(New York: Perennial Editions, 2003). thick 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, (ii), 636 pages. First edition, paperback reprint. The newest book about books and book collectors by this noted author. Many great book stories in this volume. Fine condition. READ MORE about PATIENCE & FORTITUDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76643
(New York: Harper Collins, 2001). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, (ii), 636 pages. First edition. In this sequel to A Gentle Madness Basbanes continues his conversations with a wide variety of kindred spirits, each one a testament to the never-ending relevance of books in our lives. By exploring the transmission and preservation of knowledge, including the changes in the way information is amassed and stored, he reveals a deep and abiding respect for the..... READ MORE about PATIENCE & FORTITUDE
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 98021
York: Stone Trough Books, 2011. 5.25 x 8.75 inches. paperback. 118 pages. First edition. For over thirty-five years bookseller David Batterham has been going on book buying trips abroad and describing his journeys in letters written to artist Howard Hodgkin. This book contains the letters he wrote that reveal his traveling adventures and his buying interest and history. The visitable bookseller, a fast disappearing breed, is immortalized in this text. Lighthearted, entertaining, and charming, this..... READ MORE about AMONG BOOKSELLERS: TALES TOLD IN LETTERS TO HOWARD HODGKIN
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 108660
London: Printed by C. Demaine (for John Gray), 1853. 12mo. original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. pp. 41-48. An unusual survival, being a sort of prospectus for the main catalogue. "Parties wishing the complete Catalogue can have it forwarded by enclosing 12 stamps to the Publisher, or it will be sent gratis with orders from this sheet." Very fine condition. READ MORE about SHEET OF JOHN GRAY BELL’S CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPHS ON SALE AT THE LOW PRICES AFFIXED
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 79932
Leipzig: Otto Harrasowitz, 1900. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, original self paper wrappers bound in. 545-566 (22) pages. Offprint from the Centralblatt (later: Zentralblatt) für Bibliothekswesen, vol.17 no.12, of a review (largely negative) of a book by Karl Dziatzko on this topic. Covers worn, chipped. READ MORE about ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN BUCHWESENS
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Boulder: Hamilton Press, (1979). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 142 pages. First edition. A how to book that helps with writing a book, learning how to self publish and sell it and controlling the profits. Illustrated. Includes a glossary. READ MORE about WRITE PUBLISH & SELL IT YOURSELF! THE COMPLETE HOW-TO GUIDE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 59467
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 63 pages. First edition. Autobiography of a travelling book salesman. Chip in jacket along top edge. READ MORE about BOOK TRAVELLER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 507
2 volumes.
New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1980 and 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xxviii,482; xxxvi,607 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Tips and techniques for the sale and promotion of scientific, technical, professional, and scholarly books and journals. Volume One covers over 500 areas of book promotion such as direct mail, advertising techniques, mailing lists, exhibits and more. With a glossary, 4 appendices, and index. Volume Two broadens the coverage presented in the earlier volume, and..... READ MORE about BOOK MARKETING HANDBOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47280
Köln: "Der Jungbuchhandel" Hans Schulte, 1955. 8vo. paper wrappers. 61, (3) pages. A guide to the science of advertising and sales for booksellers. Wrapper slightly discolored. READ MORE about WERBE- UND VERKAUFSKUNDE FUR DEN BUCHHANDEL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50622
Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Co., 1962. 8vo. wrappers. (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages. Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine. READ MORE about BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 104452
Stockholm: Bonnier, 1948. 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 29+(1) pages. Contemporary (1948) publishing and the book trade in Sweden, by a member of the Bonniers publishing family. Tears in front cover. READ MORE about OM BOKFORLAG OCH BOKHANDEL
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Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1948. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 71+(1) pages. First edition. An analysis of book selling in Paris. The author looks at all areas of activity, from the antiquarian bookseller to the importer/exporter. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about BOGHANDEL I PARIS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 63009
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1927. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 91 pages. First edition. 12 chapters on different aspects of the rare book business. Covers rubbed. Name in ink in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about BUYING & SELLING RARE BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 1276
New York: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20568
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1903. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 251 pages. A study of the book trade in relation to science. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about DER DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL UND DIE WISSENSCHAFT
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. 8vo. original quarter leather over red cloth. x, 427+(1) pages. A new edition. With frontispiece portrait of Burton. Spine rubbed with wear at spine ends. Top of spine lacking. READ MORE about THE BOOK-HUNTER, ETC
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 966
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, (1953). 8vo. cloth. vii, 107 pages. First edition. "Papers presented before the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago." Ten chapters including one by Wright Howes on retail bookselling. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. READ MORE about LIBRARIANS, SCHOLARS AND BOOKSELLERS AT MID-CENTURY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 11072
Oslo: Norsk Bokhandler-Medhjelper-Forening, 1965. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 93+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of essays related to book selling. Aleks. Frøland, William Nygaard and Johan Tanum provide essays. Published in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Bokhandlerskolens. In Norwegian. READ MORE about I BOKENS TJENESTE
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63292
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
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New York: National Assoc. of Book Publishers, 1931. thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 337 pages. First edition. With 31 illustrations and charts. READ MORE about ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY, 1930-1931. FINAL REPORT
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Foreword by James H. Billington. Afterword by John Y. Cole.
Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, (1996). small 4to. leatherette, dust jacket. x, 150 pages. Foreword by James H. Billington. Afterword by John Y. Cole. First edition. Filled with illustrations of some of the most interesting and important American books of the Library of Congress. Signed by the author on title page. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN AMERICA WITH IMAGES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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Philadelphia: Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Christmas 1958. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages printed French fold with three page facsimile of Cobbett letter inserted. Limited to 525 numbered copies; printed at the Pickering Press. The letter is from the collection of Seymour Adelman. Toned along edges. READ MORE about A LETTER FROM LONDON: WILLIAM COBBETT TO JAMES OLDDEN
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(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
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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
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An Alphabet of Terms in Bibliographical and Booktrade Use Compiled from Twenty Languages.
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1935. 4to. black fabric spine covering with stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 82 pages. An Alphabet of Terms in Bibliographical and Booktrade Use Compiled from Twenty Languages. First edition. Corner bumped. Wear to fabric spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHERS' GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99752
