London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, n.d. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages. A catalogue of books arranged by topic, which include morality and religion, education, domestic economy and architecture. Front panel soiled and worn, corners creased. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PRACTICAL AND USEFUL BOOKS ON EDUCATION; DOMESTIC ECONOMY; ETC
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 87628
New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. Bookseller's catalogue featuring 114 items. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about WILLA CATHER: THE RUSSELL D. GATZKE COLLECTION. CATALOGUE 17
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136340
Leipzig: Centralverein (etc.), 1893. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. viii, 55 pages. Funding problems in 1893: Our Museum of the German Book Industry (which is not just some local Leipzig concern!) is such a success that it has outgrown its support, despite assistance from the government of Saxony, the Börsenverein der dt. Buchhändler, et al. Please a)join our organization, b)send money, or c)donate "suitable objects" for the Museum. A brief sketch of the history..... READ MORE about CENTRALVEREIN FÜR DAS GESAMMTE BUCHGEWERBE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51901
Grand Palais, Biennale des Antiquaires, 1988
Paris: François et Rodolphe Chamonal, 1988. small 4to. cloth. unpaginated. Grand Palais, Biennale des Antiquaires, 1988. Catalogue of 52 items, all illustrated in color. Note presenting catalogue laid-in. Boards lightly worn and soiled, corners bumped. READ MORE about LIVRES ET MANUSCRITS ANCIENS RARES ET PRÉCIEUX
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 95615
Paris: Francois et Rodolphe Chamonal, 1990. 4to. cloth. Not paginated. Catalogue which describes 100 items as a celebration of the one hundred anniversary of Chamonal. Well-illustrated, some are in color. Text in French. Corners bumped. READ MORE about LIVRES ET MANUSCRITS ANCIENS RARES ET PRECIEUX, CATALOGUE PUBLIE A L'OCCASION DU CENTENAIRE DE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 35331
New York: Associations of Book Travelers, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 55+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. A history of the organization, which includes interviews with director Bebe Cole, Bill Adams of Baker & Taylor and Alfred A Knopf. READ MORE about THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, ASSOCIATION OF BOOK TRAVELERS, 1884-1984
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 35094
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1960). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 356 pages. Reissue of the first edition of 1931 with a statistical report for 1947-48 and a new introduction for this edition by Frederic G. Melcher. Rubbed along hinges. Melcher ink stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY, 1930-1931
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 45785
London: Maggs Bros. 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages and 20 plates. Catalogue 993. Illustrated. READ MORE about SOME THINGS CHILDISH
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27654
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1990. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 180 pages. First edition. Bumped at tail of spine, else near fine. In the early nineteenth century the prevailing influence in children's books was the promotion of morality, coupled with instruction, and fairy-tales and such-like improper subjects were widely discouraged. So Benjamin Tabart showed no little courage when, within three years of opening his Juvenile Library in Bond Street, he launched out into the publication..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96242
Wormley: Five Owls Press Ltd., (1973). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxi, 461 pages. First edition. A fine copy. John Newbery is famous among 18th-century publishers for the manner in which he exploited the new market for children's books. Both in the creation of a "list" of successful titles and in his very individual approach to the designing, publicizing, and selling of his "little books," he shows himself to be an important forerunner of the..... READ MORE about JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 27211
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1892. tall 12mo. cloth, top edge guilt. 404 pages. Reprint of first edition. Autobiography of this Philadelphia publisher with interesting glimpses at the authors and booktrade of the 19th century. Presenation from Childs. Front cover detached. Chipping at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23369
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, (1959). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 168 pages and 185 full page plates. Includes a history of the auction house. Jacket is chipped with small tears and a piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about CHRISTIE'S SINCE THE WAR, 1945-1958 AN ESSAY ON TASTE, PATRONAGE AND COLLECTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2771
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering. 300 pages. First trade edition, limited to 1000 copies. A century of publishing and bookselling; over 700 books published in the field of Americana, many of them quite scarce and collectible; an international reputation for academic excellence and the publication of source works in American history. For three generations the company has been a leader in its field, and has received numerous awards..... READ MORE about THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY: AN AMERICANA CENTURY 1902-2002
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129106
1901-2001.
Paris: Bernard & Stéphane Clavreuil, (2001). 4to. cloth. unpaginated. 1901-2001. Sale catalogue from Bernard & Stéphane Clavreuil. Created in honor of Librairie Clavreuil's centennial. One-hundred items, price list in Euros. Illustrated in color and black and white. Printed on front and back end papers are facsimiles of the covers of the first and ninth sale catalogues compiled by Clavreuil dated 1901 and 1910. Fine condition. READ MORE about CENT LIVRES POUR UN CENTENAIRE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 77356
Den 1. maj 1972. [Colbergs' 100th Birthday]
(Rønne: Colbergs Boghandel, 1972). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, wrap-around textured paper dust jacket. 24, (4) pages, in addition to two leaves of photographs tipped in. Den 1. maj 1972. [Colbergs' 100th Birthday]. The centennial of Colbergs Antiquarian Bookstore in Rønne, Denmark. In Danish. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, two-color facsimiles of old advertisements, and a pasted-in, embossed circular logo created to celebrate the 50th anniversary in 1902. Includes a selection of titles published by Colbergs Boghandel..... READ MORE about COLBERGS FYLDER 100
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 74783
York: Picaflow, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 241 pages. Describes 1600 booksellers arranged in separate sections alphabetically and regionally. READ MORE about COLE'S REGISTER OF BRITISH ANTIQUARIAN & SECONDHAND BOOKDEALERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70285
Washington: Library of Congress, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. A collection of papers presented at the seminars "Private and Public Responsibilities of the American Publisher" and "The Co-Responsibilities of American Publishers and Booksellers" held April 4-5, 1979 and April 25, 1980, respectively, and at the PEN symposium of January 1980 and the U.S. Senate Hearings: Publishers, Authors, and Booksellers in March 1980. The topics of these papers relate to the changing relations between..... READ MORE about RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AMERICAN BOOK COMMUNITY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92697
West Lebanon,Me: Robert J. Diefendorf, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 184 pages. Includes information on frequent library sales, specialized bookshops, and related reference books. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about COLLECTING BOOKS IN NEW ENGLAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 34770
Firenze: Libreria Salimbeni, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. Catalogue 63 from the bookseller, this one devoted to various works interpreting Carlo Collodi's famous Pinocchio tale. Contains section listing secondary works. 533 entries. Illustrations. READ MORE about COLLODI, DA COLLODI, SU COLLODI
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 69488
New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1938. 8vo. cloth. pp. (vi), 171-328. John Carter on "The Hanging Judge Acquitted," DeLancey Ferguson contributes an interesting study on Mark Twain's penning of HUCKLEBERRY FINN, in "The Renegade Bibliophile," Barrows Mussey explains why a book lover should not be in the book business, Percy Muir writes on collecting music, and the "Trial Books" of Dante Gabriel Rossetti are discussed. READ MORE about COLOPHON, N.S., A Q FOR BKMEN, V.III N.2
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45441
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 196 pages. Account of a committee appointed to examine the distribution of French books abroad, both commercially and non-commercially. Yellowed. READ MORE about COMMISSION NATIONALE DU LIVRE FRANCAIS A L'ETRANGER RAPPORT GENERAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49181
(Paris: C. Coulet & A. Faure), 1964. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (2) pages. Limited to an edition of 150. Catalogue of 143 books and documents related to these three French writer-soldiers. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout with 14 plates. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about ALAIN-FOURNIER, 22 SEPTEMBRE 1914. CHARLES PÉGUY, 5 SEPTEMBRE 1914. ERNEST PSICHARI, 22 AOÛT 1914
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95601
With a Foreword by Jan de Vries
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. With a Foreword by Jan de Vries. First edition. In The Paradox of Prosperity, Laura Cruz explores the world of the book trades as it was constructed in Leiden in the decades after the Revolt against Spanish rule. She traces the migration of printers from the Southern Netherlands to Leiden and observes how they congregated within the city and..... READ MORE about THE PARADOX OF PROSPERITY: THE LEIDEN BOOKSELLERS' GUILD AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS IN EARLY...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96671
London: Chatto and Windus, n.d. (1873). thick 8vo. original cloth. 483 pages. First edition. (Hart no.158). With many portraits of old booksellers and other illustrations. Wear at spine ends and covers show spotting. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF BOOKSELLERS, THE OLD AND THE NEW
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123949
Teil 1: Zeitschriften, Schriftenreihen, Sammelwerke, Handwörterbücher, Lexika, etc. (Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 11/1970) -- Teil 2: Einzelwerke (Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 13/1971) -- Vollständige Zeitschriftenreihen und Reihenwerke aus der Tschechoslowakei und andere slawischen Ländern (Sonderangebot November 1971)
Glashütten im Taunus: Sauer & Auvermann KG, 1970-1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (i),64; (iv),235,(5); (ii),13+(1) pages. Teil 1: Zeitschriften, Schriftenreihen, Sammelwerke, Handwörterbücher, Lexika, etc. (Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 11/1970) -- Teil 2: Einzelwerke (Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 13/1971) -- Vollständige Zeitschriftenreihen und Reihenwerke aus der Tschechoslowakei und andere slawischen Ländern (Sonderangebot November 1971). These bookseller's catalogues include respectively 250, 2056, and 88 listings of Czech, Slovak and Slavic periodicals and books. The first two volumes are illustrated with reproductions..... READ MORE about TSCHECHOSLOWAKEI
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 91035
