Lemaitre, Jules.

EN MARGE DES VIEUX LIVRES. CONTES.

2 volumes.
Paris: Société Française D'Imprimerie et de Librarie, 1906. small 8vo. modern two-toned cloth, leather spine labels, original paper wrappers bound in. (vi),284;(vi), 290 pages. 2 volumes. First edition, later printing. Jules Lemaitre provides an anthology of passages from well known stories. These two volumes contains passages from The Odyssey, the Nativity of Christ, the Chansons de Geste, etc. Volume two contains a preface by the author, explaining why the aspiring bibliophile should concern himself with..... READ MORE about EN MARGE DES VIEUX LIVRES. CONTES

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59708

Liu, Allan J. (editor).

AMERICAN SPORTING COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK.

Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press, (1982). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 369 pages. Revised edition. Discusses the collecting of prints, etchings, original art, books and many other items. Illustrated. READ MORE about AMERICAN SPORTING COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 27912

Luther, T.N.

COLLECTING TAOS AUTHORS.

Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Book League, 1993. oblong 8vo. two-toned cloth. xi, 90 pages. Printed in an edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Luther describes his collection of books by authors who have spent time in Taos, New Mexico. Provides advice for pursuing works by these writers who include Edward Abbey, John Nichols, Frank Waters, and D.H. Lawrence (he lived Taos between 1922 and 1925.) Includes four black-and-white illustrations..... READ MORE about COLLECTING TAOS AUTHORS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73732

Madan, Falconer.

BOOKS IN MANUSCRIPT, A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THEIR STUDY AND USE WITH A CHAPTER ON RECORDS.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1893. 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 188 pages. First edition. Part of the Books about Books Series edited by A.W. Pollard (Webber p.38). Eight illustrations. Covers rubbed. Wear at spine ends. Bookplate. READ MORE about BOOKS IN MANUSCRIPT, A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THEIR STUDY AND USE WITH A CHAPTER ON RECORDS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 9693

Maxwell, Sir Herbert.

RAINY DAYS IN A LIBRARY.

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1896. tall 12mo. original cloth, gilt stamping on cover and spine, beveled edges. (xi), 129 pages. Essays on various books and bookmen. Some pages uncut. Hinges weak. Spine, front and rear edges tanned. Some minor chipping and loss of cloth to the head and tail of spine. READ MORE about RAINY DAYS IN A LIBRARY

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104384

Meiner, Annemarie.

EINE FACHBIBLIOTHEK FUR BUCHHANDLER.

Frankfurt: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1966. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. A bibliography of books on the book trade arranged according to subject, including publishing, libraries, and collecting. Indexed. Spine slightly worn. READ MORE about EINE FACHBIBLIOTHEK FUR BUCHHANDLER

Price: $13.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48286

Mitton, F.

LE LIVRE, VALEUR DE PLACEMENT.

Paris: Guy Le Prat, (1943). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 59, (5) pages. Printed on poor quality paper. READ MORE about LE LIVRE, VALEUR DE PLACEMENT

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106276

Mühlbrecht, Otto.

BÜCHERLIEBHABEREI, IN IHRER ENTWICKELUNG BIS ZUM ENDE DES XIX. JAHRHUNDERTS.

Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing, 1898. square 8vo. original half cloth over boards. xii, 335 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. With over 200 illustrations throughout the text. Includes actual mounted German cloth book covers from the late 19th century which are highly colorful. Hinge partially split along back cover. Some foxing. READ MORE about BÜCHERLIEBHABEREI, IN IHRER ENTWICKELUNG BIS ZUM ENDE DES XIX. JAHRHUNDERTS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39970

Muir, Percy H.

WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH.

London: Times Publishing Company, 1939. large 8vo. paper, one page fold in half. An offprint from The Times Literary Supplement, Saturday April 15, 1939 which discusses the collection of Paul Hirsch. He is best known as a collector of music, with a fine collection of bindings, Goethes, Heines and Schillers in the original state, along with specimens of typography of all periods. His wife also has an amazing collection of book-binders' papers all arranged chronologically..... READ MORE about WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59817

Mummendey, Richard.

VON BUCHERN UND BIBLIOTHEKEN.

Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1964. small 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Second edition, revised and expanded. A history of the book and its production, collecting, and storage in libraries. Over 150 illustrations. READ MORE about VON BUCHERN UND BIBLIOTHEKEN

Price: $33.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41932

Murray, Charles Fairfax.

CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX-MURRAY.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2000). tall 8vo. cloth. 401 pages. Reprint of the 1899 first edition, which was printed in only 100 copies in London (not in Besterman). This extremely rare catalogue of early printed books is the most elusive of the catalogues of the Fairfax-Murray Collection. Contains many books pertaining to Italy. Descriptions of 2382 books. READ MORE about CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX-MURRAY

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58105

Newton, A Edward.

THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (xiv), 410, (2) pages. First edition, second impression. Acknowledgments, table of contents, list of illustrations, index. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Covers lightly soiled, rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124902

Newton, A. Edward.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PSEUDO-BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (x), 116 pages. Second printing. Humorous look at bibliography and book collecting. Dust jacket lightly soiled. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PSEUDO-BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8044