Berkshire: Book Handbook, 1947. small 8vo. paper wrappers. Various pagination. The following issues are available: Vol. One: 2(4), 3(3), 4(2), 5(2) Vol. Two: 1(7), 2, Per issue price. READ MORE about BOOK HANDBOOK, AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO OLD AND RARE BOOKS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 734
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1920. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 2165-2292 pages. Volume 9 (of 9) parts of this sale - this volume describesThe Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. "The library of Henry Huth is of great interest to the historian of book- collecting ... the dispersal was one of the most striking events in the history of the English salerooms" - (De Ricci). No illustrations. Covers detached with spine covering partially missing..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS LIBRARY OF PRINTED BOOKS ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 91330
(London: E. Joseph Booksellers), n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 11+(1) pages. Guide to preserving books within a collection, including information on temperature and humidity, precautions to take in case of disaster, displaying, cleaning, and repairing. Contains contact information for leather conservators, suppliers of hygrometers and humidity indicating cards and paper, and disaster control centers. Line illustrations throughout. READ MORE about E. JOSEPH BOOKSELLERS GUIDE TO CARING FOR FINE BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 94852
Cambridge: University Press, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 178 pages. First edition; the Sandars Lecture for 1961. Contains 8 plates. With various bibliographical lists of collectors. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about SOME BRITISH COLLECTORS OF MUSIC, C.1600-1960
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9304
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1895. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 28 pages. This small volume is a list of 18 books recommended and sold by Lawrence &Bullen press. The entries include bibliographic information, description, publication history and price for each book. Includes Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" and Catullus's "Pervigilium Veneris." Edges of cover worn with small tears and folds. READ MORE about CHOSEN BOOKS FROM LAWRENCE & BULLEN'S LIST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87340
London, England: John Lane, 1895. 12mo. original cloth, spine gilt-stamped, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (viii), 160, 16 pages. Third edition, revised. Chapter V "entirely new." Inscription on front free endpaper. Table of contents, dedication, introduction. Frontispiece by Robert Fowler. Publisher's advertisements follow text. Some foxing, mainly on endpapers. READ MORE about THE BOOK BILLS BY NARCISSUS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130436
10 volumes.
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. 8vo. quarter cloth over boards, cloth-covered boards case. Over 2500 pages in total. 10 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator, William Sharp (LEC 135). Printed by Peter Beilenson. This version of the diaries are edited by Wheatley, with additions, from the transcription executed by the Rev. Mynors Bright from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Lacking the..... READ MORE about DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 40579
University of Kansas Publications Library Series, 40
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.29-40. University of Kansas Publications Library Series, 40. An article in Vol. 40, Bibliographical Contributions, University of Kansas Libraries, 1976. Essay by Mason discusses increasing attention given to 18th century English books by collectors and librarians. Wrappers tanned at the edges. Top corner bumped. "With compliments" slip laid in. READ MORE about " CATESBY, CURLL, AND COOK: OR, THE LIBRARIAN AND THE 18TH CENTURY ENGLI SH BOOK."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106558
N.P. (but London): (Oxford University Press), 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 118-125. An article in "The Library", Sixth Series, Volume XX, No. 2, June 1998 on the catalogue of Sir Walter Scott's library. READ MORE about "' LITERA SCRIPTA MANET': GEORGE HUNTLY GORDON AND THE ABBOTSFORD LIBRARY CATALOGUE."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101430
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1933. square 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), pp.157-176. An offprint from the Transactions of The Bibliographical Society. Muir addresses the Society in 1933 on English Imprints and collectors of first editions. Edges of wrappers are browned, creased and faded. READ MORE about ENGLISH IMPRINTS AFTER 1640
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 59778
5 volumes.
Cambridge: University Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, xiii+(i), 119 pages. 5 volumes. Volume 2 of this 5 volume set. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about PHILLIPPS STUDIES NO. 2. THE FAMILY AFFAIRS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87187
Cambridge: University Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, xiii+(i), 119 pages. Volume 2 of this 5 volume set. Covers rubbed. Name in ink. READ MORE about PHILLIPPS STUDIES NO. 2. THE FAMILY AFFAIRS OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104101
With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library.
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1928. 4to. marbled cloth with a maroon base color. (vi), 41, (3) pages. With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library. Printed in February 1928 in an edition of 289 numbered copies (Fleck A.15.A.2). Lacks box. Appears that pocket was removed from back pastedown. READ MORE about THE FORMAT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 73525
8 VOLUMES
Daylesford, PA: privately printed, 1912-1926. 8vo. paper wrappers, cloth binding ties on spines, cloth covered boards slipcase and chemise. variously paginated. 8 VOLUMES. An outstanding collection of some of the rarest A. Edward Newton Christmas pamphlets privately printed by Newton at Oak Knoll, his estate outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pamphlets are housed in a chemise and slipcase with gilt lettering on spine and shows only the slightest bit of wear to the covers. chemise..... READ MORE about LOT OF EIGHT CHRISTMAS PAMPHLETS PRIVATELY PRINTED BY A. EDWARD NEWTON
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 134704
With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library.
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1928. 4to. marbled cloth with a maroon base color, box with wrap-around label. (vi), 41, (3) pages. With Reproductions of Title-pages from Books in the Author's Library. Printed in February 1928 in an edition of 289 numbered copies (Fleck A.15.A.2). With a separate colored plate as a frontispiece. Book and box are in great shape. READ MORE about THE FORMAT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 14883
N.P. Privately printed, 1929. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine and cover labels, original box with paper label. (vi), 32, (8) pages. First edition, limited to 600 copies (Fleck A.20.A). Newton produced this book and used the profits to erect a Hardy Memorial in England. Reproduces a number of letters in facsimile from the Newton collection. Loosely inserted in this copy is the four page prospectus to the book. Mounted on the free endpaper is an..... READ MORE about THOMAS HARDY, NOVELIST OR POET?
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 14897
N.P. Privately printed, 1929. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine and cover labels, original box with paper label. (vi), 32, (8) pages. First edition, limited to 600 copies (Fleck A.20.A). Newton produced this book and used the profits to erect a Hardy Memorial in England. Reproduces a number of letters in facsimile from the Newton collection. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Slipcase shows wear with piece missing along front edge. READ MORE about THOMAS HARDY, NOVELIST OR POET?
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 14898
N.P. n.p., 1936. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Above information followed by text in letter form with printed signature of Newton. Announces that the Trollope Society "now has two hundred and fifty-seven members, a bank balance of Thirty-one Hundred Dollars, and no liabilities." READ MORE about THE TROLLOPE SOCIETY, THE FIRST VOLUME TO APPEAR UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF OUR SOCIETY IS THE WARDEN...
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 14699
Published for the European Magazine
London: J. Asperne, 1818. 10.5" x 7" Single sheet. Published for the European Magazine. James Perry (1756-1821) journalist and book collector. Perry began his career in 1777 writing for the "General Advertiser" and the "London Evening-Post." After writing several installments in 1778 about a court-martialed admiral, he established himself as a well-known journalist in London. He began editing in 1782 for the "European Magazine" and later the "Gazetteer." He was also a political activist and..... READ MORE about JAMES PERRY ESQ
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 87669
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. full leather in slipcase. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. One of 20 sets bound thus. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature. The original catalogue, extremely difficult and expensive to..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $900.00 Order nr. 47049
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. cloth. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 129308
London: Sotheby's, 1975. 8vo. paper wrappers. 86 pages. Illustrated. Covers a bit faded. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BROADSIDES, POSTERS, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER PRINTED EPHEMERA FROM THE CELEBRATED...
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 25624
Newly Translated into English by E.C. Thomas.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. 12mo. two toned boards. xxii, 148 pages. Newly Translated into English by E.C. Thomas. Part of the King's Classics Series edited by Israel Gollancz. This title page has been altered from the 1903 second King's Classic edition. Spot on the front cover. Back hinge cracked. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about LOVE OF BOOKS, THE PHILOBIBLON OF RICHARD DE BURY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21597
New York: Meyer Brothers & Co., 1899 (facsimile by Gilbert Combs). 8vo. stiff blue paper wrappers. xl, 144 pages. A facsimile done by "A.J.C." and limited to 300 numbered copies. The limitation page has been slightly altered and the bibliography has been updated. Ownership inscription in pencil. Spine faded. READ MORE about PHILOBIBLON, A TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF BOOKS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 9952
New York: Meyer Brothers & Co., 1899. tall 8vo. original paper-covered boards, original paper spine label, top edge gilt, other uncut. xxxvi, 143 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Paper along hinges cracked with some chipping away. READ MORE about PHILOBIBLON, A TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF BOOKS BY RICHARD DE BURY. THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 12513
