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
New York: H.P. Kraus, Inc., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. H.P. Kraus sales catalogue no. 208, listing 130 items. Items are arranged in alphabetical order by author/title under the headings of Music and Dance, and Theatre and Festivities. Includes several black and white and color illustrations. Contains an index of authors and editors for easy reference. READ MORE about PERFORMING ARTS, BOOKS ON MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, & FESTIVITIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 56832
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
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
New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). 8vo. cloth. 256 pages. Reprint of the very scarce first edition of 1900. Near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about EARLY BOSTON BOOKSELLERS, 1642-1711
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9503
New York: McGraw - Hill Book Co., (1966). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 628 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Else a near fine copy. History of book publishing and thus bookselling in America from Colonial times up through the 20th century. Contains a chronology of important firsts in publishing history. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING IN AMERICA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3219
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
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
London: Maggs Bros. 1931. 8vo. original paper wrappers. (ii),111+(1) pages. Catalogue 556. 487 items described. This catalogue is the first supplement to Catalogue 550. Many illustrations. Spine worn, wrappers light creased and chipped at fore-edge. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY FROM THE 15TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137048
(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
Condensed and Edited by Thomas MacKay.
London: John Murray, 1911. cloth. xix. 380 pages. Condensed and Edited by Thomas MacKay. Excellent history of bookselling, publishing and the literary scene. Covers soiled and spotted. Top edge of boards and spine faded. Text clean. Information on Disraeli, Constable, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Carlyle and others. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PUBLISHER AND HIS FRIENDS, MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE JOHN MURRAY, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37340
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
Dekalb: Bibliographical Society of Northern Illinois, (1978). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (i), 82 pages. An article in ANALYTICAL & ENUMERATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume II Number 1Periodical concerned with various bibliographical subjects. Typescript text. Wrappers sunned at spine. Slight wear to corners. READ MORE about "THE LONDON BOOK TRADES, 1775-1800, A PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF MEMBERS."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106057
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
Oxford: Bibliographical Society, 1922. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xxi, 342 pages. First edition. Edited by Arundell Esdaile and authored with the help of H.G. Aldis, E.R. McC. Dix, G.J. Gray and R.B. McKerrow. Wear to spine with minor sunning. Endpapers tanned, with front hinge cracked. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF THE PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 40548
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: $10.00 Order nr. 65848
New York: School of Library Service Columbia University, 1983. 12mo. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. 22 pages. Two page preface by Terry Belanger. Printed by hand. A fine copy of this very scarce pamphlet. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE, ENTRIES EXTRACTED FROM RICHARD ROLT'S DICTIONARY OF TRADE & COMMERCE (LONDON 1756
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 44489
Tübingen: H. Lauppschen, 1880. 12mo. later quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (iv), 55+(1) pages. Text of a speech given on the history of the book trade in Tübingen between 1500 and 1800. Indexed. Spine faded. Boards chipped, discolored, and rubbed. Bookseller's stamp and tag on front pastedown. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages yellowed. READ MORE about BUCHERGEWERBE IN TUBINGEN VOM JAHRE 1500 BIS 1800
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 48540
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
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1935. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 296 pages, with 24 illustrations. Two hundred years of the German publisher and bookseller. Spine of jacket yellowed; some wear to jacket at head of spine. READ MORE about VATER UND SOHN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 48282