London: National Book League, 1944. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Fourth edition. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70846
New York: Barnes & Noble, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 319 pages. First U.S. edition. Interesting look at Caxton, the publisher, and his effect on publishing in his time. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13770
London: Osprey, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 319 pages. First edition. Interesting look at Caxton, the publisher, and his effect on publishing in his time. Jacket is price clipped. Spine sunned. READ MORE about CAXTON: ENGLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 19367
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 190 pages. First U.S. edition. A sketch of Caxton and his times. Review copy with slip inserted. Minor yellowing of front free endpaper from review slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM CAXTON, A PORTRAIT IN A BACKGROUND
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13880
Innsbruck: Eckart Schumacher, 1931. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 54 pages. Written in German. With an introduction by the author. A brief history and analysis of William Caxton. Also contains a supplement regarding Caxton's printer's device, which is displayed on the free endpaper, as well as an index of names. READ MORE about WILLIAM CAXTON, ENGLANDS ERSTER DRUCKER UND VERLEGER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 99845
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
With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections.
New York: New York Public Library, 1932. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages and three inserted plates of illustrations. With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections. A biographical essay on the famous caricaturist, engraver and publisher is accompanied by seven illustrations and a bibliography of Charles's work. READ MORE about WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20610
Paris: Les Éditions Ouvrières, (1968). squarish 12mo. paper wrappers. 342, (2) pages. Part of the series Vivre son temps. Sections on publishing, libraries, and education. Stamp on rear wrapper. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LA LECTURE EN FRANCE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48870
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1959). 8vo. cloth. 94 pages. First edition. Part of the Rosenbach Fellowship Series. The essays in this book contain a discussion of the struggle between art and economics in publishing during this period. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about LITERARY PUBLISHING IN AMERICA 1790-1850
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 112259
Weinheim: Chemie, (1971). 8vo. cloth. 80, 159 pages. A 50th anniversary history of the publisher Chemie, with a bibliography of all its publications. Indexed and illustrated. READ MORE about VERLAG CHEMIE 1921-1971
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 49423
8vo. paper wrappers. pp.5-12. Has articles on how a book is produced, the training department and the proofroom. READ MORE about SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS REPRINTED IN PRESS IMPRESSIONS, VOLUME IX,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 23928
Detroit: Gale Research Co., (1975). 8vo. cloth. vi, 197 pages. First edition. READ MORE about THE LITERARY JOURNAL IN AMERICA TO 1900, A GUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 103012
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
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Boston: The Horn Book, (1972). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 340 pages. First U.S. edition, from the second British edition. Study of the history of children's books in England from the beginning of printing up to 1914. Illustrated. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING
Price: $12.40 Order nr. 19344
Boston: The Horn Book, (1972). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 340 pages. First U.S. edition, from the second British edition. Study of the history of children's books in England from the beginning of printing up to 1914. Illustrated. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98328
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1870. 12mo. original pink stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Childs (1829-1894) was the owner of the Philadelphia Ledger and a noted publisher. He wrote his autobiography in 1890. An uncommon title. Paper wrappers heavily foxed. Crease on front cover. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GEORGE W. CHILDS. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 99255
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
Toward a National Policy
Washington: Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, (1986). 8vo. cloth. (xxiv), 309 pages. Toward a National Policy. Foreword by Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick. Book is all about the expansion of the American book market and the education of people overseas. The U.S. book industry is discussed in-depth as well as overseas publishing and education techniques at home and abroad. Edges are lightly worn. Tape marks on pastedowns and endpapers. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS ABROAD
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 92178
Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1981. 4to. stiff wrappers. (iv), 159 pages. Catalogue of U. S. government publications available at 1981 exhibition in China. Two-page list laid in. Spine creased. READ MORE about CATALOG OF SELECTED UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DISPLAYED AT THE U.S. BOOK EXHIBIITON...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 106419
(Chicago and New York: McDonnell Brothers), (1866). folio. pabbled cloth. 380 pages. First edition. Front and rear hinges cracked. Spine faded. Exlibris bookplate on front pastedown. Overall, a good copy in the original binding.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION
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London: George Allen & Unwin, (1988). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 238 pages. Third edition. The editor has gathered actual case histories of agreements between authors and publishers. READ MORE about PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS, A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS
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4 volumes.
Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England: Gregg Press, 1965. 4to. cloth. (vi), 32; (vi), 119+(1); (vi), 191+(1); (vi), 127+(1) pages. 4 volumes. Nos. 3-6 in the publisher's English Bibliographical Sources Series 2: Catalogues of Books in Circulation. Reprints of originals (London: S. Simmons, 1673-96. Original editions in Besterman 2007-8. Each volume with a prefatory note to the reader by Clavel. No. 3 includes books from the "dreadful fire of London" to Michaelmas 1672. No. 4 from the..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF ALL THE BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 119861
1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 136-153. An article in "The Library", Fourth Series, Vol. XX, No. 2, September 1939. Wear at extremities with tanning, creasing, and tears. Pages uncut at head. READ MORE about "' ABEL CLÉMENCE' OF 'ROUEN': A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SECRET PRESS."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101898
Nashville: Cokesbury Press, (1938). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 87 pages. History of this religious book publisher. Illustrated. Covers faded. READ MORE about FIFTEEN YEARS AND AN IDEA, A REPORT, 1923-1938
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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
