DIE WERBUNG FURS BUCH.
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag, 1950. 8vo. cloth. x, 384, (2) pages. Fourth edition. A guide to book advertising. Indexed. READ MORE about DIE WERBUNG FURS BUCH
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 51274
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DER SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL DER ZUKUNFT.
Düsseldorf: Econ, (1968). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Prognistications on the bookselling of the future. Wrappers slightly discolored. READ MORE about DER SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL DER ZUKUNFT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51282
DER WEG DES BUCHES VOM VERLAG ZUM SORTIMENT.
Wiesbaden: Marx, 1958. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 174 pages. Advice on the relationship between publishing and bookselling for bookkeepers. READ MORE about DER WEG DES BUCHES VOM VERLAG ZUM SORTIMENT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 51283
SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS.
London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 320 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 389). Excellent sketches of Thomas Guy, John Dunton, Jacob Tonson, Thomas Gent, the Tonsons, Lintotts, Curll, Richardson, Edward Cave, Jack Lackington, etc. Front cover detached and part of spine covering chipped away. Internally fine. READ MORE about SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 99260
DAS BUCH IM STROM DES VERKEHRS.
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1905. small 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 134, (2) pages. An economic study of the book trade. Corners bumped. READ MORE about DAS BUCH IM STROM DES VERKEHRS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51285
SPREDTE TRÆK AF BOGHANDELENS HISTORIE.
København: Henrik Koppels Forlag, 1932. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 69, (3) pages. Presentation copy. Publisher Henrik Koppel descibes the history of publishing and bookselling in Denmark. Unopened pages. READ MORE about SPREDTE TRÆK AF BOGHANDELENS HISTORIE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74596
CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON, LATE BOOKSELLER.
New York: Garland, 1974. 8vo. cloth. (vi), viii, 212, (4) pages. Lackington's CONFESSIONS continue and supplement his MEMOIRS which were first issued 13 years earlier, at the end of the 18th century. The book takes the form of a series of letters addressed to a friend. READ MORE about CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON, LATE BOOKSELLER
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 2480
THE PRACTICE OF BOOKSELLING, WITH SOME OPINIONS ON ITS NATURE STATUS, AND FUTURE.
London: Phoenix House Ltd., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 208 pages. First edition. Guide to the finances and operations of a bookshop. Jacket chipped with wear at spine ends. READ MORE about THE PRACTICE OF BOOKSELLING, WITH SOME OPINIONS ON ITS NATURE STATUS, AND FUTURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20329
THE. PRACTICE OF BOOKSELLING, WITH SOME OPINIONS ON ITS NATURE, STATUS, AND FUTURE.
London: Phoenix House Ltd., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 208 pages. First edition. Guide to the finances and operations of a bookshop. Minor jacket wear. READ MORE about THE. PRACTICE OF BOOKSELLING, WITH SOME OPINIONS ON ITS NATURE, STATUS, AND FUTURE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 9385
60 ÅR FOR NORSK BOKHANDEL.
(Stavanger, Norway): Norsk Provins-Bokhandler Forening, 1948. 4to. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, other edges uncut. 302+(1) pages. Text in Norwegian. Commemorates the 60th anniversary. Color frontispiece. A history of Norwegian booksellers, with a list of members of the association. Table of contents, foreword. Black and white illustrations. Unopened. READ MORE about 60 ÅR FOR NORSK BOKHANDEL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116161
DAS BUCH IM WANDEL DER ZEITEN.
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, (1951). 8vo. later quarter leather with paper-covered boards. 296 pages. An overview of the book throughout history, covering such topics as writing, the development of paper, printing, binding, libraries, and the like. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about DAS BUCH IM WANDEL DER ZEITEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48365
DAS BUCH IM WANDEL DER ZEITEN.
Hamburg: Hanseatische Verlaganstalt, (1943). 8vo. later quarter leather with paper-covered boards. 253+(1) pages. An overview of the book throughout history, covering such topics as writing, the development of paper, printing, binding, libraries, and the like. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about DAS BUCH IM WANDEL DER ZEITEN
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 48785
BUCHMARKT DER NEUEN LESER.
Berlin: Volker Spiess, 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. 199 pages. A study of book clubs in Germany as a book market. READ MORE about BUCHMARKT DER NEUEN LESER
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 51269
AUS FUNFUNDZWANZIG JAHREN.
Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewische, 1930. 12mo. cloth, top edge stained red. 121+(1) pages. Third edition. Memoirs of a bookseller and publisher's twenty-five years in the book trade. Cloth foxed. READ MORE about AUS FUNFUNDZWANZIG JAHREN
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 48073
EN TUR PÅ STRØGET.
(Copenhagen): G.E.C. Gad, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45+(1) pages. First edition. Larsen takes us on a walk along Copenhagen's famous shopping street, Strøget. Along the way he discusses the shopping oppurtunities, especially the book stores ( including G.E.C. Gad). Illustrated with drawings and early photos of the city. Pages unopened. In Danish. Stain on back cover. READ MORE about EN TUR PÅ STRØGET
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 62990
BOGHANDELENS BIBLIOGRAFI. MED EN FORTEGNELSE OVER DANSKE BIBLIOGRAFIER.
Kobenhavn: Boghandlerfagskolen, 1951. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 141 pages. Second edition. A manual for the bookseller. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about BOGHANDELENS BIBLIOGRAFI. MED EN FORTEGNELSE OVER DANSKE BIBLIOGRAFIER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37312
KATALOG OVER BOGHANDLER-MEDHJAELPER-BIBLIOTEKET, BOGHANDEL-BOGFREMSTIL.
Copenhagen: B.M.F.'s Forlag [Publishing House of the Association of Book Trade Assistants], 1944. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 138, (6) pages. A catalogue of the Book Trade Assistants' Library in Copenhagen, i.e. partly a bibliography of the book trade, by S. Larsen, then librarian. The Library was begun in 1873 and became part of the Assn. of Book Trade Assistants (Boghandler-Medhjælper-Forening) in 1898. Describes over 1,000 entries. Inscribed in ink on title page. Covers yellowed around..... READ MORE about KATALOG OVER BOGHANDLER-MEDHJAELPER-BIBLIOTEKET, BOGHANDEL-BOGFREMSTIL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63209
ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY IN THE SPANISH INDIES WITH SOME REGISTROS OF SHIPMENTS OF BOOKS TO THE SPANISH COLONIES.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 153+(1) pages. Frontispiece, introduction by the author, with essays on literature and literary activity in Spanish America. Eight appendices with registros of book shipments to the Indies1586-1605. Short title checklist, bibliography, index. Wrappers soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY IN THE SPANISH INDIES WITH SOME REGISTROS OF SHIPMENTS OF BOOKS TO THE...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 119550
KLEINES PRAKTIKUM DES BUCHEXPORTS.
Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 125, (3) pages. Part of the Werkstatt des Buches series. A handbook on book exporting. READ MORE about KLEINES PRAKTIKUM DES BUCHEXPORTS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48381
BOK OCH SAMHALLE, I GOTEBORG, 1720-1809.
Göteborg: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1950. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 311 pages. Illustrated history of booksellers and publishers in Göteborg. An unopened copy. READ MORE about BOK OCH SAMHALLE, I GOTEBORG, 1720-1809
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37221
DAS BUCHER-SCHAUFENSTER.
Berlin: Oldenburg & Co., (1919). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 105, (3) pages, with 57 illustrations. A guide to designing bookstore window displays. Some wear at spine ends. Cracked along front hinge. READ MORE about DAS BUCHER-SCHAUFENSTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48520
TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONNECTED WITH BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKE RS (AUTHORS, PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, ENGRAVERS AND PAPER MAKERS).
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1916. 8vo. cloth. 90 pages with 3 plates of tokens and 11 other illustrations in the text. First edition. With many facts of historical interest. Still one of the best guides to the subject. Cloth split along front hinge and tears to spine cloth. READ MORE about TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONNECTED WITH BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKE RS (AUTHORS, PRINTERS,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 20259
BUCHGEWERBLICHE GRUNDBEGRIFFE.
Köln: Der Jungbuchhandel Hans Schulte, (1952). 8vo. paper wrappers. 28, (4) pages. Basic knowledge about the book trades for booksellers; discusses printing, publishing, binding, and paper. Yellowed. READ MORE about BUCHGEWERBLICHE GRUNDBEGRIFFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49501
RECHTSKUNDE FUR BUCHHANDLER UND VERLEGER.
Düsseldorf: Der Jungbuchhandel, (1966). 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 140 pages. A guide to rights for booksellers and publishers. READ MORE about RECHTSKUNDE FUR BUCHHANDLER UND VERLEGER
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 50633
THE NET BOOK AGREEMENT 1899 AND THE BOOK WAR 1906-1908; TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK TRADE, INCLUDING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TIMES BOOK CLUB AND THE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCAITION BY EDWARD BELL.
Glasgow: The University Press, 1924. 8vo. boards, paper spine label. (viii), 81+(1) pages. First edition. "This is a full, if biased, account of the affair ..." - (Myers British Book Trade, p. 223). One of the key monographs on this volatile and embittered period of British publishing. Interesting copy as it has the following inscription "H. Holt, June '24." With a printed presentation card from author pasted to the free endpaper. Spine label chipped and..... READ MORE about THE NET BOOK AGREEMENT 1899 AND THE BOOK WAR 1906-1908; TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 55644