New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second printing. With tipped-in color portrait. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIFE AND TIMES OF CYRUS H.K. CURTIS (1850-1933
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23590
New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1948. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (1) pages. Revised and reprinted.With tipped-in color portrait. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIFE AND TIMES OF CYRUS H.K. CURTIS (1850-1933
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138231
New York: New American Library, (1989). small 8vo. quarter cloth, dust jacket. xx, 380 pages. The author, a New York literary agent who represented writers such as Janet Dailey and Steve Allen, tells new writers how to get published and also warns them of the pitfalls to avoid. READ MORE about BEYOND THE BESTSELLER, A LITERARY AGENT TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOOK BUSINESS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 64972
(Prague: Odeon, 1970). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Czech, with introduction in Russian, English, German and French. Printed under the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Culture. Catalogue of "the most beautiful books of Czechoslovakia," the result of a juried competition. Frontispiece illustration of the National Library in Prague. Black and white illustrations of 60 entries. Indices of illustrations and publishers. Dedicatory card laid in. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Wrappers scuffed at edges..... READ MORE about CESKOSLOVENSKÉ NEJKRÁSNEJSÍ KNIHY 1969
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 107607
2 volumes.
Prague: Státní Knihovna CSSR [State Library...], 1966. small 8vo. cloth. (vi),463,1323-1692; 81,465-1313+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Where the state is the only real publisher, the publisher's Catalogue is also a union catalogue of current titles. One year's cumulation in 2 volumes (52 weekly issues) of the Bibliographic catalogue of the CSSR, listing all the titles (6569+, including 917 govt. regulations) published in Czechoslovakia in 1966. Each issue lists new titles under headings given on the 1st..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFICKY KATALOG CSSR - CESKE KNIHY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50240
Copenhagen: P. Haase and Søns Forlag, n.d.(c1960). 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 309, (3) pages. Second revised, enlarged edition. History of the book from ancient times to the 20th century, by the Danish librarian Svend Dahl. Chronologically arranged, beginning with Egyptian papyrus rolls and ending with a survey of contemporary (c1960) libraries. Undated, probably around 1960. 115 illustrations (black-and-white or facsimile). Bibliography, index. Unopened. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about BOGENS HISTORIE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51685
København: Bogtrykfagets Organisationer, 1940. 8vo. quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. 61, (3) pages. First edition. Dahl and Dossing's study of printing history takes the reader from Gutenberg through twentieth-century printing presses. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. In Danish. Original publisher's stiff paper wrappers bound in. READ MORE about BOGTRYKKER KUNSTEN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 61874
København: Bogtrykfagets Organisationer, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 61, (3) pages. First edition. Dahl and Dossing's study of printing history takes the reader from Gutenberg through twentieth-century printing presses. Published by the Bogtrykfagets Organisationer in celebration of 500 years of printing. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. In Danish. READ MORE about BOGTRYKKER KUNSTEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62784
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth. 279 pages. First edition in English. Illustrated. Reproduced from typescript. An excellent one volume guide to the book. Two postage stamps on front pastedown. Covers soiled. Textblock marked throughout in red. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
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London: Associated Newspapers Ltd., n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (10) pages. One page of introductory text followed by 12 full page illustrations with text describing all the production of this newspaper. Fold mark in middle of front cover. READ MORE about DAILY MAIL GOES TO PRESS ... 12 SOUVENIR PICTURES
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Madison: University of Wisconsin Library School, 1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 101+(1) pages. Sponsored by the UW-Madison Library School, the school's Alumni Association, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Preface by Clarke; introduction by Danky. Essays on some of the private presses in Wisconsin, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and their contributions to a regional literature. Includes a directory of publishers in Wisconsin..... READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING IN WISCONSIN: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE ON BOOK PUBLISHING IN WISCONSIN, MAY 6,...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114775
Kobenhavn: Den Danske Forlaeggerforening, (1954;1955;1962;1964;1965;1966;1967;1968. large 8vo. paper wrappers. Variously paginated. 17 issues of the Danish publication Det Danske Bogmarked. This publication is largely a bibliography of newly published Danish titles but contains short essays on book-related topics as well. Includes two commemorative issues celebrating the Danske Forlaeggerforening's 100th and 125th anniversaries. Illustrated in black-and-white. In Danish. READ MORE about DET DANSKE BOGMARKED
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 61903
2 volumes
Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm: Nyt Nordisk, Dreyers, Förlaget Forum, 1951, 1962. large 8vo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, speckled edges. xii,564; (iv),535+(1) pages. 2 volumes. A bibliography and dictionary published as a reference tool for librarians and book dealers. Also published in Swedish and Norwegian. Some rubbing on spine corners, there is a tear in marbled paper on the cover board of volume two. READ MORE about NORDISK LEKSIKON FOR BOGVAESEN
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 73827
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Universitaria de Guatemala, (1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 221, (3) pages. Text in Spanish. Limited to 1000 copies. A review of publications in Guatemala 1980-1. Introduction, Four appendices. Index. READ MORE about A LA LUZ DE LOS LIBROS: BIBLIOGRAFIA GUATEMALTECA COMENTADO (1980-1981
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 119635
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 258 pages. First edition. Darton "introduces us to the shadowy world of pirate publishers, garret scribblers, under-the-cloak book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the literary underground of the Enlightenment." READ MORE about THE LITERARY UNDERGROUND OF THE OLD REGIME
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New York: The New York Times, 1921. thick 8vo. cloth. xxii, 434 pages. First edition. Spine lightly age darkened. Shaken. Light shelfwear. Exlibrary stamp on front pastedown. Preliminary pages show light foxing. An historical sketch of the New York Times prepared in commemoration of the quarter-centenary of the previous management and the seventieth anniversary of the first issue of the paper. Illustrated. Tear along back hinge and head of spine bumped. From the Thomas M...... READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 61 pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Contains a contribution by Robert Penn Warren. Lambert was director of this University press. READ MORE about A STATESMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOOKS PRESENTED TO LAMBERT DAVIS ON HIS RETIREMENT AS DIRECTOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8417
Volume 3 of "GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR VON DEN ANFÄNGEN BIZ ZUR GEGENWART"
München: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1962. 8vo. cloth. xii, 590 pages. Volume 3 of "GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR VON DEN ANFÄNGEN BIZ ZUR GEGENWART" Text in German. This is the first part of the third volume in the story of German literature series. Specifically this volume is about German literature in the Middle Ages - it's fall and new beginning. Bookplate from the Pierpont Morgan Library on the front pastedown. Former library book. Head and heel..... READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHE LITERATUR IM SPÄTEN MITTELALTER, ZERFALL UND NEUBEGINN
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Newark: University of Delaware, (1931). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 143 pages. B1-4670. Seventh series. With a one page prefatory note by the editor, Ezra B. Crooks. Article by H. Clay Reed on "Lincoln's Compensated Emancipation Plan and its relation to Delaware", Joseph Sidney Gould on "Three Decades of Delaware's Manufacturers" and other articles by Delaware faculty on non-Delaware related subjects. Remnants of paper label on front cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE NOTES
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Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, 1958. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 111 pages. A practical guide to the rights of authors and publishers. READ MORE about KLEINES PRAKTIKUM FUR URHEBER- UND VERLAGS-RECHT
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 49199
København: Den Danske Forlæggerforenings, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 137, (7) pages. First edition. The Danish Publisher's Society issued this study on their 125th anniversary. A history of Danish publishing. A considerable section is devoted to Gyldendal and their history as Copenhagen publishers. Illustrated with photos of book shops, publishers and early publications. A bibliography is provided at rear. In Danish. READ MORE about BØGER OF FORLAG I DANMARK I 125 ÅR. 1837-1962
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Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 1970. small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 298 pages. Elements of a contract, "vicissitudes" in the legal relationship, rights/obligations of the parties, extinction of a contract. Legal references only in footnotes! Bibliography. No.14 of the Cuadernos de Trabajo de Periodismoof the U. of Navarre Institute of Journalism. Chip out of top edge of cover. READ MORE about LA RELACION CONTRACTUAL ENTRE AUTOR Y EDITOR
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München: Verlag Kurt Desch, (1968). small 8vo. cloth. 184, (4) pages. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Desch, tribute to him by the firm, and numerous essays written in tribute. Illustrated with two tipped-in plates in color. READ MORE about KURT DESCH, EIN BUCH DER FREUNDE, 1968
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 41927
Paris: J. Maisonneuve, 1902. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 203+(1) pages. Besterman, p.5079. A bibliography of early printing outside of Europe. Organized by location, this volume lists hundreds of imprints from small US towns like Lebanon, Ohio to more exotic places like Tahiti and Canton. Includes supplement. READ MORE about IMPRIMERIE HORS L'EUROPE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 43494
Paris: J. Maisonneuve, 1902. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 203+(1) pages. Besterman, p.5079. A bibliography of early printing outside of Europe. Organized by location, this volume lists hundreds of imprints from small US towns like Lebanon, Ohio to more exotic places like Tahiti and Canton. Covers chipped along edges. Unopened copy. READ MORE about IMPRIMERIE HORS L'EUROPE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 119123
