2 volumes.
Bruxelles: P.J. de Mat, 1823. 8vo. contemporary quarter calf over boards. (iv),4,iv,lxxxviii,20,318; (iv),319-808 pages. 2 volumes. Taylor p.199. Taylor notes that this sale catalogue offered a large collection of 255 French sale catalogues issued between 1784 and 1815 as the last lot in the auction. The page description of the collection contains a list of 50 of the rarest catalogues. Bindings broken. Most of leather spine of volume two is lacking. Bookplate of private book-collector's club. READ MORE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14233

Paris: Hector Bossange, 1845. 8vo. later cloth. xiv, 875-984, 802, (4), xi-xvi, 985-1221+(1) pages. Sales catalogue. Preface in French, English and Spanish. This a catalogue of all the great works in many languages that Hector Bossange claims to be able to procure in a modern edition in a variety of bindings. In his preface, he says that this catalogue is intended as a tool specifically for foreign book collectors and their agents to ease the... READ MORE

Price: $125.00 save 20% $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77399

Paris: S.A. Georg, Libraires, 1929. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 64, (3) pages. Bookseller's catalogue spotlighting works that were printed using new techniques in typography, illustration and binding that gained favor during the Romantic Era. Listed chronologically, 82 entries describe bindings in detail and cite information about illustrations therein. Handsomely printed with 82 plates, two in color. Separate indexes for works, authors and illustrators. Printed by A. Lahure. Library bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64104

With a Foreword by A. Edward Newton.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1931. 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, 42 pages with a frontispiece photo of Newton with Kelly and Dawson. With a Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Four page introduction to this bookseller's catalogue (Fleck D.27). Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Some soiling along edges. READ MORE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116206

London: Univ. of London, 1936. 8vo. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt. 194 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains numerous references to bookbinding works. Light foxing of new endpapers. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103033

New York: n.p. 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Booth 82, H. P. Kraus. A catalogue with 103 entries and a subject index. "This catalogue contains a partial list of items...The entries are present in shortened form, and do not include complete collations or bibliographical references..." Small crease at bottom corner. READ MORE

Price: $9.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101343

3 parts bound in 1
Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1872, 1875, 1875. 8vo. later cloth with paper wrappers for parts 2 and 3 bound in. viii,288; (ii),289-420; (ii),174; 16 pages. 3 parts bound in 1. With the three facsimile plates present in the first volume. Contains a fine selection of early books concerning the exploration and settling of America. His essay is given on pages v to viii. Bound with Part II. Books (supplement) and Part III. Portraits, Autographs, Plates, Atlases... READ MORE

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107754

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841. very thick 8vo. original half leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Frontispiece portrait of shop; engraved title page, iv, 1948, 148 pages. H.G. Bohn (1796-1884) is the best known of the London booksellers and is significant in the history of 19th-century publishing for his success in bringing out classics, standard, or useful works in inexpensive series: the "European Library," the "Standard Library," the "Scientific Library," and so on. (A few of... READ MORE

Price: $275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35440

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1893. 8vo. later quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 185+(1) pages. A catalogue (no.243) from Dutch bookseller Martinus Nijhoff containing books on the history of England. Ex-library with markings throughout. Front cover detached. Spine loose, piece missing at head of spine. Front free endpaper and title page detached, next several pages partially detached. Corners and edges worn. READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59484

London: J. & J. Leighton, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top and fore edges cut, bottom edge uncut. 286, (2) pages. Sales catalogue for J. & J. Leighton listing 378 items in alphabetical order by author, title, or subject, from A to H, including several illuminated manuscripts. Contains many black-and-white reproductions from the works. Wrappers detached and chipped at edges. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56505

New York: The Kittle Library Print, 1878. small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 12, 106 pages. Sales catalogue for the Kittle Library of New York City. Lists items in alphabetical order with each work listed by both author and title. Includes Terms of Subscription and Rules and Notices of the Kittle Library. Contains several advertisements in both the front and back. Price list not included. Exlibrary copy. Wrappers detached and chipped. Some soiling to wrappers. READ MORE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57045

Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1937. 8vo. paper wrappers. lii, 140 pages. Publications for the year 1937. Worn at the edges, pages have a hint of toning. READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 91432