SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS.
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. (circa 1981). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 82, (2) pages. Books from the 15th to the 18th century. READ MORE about SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 16740
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. (circa 1981). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 82, (2) pages. Books from the 15th to the 18th century. READ MORE about SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 16740
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. 983 items. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33289
Autographes -- Bibliographie de la Librairie W.S. Kundig et d'Autres Provenances
Genève: Nicolas Rauch S.A., 1952. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 178, (2) pages followed by 32 additional leaves of illustration. Autographes -- Bibliographie de la Librairie W.S. Kundig et d'Autres Provenances. Catalogue de Vente No. 1 de la Nouvelle Série. This auction catalogue offers items from the collection of bookseller William S. Kundig (and others)--ranging from fourteenth-century illustrated manuscripts from France (a Latin Bible) and Italy (Aesop's fables) to printed books of the early..... READ MORE about LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 79720
London: J. & J. Leighton, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top and fore edges cut, bottom edge uncut. 286, (2) pages. Sales catalogue for J. & J. Leighton listing 378 items in alphabetical order by author, title, or subject, from A to H, including several illuminated manuscripts. Contains many black-and-white reproductions from the works. Wrappers detached and chipped at edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF GERMAN, DUTCH & FLEMISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56505
2 volumes.
London: Maggs Bros. 1928. square 8vo. later cloth. (ii),456; (ii),457-876 pages. 2 volumes. Over 2500 items described. Covers scuffed with remnants of paper cover adhered to edge of back cover of volume one. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE & PRINTING FROM THE 15TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY CATALOGUES 503 AND 505
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 36908
3 volumes bound in 2
London: Maggs Bros. 1933, 1934, 1934. 8vo. brown leather, four raised bands with spine gilt; blue leather with spine gilt, top edge gilt and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 1-304; 305-1123; 1124-1840 items, priced. 3 volumes bound in 2. Catalogues 590, 594 and 598 issued by Maggs. The first catalogue covers the Sixteenth Century and the second and third catalogues cover the Seventeenth Century. The binding of the third volume does not have pastedowns..... READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 123767
2 volumes.
London: Maggs Bros. 1934, 1934. 8vo. blue leather, top edges gilt and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 305-1123; 1124-1840 items, priced. 2 volumes. Catalogues 594 and 598 issued by Maggs. The bindings do not have pastedowns and endpapers. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY. PART II. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 123962
5 volumes
London: Maggs Bros. 1936-1939. square 8vo. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 72; 147; 152; 195; 156 pages. 5 volumes. Catalogue 636, 640, 643, 653 and 670. The last catalogue is a supplement to the first four catalogues. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY COMPRISING BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 119722
2 volumes.
London: Maggs Bros. 1928. square 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. (ii),456; (ii),457-876 pages. 2 volumes. Over 2500 items described. Back cover detached on volume one and worn along back hinge with fraying of covers; wear at spine ends of volume two. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE & PRINTING FROM THE 15TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY CATALOGUES 503 AND 505
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7889
(Denver): (Fulcrum Publishing), (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 8 pages. Originally published in 1745, this reprint was made possible by the Royal Irish Academy. Joint introduction written by Robert Baron, Marcus McCorison, and Donald Oresman. READ MORE about THE HUMBLE PETITION OF GEORGE FAULKNER AND GEORGE GRIERSON, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91925
London: Maggs Bros. 1969. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 255 pages, 12 plates. 1616 items catalogued and containing much bibliographical information. Impressive sales catalogue. Title page lower corner foxed. READ MORE about FOUR CENTURIES OF MILITARY BOOKS. CATALOGUE 915
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2970
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2003. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 218 pages. First edition. This is the 22nd title in our Publishing Pathways series. Ten leading scholars focus on prominent printer/publishers and their contribution to printing history. Subjects covered include the works of John Nichols, John Foxe, Andrew Brice, John Wolfe, Shakespeare's Lives in Print, Interpreting Manuscript Evidence, The Dictionary of National Bibliography, and John Day's Book of Martyrs, etc. Co-published..... READ MORE about LIVES IN PRINT: BIOGRAPHY AND THE BOOK TRADE FROM THE MIDDLE AGE TO THE 21st CENTURY
Price: $39.95 Order nr. 71829
London: Maggs Bros. 1933. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 116 pages. Catalogue 587 issued by Maggs. Items 821 to 1156. READ MORE about AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDING SOME REMARKABLE NAPOLEONIC LETTERS FROM LORD...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 119459
Tübingen: Osiandersche Buchhandlung, 1971. 8vo. paper wrappers. 164 pages. A festschrift of essays celebrating 375 years of the bookseller Osiander. Wrappers yellowed. READ MORE about OSIANDER 1596-1971 BUCHHANDEL IN TUBINGEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 49299
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1986. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 61 pages. Occasional Publication No.19. Biographical sketches followed by plates showing bindings and specific binding tools. Bumped. Minor sunning. READ MORE about DURHAM BOOKBINDERS AND BOOKSELLERS, 1660-1760
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 18562
Mies (Vaud), Genève: N. Rauch, 1948-1964. sales catalogues, 8vo.; auction catalogues, large 8vo. cloth with paper or leather spine labels; stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Text in French. Large lot of publications from the mid-century Geneva bookseller Nicolas Rausch. All of these titles were printed in limited editions, generally numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 copies. Includes sales catalogues printed between 1948 and 1961, numbered 1 through 7; auction catalogues from 1952-1962, numbered 1-33 (no.2 missing)..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE BEAUX LIVRES; VENTES RAUSCH
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 76201
Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 214 pages. Best reference book on the subject. Full bibliographical descriptions given along with locations and indices of printers, booksellers and publishers. READ MORE about PRINTING IN DELAWARE, 1761-1800, A CHECKLIST
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4049
Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1969. 8vo. cloth. 214 pages. Best reference book on the subject. Full bibliographical descriptions, locations, and indices of publishers, booksellers and printers. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about PRINTING IN DELAWARE, 1761-1800, A CHECKLIST
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 65848
New York: Garland, 1974. 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 467 pages. Reprint of the London 1794 edition. Ruddiman was a librarian with interesting secondary ties to the book world. In 1707 he became a book auctioneer, and in 1715, a printer in partnership with his brother. Chalmers was a fellow Scot and a noted antiquarian. READ MORE about THE LIFE OF THOMAS RUDDIMAN N, A.M., THE KEEPER, FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS, OF THE LIBRARY BELONGING...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 1361
1981. small 4to. paper wrappers. pp.1-10. From Aus dem Antiquariat, no.1, 1981. Illustrated article on New York booksellers including Smith, Harper, Sabin, Dodd and others. READ MORE about URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIQUARIATSBUCHHANDELS IN NEW YORK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 39727