York: Picaflow, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 241 pages. Describes 1600 booksellers arranged in separate sections alphabetically and regionally. READ MORE about COLE'S REGISTER OF BRITISH ANTIQUARIAN & SECONDHAND BOOKDEALERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70285
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers. 196 pages. Account of a committee appointed to examine the distribution of French books abroad, both commercially and non-commercially. Yellowed. READ MORE about COMMISSION NATIONALE DU LIVRE FRANCAIS A L'ETRANGER RAPPORT GENERAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49181
Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge
Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, (1957); (1958); 1959; 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12; 11(+1); (ii),39(+1); (ii),54 pages. Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge. This volume contains four special issues from Galerie Gerd Rosen in Berlin. The first commemorated the lawyer and book collector Otto Deneke, who had died the previous year, and includes original contributions from Rudolf Alexander Schröder (memories of Deneke and Rudolf Borchardt) and from Alfred von..... READ MORE about Galerie Gerd Rosen (Four special issues bound in one
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88263
Düsseldorf: Der Jungbuchhandel, 1965. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 1232 pages. Volume 19 of this periodical devoted to the advancement of the booktrade. READ MORE about DER JUNGBUCHHANDEL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48076
Lisbon: n.p. (Liv. Port.), 1971. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Brochure of the Livraria Portugal containing a description of its activities in 1961-71, divided into sections with titles such as "Authors and public in contact at the Livraria...," "Portuguese books distributed abroad by us," etc. Photos of store interiors, windows, authors, et al. Covers soiled, irregularly faded. READ MORE about LIVRARIA PORTUGAL NO PROSSEGUIMENTO DUM OBRA AO SERVICO DA CULTURA PO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52009
6 volumes.
Frankfurt: Hans-Karl Soeken, 1964-1969. tall 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. Variously paginated. 6 volumes. Periodical devoted to research and practice of documentation, under the auspices of the German Society for Documentation and the special councils on librarianship, the book trade, and newspapers. READ MORE about NACHRICHTEN FUR DOKUMENTATION. Jahrgänge 15-20
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 48068
Six Issues
Oslo: (Den Norske Bokhandlerforening), 1973; 1975. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Six Issues. Six issues of this Norwegian journal for booksellers (Nos. 10, 17-20 & 23). Addresses the latest trends and market forces in the book selling world. Illustrated. In Norwegian. READ MORE about NORSK BOKHADLER TIDENDE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63218
21 plus volumes, being volumes 1 to 25, lacking 15, 17, 22 (Vol 2) and 24.
Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1963-1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. For the run:. 21 plus volumes, being volumes 1 to 25, lacking 15, 17, 22 (Vol 2) and 24. Each volume in this set is a complete book in itself. Includes: 1. Kliemann and Meyer-Dohm. Buchhandel, Eine Bibliographie. 160 pages. 2. Meter-Dohm. Buch und Leser in Frankreich, Eine Studie des Syndicat National des Éditeurs, Paris. 96 pages. 3. Meyer-Dohm. buch und Leser in den Niederlanden. 182..... READ MORE about SCHRIFTEN ZUR BUCHMARKT-FORSCHUNG
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 45200
Farnham: Richard Joseph Publisher's Ltd., (1987). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 268 pages. First edition. Lists dealers by country and locality, alphabetically and by specialty. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 126840
New York, NY: The Bowker Press, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Volume 2, Number 2 (November/December 1984). Features articles on independent book publishing. Table of contents, black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE SMALL PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129994
Hamburg: Vorstande des Verbandes der Kreis- und Ortsvereine im deutschen Buchhandel, 1903. small 8vo. paper wrappers. ii, 169, (3) pages. An answer to Karl Bücher's work on science and the German book trade, published by a committee of German trade associations. Wrappers yellowed, chipped, and partially detached. READ MORE about THEORIE UND PRAXIS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49471
New York: Swann Gallery, 1986-1991. small 4to. self paper wrappers. Includes Vol. 1, no.1 (Spring 1986) - 4; Vol. 2, 1-4; Vol. 3, 1-4; Vol. 4, 1-4; Vol. 5, 1-4; Vol. 6, 1 (Fall 1991). News of sales and prices brought at this New York auction house ably guided by George Lowry. READ MORE about TRUMPET, AN OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER FROM SWANN GALLERY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 40828
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Stockholm: Prisma, 1961. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 61+(1) pages. Reprint of a 1923 article by Hedval on the book, the bookdealer, and the public, with two c1960 articles by Ahlström and Josephson on visual selling and customer service respectively. READ MORE about TRE OM BOCKER OCH BOKHANDEL [THREE ON BOOKS AND THE BOOKTRADE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52815
Stockholm: n.p. (Royal Library)), 1912. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 152 pages. Part III, fasc. 1 of the work listed in Besterman 5949. Entries no. 4951-5810 (i.e. 860) of this work. The making and selling of books, and the history thereof. The supplement lists bibliographies, biobibliographies, books on library science and archives, and library catalogues. Concludes with list of corrections and errata. Unopened. Covers detached and missing pieces; backing missing. READ MORE about SVERIGES BIBLIOGRAFISKA LITTERATUR FORTECKNAD AF J...TREDJE DELEN, HAFT 1, TYPOGRAFI OCH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52954
København: Boghandlerfagskolen, 1947. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, pages unopened. 68+(1) pages. First edition. The history of the book in Denmark is the subject of this volume of collected essays. Topics range from book selling in Denmark to a history of Danish literature. Other essays address bibliography and paper. In Danish. Small damaged spot along edge of front cover. READ MORE about BOGHANDLERUDDANNELSE I DANMARK. NOGLE TRAEK AF NYERE DANSK BOGHANDELS HISTORIE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61869
5 volumes bound in 3.
Mansfield Centre, MA: Martino Publishing, 2007. 8vo. and 4to. cloth. approximately 3100 pages. 5 volumes bound in 3. Reprint of the first edition published in Birmingham during the period 1875-1894. The Stationers' Company has in its possession copyright registers from 1554 to 1842; this book contains the entries up to 1640. The Stationers' Company, which was founded in the fifteenth century to protect and regulate the London book trade, contains Court Book registers, records of..... READ MORE about A TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTERS OF THE COMPANY OF STATIONERS OF LONDON; 1554-1640, A.D
Price: $395.00 Order nr. 94371
2 volumes.
Bergen: Norges handelshøyskole, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv,178; (viii),(3),222 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. A two volume study of the book industry and trade in Norway. Chapters are devoted to book technology, publishers, book selling, etc. Reproduced from typescript. In Norwegian. Foxing to covers. READ MORE about STUDIER I BOKØKONOMI
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 63390
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1938. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 263-288. Article in The Library , Fourth Series, Volume XIX, Number 3, December 1938. Corners bumped. READ MORE about "THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LEARNING."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102101
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1957. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. ix, 42, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 2500 copies. The finding of this manuscript bookseller's list from the early 17th century led to the dating of Shakespeare's play. The list is reproduced in collotype. Only minor wear to jacket. READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOR'S WON, NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOKS OF AN ELIZABETHAN BOOKSELLER
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 13739
Olten: Schweizerisches Vereinssortiment, (1960). small 8vo. cloth. 32, (4) pages. On the self-maintenance of the booktrade; printed as the New Year's gift of this Swiss association. READ MORE about SELBSTBEHAUPTUNG DES BUCHHANDELS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 51281
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. thick 8vo. original cloth. xxxii, 446, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1890 which was originally volume 39 of the works of Bancroft issued in 1890. Bancroft, a bookseller and publisher in early California, put together the famous Bancroft Collection of Western Americana. This is the fascinating story of his life and the building of the collection. Inscribed on title page "H. Abby Brown, Compliments of Geo..... READ MORE about LITERARY INDUSTRIES, A MEMOIR
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 20344
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth. ix, (v), 198 pages. First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 97315
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (v), 198 pages. First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. READ MORE about FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98335
London: Hutchinson, (1966). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. Part of a series entitled "Better Bookselling" this being Number Three. Foreword by David Austick. READ MORE about BOOKSELLING BY MAIL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 125178
London: Hutchinson of London, (1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. A financial guide to stock control. Presentation to David Faye from the author on title page. READ MORE about STOCK CONTROL IN BOOKSELLING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 34579
