New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1960). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 356 pages. Reissue of the first edition of 1931 with a statistical report for 1947-48 and a new introduction for this edition by Frederic G. Melcher. Rubbed along hinges. Melcher ink stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY, 1930-1931
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 45785
(New York): Bloomsbury, (2003). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 246, (4) pages. First U.S. edition. The author moved his family from San Francisco to the famous Town of Books, Hay-on-Wye, in Wales and works for Richard Booth, the self-declared King of Hay. READ MORE about SIXPENCE HOUSE, LOST IN A TOWN OF BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 89713
New York: The New York Public Library, 1939. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 55 pages. The fourth lecture of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting study of this method of selling new books including an historical view. READ MORE about SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1651
London: Chatto and Windus, n.d. (1873). thick 8vo. original cloth. 483 pages. First edition. (Hart no.158). With many portraits of old booksellers and other illustrations. Wear at spine ends and covers show spotting. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF BOOKSELLERS, THE OLD AND THE NEW
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123949
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
Paris: Unesco, 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. 81 pages. On Unesco's efforts to promote reading, libraries, and the free circulation of books. Wear to front hinge. READ MORE about POUR LE LIVRE
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 50827
Kjøbenhavn: Boghandlerforeningen i Kjøbenhavn, 1887. 8vo. original paper-covered boards. (iv), 178 pages. Fifty-year anniversary volume of the Copenhagen Booksellers' Association, in Danish. Articles dealing specifically with the details of its founding, and biographical sketches of the 37 original members. Index. Spine, edges and corners slightly rubbed, chipped, bumped, hinges chipped. READ MORE about FESTSKRIFT I ANLEDNING AF BOGHANDLERFORENINGENS HALVHUNDREDAARSDAG DEN 18. JANUAR 1887
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 74525
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1884. thick small 4to. original dark brown cloth. 739 pages. First edition. Excellent book full of information about publishing, bookselling and authorship during the 19th century. Covers rubbed with some spotting; wear at head of spine. Inside hinges cracked but solid. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS AMONG AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 2088
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, (1935). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. viii, 272, (4) pages. Describes the book trade in twenty-five countries around the world and gives addresses of booksellers and publishers in each country. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about DER BUCHHANDEL DER WELT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48294
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1948. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xxxvi, 200 pages. Reissue of the 1905 edition. (Brenni no.755 for bookbinding entry). READ MORE about A CENTURY OF THE ENGLISH BOOK TRADE SHORT NOTICES OF ALL PRINTERS, STATIONERS, BOOK-BINDERS, AND...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53010
Koln: Verband des werbenden Buch- und Zeitschriftenhandels e.V., 1961. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 360 pages. A history, with documents, of publicity for book and periodical selling, from its beginnings through the First World War. Some wear and fading of boards. Head of spine bumped. READ MORE about BEITRAGE UND DOKUMENTE ZUR GESCHICHTE DES WERBENDEN BUCH- UND ZEITSCHR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48220
N.P. Förlags AB Centrum, 1974. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. The opinions of the 1968 Literary Commission (Literaturutredning) did not please everyone, particularly not Swedish publishers and booksellers, as this work by the chairman of the Stockholm book dealers Association shows. Inserted is a card addressed to S. Taubert from a Stockholm bookseller. A little soiled, chipped. READ MORE about PM OM BOKEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52882
Aachen: J.A. Meyer, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. 135 pages. On bookselling in the economic context of different countries, with some consideration of price controls. READ MORE about BUCH UND BUCHHANDEL
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 51259
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1978. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 65+(1) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Author's signature on half-title page. Extensively illustrated, with reproductions of rare books, and portraits of well-known bookmen. Jacket spine faded. Library of Congress accession and surplus duplicate stamps. READ MORE about SOME EARLY AUSTRALIAN BOOKMEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97582
Commercio della Carta e del Libro
Reggio-Emilia: Stab. Tip. Artigianelli di R. Boiardi, 1918. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv) pages. Commercio della Carta e del Libro. A short article on the booksellers and stationers in Reggio in the sixteenth century. The article is only one page front and back. There was activity as early as 1501 with the bookselling community flourishing by mid-to-late century. The pamphlet is faded with some creasing and edge wear. The is a 1.5 inch triangular piece missing..... READ MORE about LIBRAI E CARTOLAI REGGIANI NEL XVI SECOLO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88188
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1903. 8vo. later half cloth with paper-covered boards, paper spine label. x, 234 pages. Discusses many aspects of the German book trade, including publishing, retail bookselling, antiquarian bookselling, and trade associations. READ MORE about GRUNDZUGE DER ORGANISATION DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48782
Frankfurt: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1967. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 67 pages. On the issue of price restrictions in the German book trade. Spine faded. READ MORE about TAGESFRAGEN ZUR PREISBINDUNG DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDELS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 50611
7 volumes.
Birmingham: Birmingham Bibliographica Society, various dates (1975-1987). 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 7 volumes. Volumes: No. 1 To 1779; No. 2 1780-1789; No. 3 1790-1799 with addenda to Working Papers 1 and 2; No. 4 1800-1809; No. 5 1810-1819; No. 6 1820-1829; No. 7 1830-1839. Light creasing and wear along edges. Volume one faded towards edges as though placed by a smaller book. Gavin Bridson's invoice laid-in. "West Midlands Book Trade Project, an..... READ MORE about WORKING PAPERS FOR AN HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE WEST MIDLANDS BOOK TRADE TO 1850, COMPILED BY...
Price: $105.00 Order nr. 99528
Berlin: Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1891. small 8vo. original paper wrappers. 55 pages. On the history of this Berlin bookseller. Wrappers detached and slightly chipped. READ MORE about ZUR GESCHICHTE DER NICOLAISCHEN BUCHHANDLUNG UND DES HAUSES BRUDERSTRAßE 13 IN BERLIN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 50704
Bielefeld: F. Eilers, (1949). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 119+(1) pages. The story of how a book is produced, from the author's desk to the bookseller's window. Corners bumped. READ MORE about SO ENTSTEHT EIN BUCH
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49265
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel, 1955. 8vo. paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. An introduction to customer service for retail booksellers. READ MORE about KUNDENBEDIENUNG, ANLEITUNG FUR DEN SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDLER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51257
København: Forening for Boghaandværk, 1969. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 188, (3) pages. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title. A study of the Danish book trade. Here, one can read about the book seller's particular considerations: how to price books, which professional societies to belong to, how to cope with the long work day, etc. Illustrated. Indexed. In Danish. READ MORE about BØGER, BOG SALG, BOG HANDLERE OMKRING 1875
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63347
København: Boghandlerfagskolen, 1953. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 110, (2) pages. First edition. Frøland writes about book selling and the book market. Markings in pencil throughout. Spine chipped at top and bottom. In Danish. READ MORE about KUNDEBETJENING. EN VEJLEDNING FOR BOGHANDELENS SÆLGERE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 63376
Leipzig: Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhandler, 1928. 8vo. paper wrappers. 84 pages. An introduction to retail bookselling. Wrappers slightly discolored. Corners bumped. READ MORE about EINWEISUNG DES SORTIMENTS-LEHRLINGS IN DIE BUCHHANDLERISCHE ARBEIT
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 51271
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1900. small 4to. original paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. xi, 119 pages. First edition (Hart no.75). With 56 illustrations. Contains many biographical sketches and reproductions of portraits of booksellers and printers. Chipped around edges with paper along hinges partially split. Covers soiled. Bumped corners. Spine cracked down the center. READ MORE about NOTES ON PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WITH A CHAPTER ON CHAP BOOKS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 1534
