30 volumes composing 118 (of 120) issues.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969 - 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 volumes composing 118 (of 120) issues. Filled with excellent articles on publishing and its history. Lacks only volume 25, 4 and volume 30, 2. READ MORE about SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, A JOURNAL FOR AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 105216
(Glasgow): W. & R. Holmes (Books), 1953. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Extended version of a paper read before several organizations, presenting the history of publishing in Scotland. Author was editor of the Library Review. Brief preface. Selected references. READ MORE about THE SCOTTISH PUBLISHING HOUSES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115284
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 198 pages. First edition. Presentation from Madison on free endpaper "To Sigfred Taubert with high regards to a fellow publisher! Charles A. Madison, 7/12/66." READ MORE about THE OWL AMONG COLOPHONS, HENRY HOLT AS PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 45710
Brussels: Insitut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, circa 1961. large 8vo. paper wrappers. iii, 201 pages. An economic study of French-language publishing, including book production, marketing. and sales. Wear to wrapper at spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge partly detached. READ MORE about ECONOMIE DE L'EDITION EN LANGUE FRANCAIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 48253
London and New York: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. and Charles Scribners, 1907. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 344 pages. Second impression with added note by Marson. Book of remininscences by this publisher and bookseller. The appendix contains a list of articles on copyright legislation that Marston had accumulated and a list of publishers and booksellers that he recalled dealing with in 1846 and earlier. Bookplate. Frontispiece foxed. READ MORE about AFTER WORK, FRAGMENTS FROM THE WORKSHOP OF AN OLD PUBLISHER
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 41953
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 118 pages. First edition. A translation of the 1993 Schouler Lectures given by the eminent French scholar, who established the history of the book as a distinct subject requiring its own approaches and methods. This single inspiring work helped bring forth the history of the book as a field of scholarship with specialists in universities, research centers, and libraries all over the..... READ MORE about THE FRENCH BOOK, RELIGION, ABSOLUTISM, AND READERSHIP, 1585-1715
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 74293
Paris: École Nationale Supérieure de Bibliothécaires, 1968. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 190 pages. On the book and written civilization; surveys the development of writing. Author and title in ink on spine. Covers rubbed. Name in ink. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LA CIVILISATION ECRITE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50697
Düsseldorf: Der Jungbuchhandel, (1962). 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 137+(1) pages. Instruction on advertising for book publishers. READ MORE about WERBUNG IM BUCHVERLAG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49252
London: National Book Council, 1944. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. First edition, paperback variant. (Wight 110). Introduction by Geoffrey Faber. Masefield's comments on reading, authorship and publishing. Chipped at spine ends. READ MORE about I WANT! I WANT!
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 115386
New York: Columbia University Press, (1950). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 139+(1) pages. Second printing. Report of the Public Library Inquiry into the activities of the country's largest publisher. Dust jacket chipped and tanned at the edges. READ MORE about GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITIZEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106238
Introduction by Louis Filler.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 266 pages. Introduction by Louis Filler. Second edition, the introduction being an addition to this printing. The classic story of a rise from rags to riches in the publishing business. READ MORE about MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 9871
New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. The Twelfth R.R. Bowker Memorial Lecture. READ MORE about EDITORS TODAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 99925
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1950. 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label. 32 pages. Reprinted from PMLA, Volume LXV, Number 3. With ownership inscription on free endpaper "Curt F. Bühler, 2. viii. 50." Spine label chipped. READ MORE about ON THE PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94906
Westport CT: Greenwood Press, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 179 pages. First edition. A comprehensive study of the micropublishing industry, and its importance in modern libraries as a means to gather more materials in a smaller space. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about MICROPUBLISHING, A HISTORY OF SCHOLARLY MICROPUBLISHING IN AMERICA, 1938-1980
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 36590
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 162 pages. First U.S. edition. The autobiography of Christopher Norton Wright, bookseller and publisher, written by him from 1813 to 1871, and finally published by his great grand-daughter. Bottom of spine bumped. READ MORE about NO HERO, I CONFESS, A NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13423
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 Order nr. 48286
Leipzig: Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1935. 8vo. paper wrappers. 99+(1) pages. A handbook of systematic book reviewing for publishers and journalists. Spine and front wrapper age-yellowed. READ MORE about GEORDNETE BUCHBESPRECHUNG
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48411
2 volumes.
Leipzig: Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1885, 1902. 8vo. later quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxvi, 708; xx, 655-1406 pages. 2 volumes. Second edition (Besterman, 5270). A description of books about books in the library of this German bookseller's organization. Includes 7,564 entries. With the second volume expanding the listing through 1901. Scarce catalogue of this pre-eminent collection of books relating to all aspects of book production. READ MORE about KATALOG DER BIBLIOTHECK DES BÖRSENVEREINS DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHÄNDLER
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 103034
1963. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.13-52. Offprint from Jahrbüchern für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Band 175, Heft 1, 1963. An article on the difficulty of price reductions for publishers. Presentation from the author on front cover. Some spotting on wrapper. READ MORE about ZUR PROBLEMATIK DER VERTIKALEN PREISBINDUNG BEI VERLAGSERZEUGNISSEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48369
New York: Columbia University Press, 1950. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 157 pages. First edition, third printing. A look at the book industry of this period. READ MORE about BOOK INDUSTRY, A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ENQUIRY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9709
Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 155 pages. The evolution and development of book publishing and it's impact on societal development. Jacket lightly soiled. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING IN A SOCIETAL CONTEXT: JAPAN AND THE WEST
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 105580
Nürnberg, Germany: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, (1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 304 pages. Text in German. A study of book art in the middle to late 20th century. Table of contents, endnotes, bibliographaphy, list of illustrations, illustration credits, index of names, acknowledgments. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BUCHWERKE: KÜNSTLERBÜCHER UND BUCHOBJEKTE 1960-1994
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120836
2 volumes
Manila and Ottawa: International Rice Research Institute and International Development Research Centre, (1991). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi,429 pages; vii,107 pages. 2 volumes. Review copy. First volume-A training manual. Second volume-A handbook for trainers. Covers all aspects of the publication process. Correspondence between reviewer and publisher laid in first volume. READ MORE about EDITING AND PUBLICATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 107009
(Birmingham: The British Book Trade Press), 2004. 4to. paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 120 pages. With publisher's complimentary slip and a photocopied book review laid-in. Bibliographic references categorized by location in Warwickshire. READ MORE about PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN WARWICKSHIRE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 99357
Philip Grove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1994). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 332 pages. Philip Grove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics. First edition. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper "To Mark (Carroll), Counselor par excellence and Jane, par excellence with thanks for your support, Herb, August 1994.". The story of the development and controversy behind Webster's Third International Dictionary. Spine of dust jacket faded. READ MORE about THE STORY OF WEBSTER'S THIRD
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 105584
