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Gerring, Charles.

NOTES ON PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WITH A CHAPTER ON CHAP BOOKS.

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

Growoll, A.

THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKTRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY, AN ESSAY ON THE BEGINNINGS OF BOOKTRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING AND IN ENGLAND SINCE 1595. Also a List of the Catalogues, &c., Published for the English Booktrade from 1595-1902 by Wilberforce Eames.

New York: The Dibdin Club, 1903. 8vo. original quarter leather, over green cloth, top edge gilt. xv, 195, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies, this copy is out of series. With illustrations, foldout plates and bibliographical descriptions. Cracked along hinges and covers close to becoming loose. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKTRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY, AN ESSAY ON THE BEGINNINGS OF BOOKTRADE...

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 38684

Growoll, Adolph.

BOOK-TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. lxxx, 79 pages. Reprint of this important and very useful work. Cloth rubbed. READ MORE about BOOK-TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 6471

Hake, William.

FORRETNINGSOKONOMI I BOKHANDELEN [BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND THE BOOK TRADE].

Oslo: Norsk Bokhandler-Medhjelper-Forening, 1950. tall small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Reprint no. 1 from "Krebsen," the official, periodical publication of the Norwegian Association of Book Trade "Helpers" (i.e. employees). Unopened. READ MORE about FORRETNINGSOKONOMI I BOKHANDELEN [BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND THE BOOK TRADE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52457

Hase, Oscar von.

DIE ENTWICKELUNG DES BUCHGEWERBES IN LEIPZIG.

Vortrag gehalten in der 28. Hauptversammlung des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure zu Leipzig; Sonderabdruck aus dem Export-Journal für Buchhandel und Buchgewerbe
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1887. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 17+(1) pages. Vortrag gehalten in der 28. Hauptversammlung des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure zu Leipzig; Sonderabdruck aus dem Export-Journal für Buchhandel und Buchgewerbe. This copy is moderately soiled and worn with minor loss along the edges. A penned inscription from the author appears in the upper fore-edge corner of the front wrapper. A few leaves show modest foxing. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy..... READ MORE about DIE ENTWICKELUNG DES BUCHGEWERBES IN LEIPZIG

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 90950

Hasso, Arthur G.

DANSKE BOGHANDLERFORENINGS HISTORIE, GENNEM HUNDREDE AAR, 1837 - 18. JANUAR - 1937.

Kobehhavn: Den Danski Boghandlerforening, 1937. small 4to. boards, paper cover and spine labels, slipcase. 533, (3) pages. Illustrated history of this association of Danish booksellers. Slipcase worn. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about DANSKE BOGHANDLERFORENINGS HISTORIE, GENNEM HUNDREDE AAR, 1837 - 18. JANUAR - 1937

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 28442

Hill, Joseph.

THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS.

New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. READ MORE about THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 4288

Hill, Joseph.

THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS.

New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xv, 126 pages. Reprint of the 1907 first edition. With a number of reproductions. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE BOOK MAKERS OF OLD BIRMINGHAM, AUTHORS, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 97925

Hirn, Yrjo.

AKADEMISKA BOKHANDELN, ETT KAPITEL UR FINLANDS KULTURHISTORIA.

Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors): Akademiska Bokhandeln, 1943. 8to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 221, (9) pages, with 21 additional leaves of plates. Fifty years of the Finnish-Swedish bookseller "Akademiska Bokhandel," with an account of its predecessors. Thirty-six illustrations of persons, bookstores, and two window displays. Appendix, index. Wrappers chipped, soiled, almost detached. READ MORE about AKADEMISKA BOKHANDELN, ETT KAPITEL UR FINLANDS KULTURHISTORIA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51838

Joyce, William L., David D. Hall, and Richard D. Brown.

PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322 pages. First edition. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of behavior and organization characteristic of..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA

Price: $37.50 Order nr. 14220

Joyce, William L., David D. Hall, Richard D. Br850.

PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA.

Worcester: AAS, 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322 pages. First edition. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of behavior and organization characteristic of social history..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 63362

Kingsford, R. J. L.

PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, 1896-1946, WITH AN EPILOGUE.

Cambridge: University Press, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 228 pages. History of this English trade association of publishers largely founded by Sir Frederick Macmillan. Essential in the study of bookselling in Britain during this period. READ MORE about PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, 1896-1946, WITH AN EPILOGUE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9306

Lackington, James.

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

Langewiesche, Karl Robert.

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

Larsen, Svend.

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

Lext, Gosta.

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

Lorenz, Otto.

CATALOGUE GÉNÉRAL DE LA LIBRAIRIE FRANÇAISE PENDANT 25 ANS (1840-1865).

32 Volumes..
Paris, France: O. Lorenz, 1867-1934. 8vo. variously bound. variously paginated. 32 Volumes. Text in French. Besterman 2367-8. A general catalogue of French booksellers from 1840 to 1934. The first 32 volumes of 34 volumes published until 1945. Includes brief biographical sketches and list of works published. Arranged alphabetically. Foreword in first volume; "notice" in fourth volume. Binding varies. Some volumes include contents of previously published ones (see Besterman). Volumes 1-11 quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE GÉNÉRAL DE LA LIBRAIRIE FRANÇAISE PENDANT 25 ANS (1840-1865

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 120804

Macmillan, Sir Frederick.

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

Marston, E.

AFTER WORK, FRAGMENTS FROM THE WORKSHOP OF AN OLD PUBLISHER.

London and New York: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. and Charles Scribners, 1907. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xvi, 344 pages. Second impression with added note by Marson. Book of remininscences by this publisher and bookseller. The appendix contains a list of articles on copyright legislation that Marston had accumulated and a list of publishers and booksellers that he recalled dealing with in 1846 and earlier. Bookplate. Frontispiece foxed. READ MORE about AFTER WORK, FRAGMENTS FROM THE WORKSHOP OF AN OLD PUBLISHER

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 41953

Marston, E.

SKETCHES OF BOOKSELLERS OF OTHER DAYS.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. small 8vo. half parchment over cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 182, (2) pages. First U.S. edition. (Hart no.159). With frontispiece and other illustrations. Covers Tonson, Guy, Dunton, Richardson, Gent, Hutton, and Lackington. Parchment spine soiled and torn at top. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about SKETCHES OF BOOKSELLERS OF OTHER DAYS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 13952

Medlicott, Margaret P.

NO HERO, I CONFESS, A NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 162 pages. First U.S. edition. The autobiography of Christopher Norton Wright, bookseller and publisher, written by him from 1813 to 1871, and finally published by his great grand-daughter. Bottom of spine bumped. READ MORE about NO HERO, I CONFESS, A NINETEENTH CENTURY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13423

Menz, Gerhard.

DER EUROPÄISCHE BUCHHANDEL SEIT DEM WIENER KONGRESS.

Würzburg: Konrad Triltsch, 1941. 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 164 pages. On the European book trade since the Vienna Congress in the nineteenth century. Wrappers soiled. Spine bumped at head. READ MORE about DER EUROPÄISCHE BUCHHANDEL SEIT DEM WIENER KONGRESS

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 50712

Moran, James.

HENRY GEORGE, PRINTER, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND BOOKBINDER WESTERHAM 1830 - C.1846.

Westerham, England: Westerham Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 55, (15) pages. First edition, one of the 150 signed and numbered copies. This biography includes an eight page section in facsimile of one of his Cruikshank illustrated books, three sample pages from his Westerham Journal and other material. READ MORE about HENRY GEORGE, PRINTER, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND BOOKBINDER WESTERHAM 1830 - C.1846

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115001

Muhlbrecht, Otto.

DIE BIBLIOGRAPHIE IM DIENSTE DES BUCHHANDELS.

Berlin: Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1894. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 32 pages. On the use of bibliography for booksellers. Wrappers discolored and detached. Some pages detached. Stain on p.32. READ MORE about DIE BIBLIOGRAPHIE IM DIENSTE DES BUCHHANDELS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 50703

Nuttall, D. (editor).

BOOK TRADE IN THE NORTH WEST PROJECT. OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS NO. 3. THE BOOK TRADE IN CHESIRE TO 1850: A DIRECTORY.

Liverpool: Liverpool Bibliographical Society, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. xv, 85 pages. Historical introduction followed by the directory. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front inside cover. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE NORTH WEST PROJECT. OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS NO. 3. THE BOOK TRADE IN CHESIRE TO...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 99217

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