in volume one (publishing in 1941) are duplicated here. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS AND THEIR PRICES, A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 11010
Zurich: Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, report binder. 165-180 pages. In Librarivm. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, Revue de la Societe Suisse des BibliophilesWritten in French, title page in French and German. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson on the inside of the report binder. READ MORE about ESSAI BIBLIOPHILIQUE SUR QUELQUES ANCIENS LIVRES SUISSES DE PLANTES VÉNÉNEUSES ET SUR LES...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 100366
Toronto: Dent Canada, (1976). 8vo. cloth. 134 pages. First edition, the hardbound version. With notes on his own collecting activities. READ MORE about CANADIANA ON YOUR BOOKSHELF, COLLECTING CANADIAN BOOKS
Price: $21.00 Order nr. 13521
Cleveland: Western Reserve University, (1954). small 8vo. cloth. (vi), 84 pages. First edition. Biography of this book collector and educator with a list of his writings and comments on books in his library. READ MORE about NEWTON D. BAKER AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 69961
Hamburg: Maximilian Gesellschaft, (1974). 8vo. cloth. 262, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limeted to 1400 copies. A selection of Hermann Tiemann's essays and speeches on various subjects and occasions. Edited by Christian Voigt, with a foreword by Fritz Schalk. Includes a list of Tiemann's writings. READ MORE about ESSAYS, VORTRAGE UND AUFSATZE AUS VIER JAHRZEHNTEN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48060
Amorbach: Hermann Emig, (1964). small 8vo. paper-covered boards, leather spine label, dust jacket. 53, (7) pages. Printed in an edition of numbered copies. Reprinted from Heft 1 of Philobiblon (1957). Essay on collecting and reading. Jacket rubbed at edges. READ MORE about SAMMELN UND LESEN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 48938
Brooklyn: Fred. Tredwell, 1881. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 161 pages. First edition. (Webber p.124). One of the few books written devoted solely to the extra illustrations of books. Original glassine dust jacket is missing pieces along spine and is torn. READ MORE about A MONOGRAPH ON PRIVATELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; A PLEA FOR BIBLIOMANIA
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 12499
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1961). tall 12mo. cloth. x, 211 pages. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Bookplate. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S GLOSSARY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 12374
A Selective Bibliography.
New York: Book Club, New York University, 1936. 8vo. paper wrappers. 50 pages. A Selective Bibliography. S-K 39. Second edition. An appreciation of Vail by L. Kimball followed by a bibliography of books on book collecting, binding, etc. Ex-library copy with markings. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF BOOK COLLECTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95822
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1957. 4to. half-cloth over boards. (16) pages. One of 250 numbered and signed copies bound in half cloth. Many illustrations. Fine talk on book-collecting. Bookplate. Spots along edge of back cover. READ MORE about THE BEST INDOOR GAME
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 18229
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1970. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 128, (8) pages. Text in French. First edition. No. 1406 in the "Que Sais-Je" series. A study of all aspects of bibliophilia. Table of contents. Listing of other publications in the series. READ MORE about LA BIBLIOPHILIE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 115827
Paris: Guy le Prat, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. 174, (10) pages. From theCollection "Valeurs-Refuge" series. Advice for novice bibliophiles. Vaucaire includes chapters on "first editions," "illustrated books" and "book bindings." Patrice Hennessy follows with several chapters on autograph collecting; how to identify writers' pseudonyms; different names used by royalty and nobility,etc. Illustrated in black-and-white. READ MORE about LE LIVRE VALEUR DE PLACEMENT SUIVI DE L'AUTOGRAPHE VALEUR DE PLACEMENT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62897
Leipzig: Drugulin Presse, 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. Written in German. Limited to 300 copies. A short autobiographical account of Waggerl's "friendship with books". sunning on pages, wear at extremities with small chips, tears, and creases. READ MORE about FREUNDSCHAFT MIT BUCHERN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 101643
7 volumes. Volumes 1 to 5, 7, and 10.
London: Willaim Reeves and T. Fisher Unwin, 1882 - December 1886. 8vo. publisher's green cloth spine with red pebbled cloth covers, top edges gilt. 7 volumes. Volumes 1 to 5, 7, and 10. (Ulrich & Kup p.155). There were seven volumes of the magazine issued under this title of which all but volume 6; it continued unitl 1887 under the title WALFORD'S ANTIQUARIAN MAGAZINE AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW. "News, reviews, and notes make interesting reading." Well-illustrated..... READ MORE about ANTIQUARIAN MAGAZINE AND BIBLIOGRAPHER
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 75968
Tulsa, OK: Commercial Publishers, 1956. small 4to. paper-covered boards. not paginated. An essay on art appreciation and the basic philosophy of collecting. Illustrated by three plates in full color, tipped-in. READ MORE about A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO COLLECTING AND DECORATING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46295
Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, (1977). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 222 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about COLLECTION, USE, AND CARE OF HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114352
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1903. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 153, (3) pages. Second edition. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Head of spine and top edge of both boards faded and worn. Bottom corners bumped. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48569
