London: Europa Publications, 1987. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 458 pages. Twelfth edition. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOK DEALERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17277
Farnharm: Richard Joseph, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 607 pages. Fourteenth edition. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOK DEALERS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 45481
London: Europa Publications, 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 510 pages. Tenth edition. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOK DEALERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60345
Farnharm: Richard Joseph, (1993). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 530 pages. Eighteenth edition. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOK DEALERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 71566
Old Working, Surrey: Richard Joseph, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 343 pages. Eleventh edition. Includes speciality and alphabetically arranged indexes. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOKDEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA, A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29913
Farnham: Richard Joseph Publisher's Ltd., (1992). 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 444 pages. Second edition. Lists dealers by country and locality, alphabetically and by specialty. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 36601
Amsterdam: Boekhandel en Uitgeverij W. Ten Have N.V., 1956. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages.+. Study of H. Höveker, J.A. Wormser, W. ten Have and their relationships over the period 1831 to 1956. Some illustrations. In Dutch. READ MORE about VIER GENERATIES RONDOM EEN BOEKHANDEL EN UITGEVERIJ
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 89912
Leipzig: VEB Fachbuchverlag, (1972). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 95 pages. On the basics of popular bookselling. READ MORE about VOLKSBUCHHANDLUNGEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48174
1962. 4to. paper wrappers. 239+(1) pages. Special issue of Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel18. Jahrgang, nummer 64a, 13. August 1962. Essays on the opening of the new building of the German school for booksellers. Yellowed. READ MORE about ZUR EINWEIHUNG DES NEUBAUS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDLERSCHULE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51234
New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1996. 8vo. metal ring binder with illustrated paper-covered boards. 45+(1) pages. First Scholastic edition, issued as volume 18 in the Voyages of Discoveryseries. Text and color illustrations on laminated paper, that describe the process of making books from clay tablets, papyrus rolls, and illuminated manuscripts to the printing press, with sections on machinery, color printing, bookbinding, booksellers and censors, and children's books. With a time-line chart and reusable vinyl stickers. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF MAKING BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70866
Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1948. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 71+(1) pages. First edition. An analysis of book selling in Paris. The author looks at all areas of activity, from the antiquarian bookseller to the importer/exporter. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about BOGHANDEL I PARIS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 63009
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1974. square 12mo. paper wrappers. 68 pages, with 8 additional leaves of illustrations. Fifth edition. On the organization, publications, and activities of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. READ MORE about BORSENVEREIN DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS, ORGANISATION--AUFGABEN--TATIGK
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 50780
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1968. square 12mo. paper wrappers. 60, (2) pages, with 4 additional leaves of illustrations. On the organization, publications, and activities of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. READ MORE about BORSENVEREIN DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS, ORGANISATION--AUFGABEN--TATIGK
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 50781
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1981. square 12mo. paper wrappers. 66 pages. Eighth edition. On the organization, publications, and activities of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. Wrapper slightly spotted near spine. READ MORE about DER BORSENVEREIN DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS, ORGANISATION--AUFGABEN--TATIGK
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 50779
2 volumes.
Frankfurt am Main: Börsenverein, 1967, 1972. small 8vo. stapled, stiff or self paper wrappers. vi,66; vi,58 pages. 2 volumes. Organization and by-laws of the Börsenverein in 1967 and 1972. READ MORE about SATZUNG DES BORSENVEREINS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 52454
Verlegerausschuss. No.s 1-14 of this periodical.
Frankfurt am Main: n.p., 1949-1953. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 6; 5,(1); 8; 7,(1); 4; 5,(1); 4; 4; 5,(1); 3,(1); 3,(1); unpaginated; 5,(1); 7,(1) pages. Verlegerausschuss. No.s 1-14 of this periodical. Written in German. Pamphlet-sized periodicals concerning this union of German booksellers and publishers, with various statistics and information important to them. Vol. 2 appears to be a photocopy, printed recto only. Starting from Nr. 4 onward, the publishing city is Hamburg, not Frankfurt am Main..... READ MORE about BÖRSENVEREIN DEUTSCHER VERLEGER- UND BUCHHÄNDLER-VERBÄNDE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 101327
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 about CATALOGUE DE LIVRES FRANCAIS, ANGLAIS, ALLEMANDS, ESPAGNOLS, ITALIENS, PORTUGAIS, ORIENTAUX ETC,,...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 77399
Paris: Ch. Bosse, 1922. 8vo. quarter cloth. (v), 34, (2) pages. Sales catalog of the French bookseller Bosse, offering 150 items from the library of an "amateur"--including illustrated books from the 18th century, French classics and original editions from Romantic school and contemporary authors. Rebound in quarter cloth and green marbled paper covered boards; includes original stiff paper wrappers. Cover is a little soiled and shows modest shelf wear. Pages darkened with age, especially at..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE D'UN CHOIX DE BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS & MODERNES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 79682
Paris, France: Ernest Bourdin, 1845. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in French. Specimens of title pages, text, and engraved illustrations by Paris publisher Ernest Bourdin. Includes press notice from La Prresse, December 7, 1842, on inside front wrapper. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers soiled and lightly worn at edges. Foxing throughout text. READ MORE about ÉTRENNES LITTÉRAIRES, CATALOGUE-SPÉCIMEN DES OUVRAGES ILLUSTRÉS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 119973
New York: The Typophiles, 1943. small 8vo. cloth. 146 pages. Contains Compton's article on subscription books. Limited to 650 copies. Spine lightly faded. Else a near fine copy. This is one of the 350 copies published as Typophile Chapbook Nine. READ MORE about BOWKER LECTURES ON BOOK PUBLISHING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 860
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1991. 8vo. cloth. (13), x, 209 pages. Reprint of the first edition, with a new introduction by Joseph Rosenblum. A fine copy. This work first appeared in 1932 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its publisher, John Wiley and Sons. Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment..... READ MORE about ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850
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Hamburg: Boysen & Maasch, 1964. 8vo. paper wrappers. 47+(1) pages. Festschrift celebrating 75 years of the German bookseller Boysen & Maasch. Some wear to wrapper. READ MORE about 75 JAHRE BOYSEN & MAASCH
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48217
London: Maggs Bros. 1930. square 8vo. later buckram. (ii), 369 pages and 71 plates. Catalogue no. 546. 411 items described in great detail. Index included. Original cover detached, yet included. Else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA BRASILIENSIS
Price: $140.00 Order nr. 39544
London: Maggs Bros. 1930. square 8vo. later buckram. (ii), 369 pages and 71 plates. Catalogue no. 546. 411 items described in great detail. Index included. Rebound in later leather with gilt. Spine worn, else very good. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA BRASILIENSIS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 138289
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1927. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 91 pages. First edition. 12 chapters on different aspects of the rare book business. Covers rubbed. Name in ink in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about BUYING & SELLING RARE BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1276
