Denver, CO: Colorcorp, (1998). 4to. paper-covered boards. 106, (6) pages. Table of contents, cross references and indices, display pages. Color illustrations. READ MORE about BOOK PRODUCTION BUYER'S GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134249
New York, NY: The Bowker Press, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Volume 2, Number 2 (November/December 1984). Features articles on independent book publishing. Table of contents, black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE SMALL PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129994
New York: Swann Gallery, 1986-1991. small 4to. self paper wrappers. Includes Vol. 1, no.1 (Spring 1986) - 4; Vol. 2, 1-4; Vol. 3, 1-4; Vol. 4, 1-4; Vol. 5, 1-4; Vol. 6, 1 (Fall 1991). News of sales and prices brought at this New York auction house ably guided by George Lowry. READ MORE about TRUMPET, AN OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER FROM SWANN GALLERY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 40828
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
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
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 45785
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
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1651
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1884. thick small 4to. original dark brown cloth. 739 pages. First edition. Excellent book full of information about publishing, bookselling and authorship during the 19th century. Covers rubbed with some spotting; wear at head of spine. Inside hinges cracked but solid. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS AMONG AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 2088
N.P. Poets & Writers, Inc., (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, (iii), 158 pages. Revised edition. READ MORE about LITERARY BOOKSTORES, A CROSS-COUNTRY GUIDE. WITH A NATIONAL LIST OF LITERARY BARS AND COFFEEHOUSES
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 99793
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, (1919). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 289+(1) pages. FIrst edition, third state, with "Burroughs" bruised on page 76 and "76" beneath "Bu"; "Styx" correct on page 100, line 1. Prefatory comments "to the bookseller," table of contents. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Mystery, bomb plots, and great bookselling scenes take place in this bookshop mystery. Dust jacket soiled and stained on front cover with signs..... READ MORE about THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP
Price: $2,250.00 Order nr. 129210
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A look at bookselling and collecting. Creased at one point. READ MORE about THE RARE BOOK WORLD TODAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8335
North Middleboro: Weathercock House, 1955. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 102 pages. First edition. Poems written by a bookseller on his field of bookselling. Sketches by Emily Monsarrat. Presentation from author on front free endpaper. Some chipping of jacket with small piece missing along bottom of back cover. READ MORE about THE WEATHERCOCK CROWS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 10182
3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948.
tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 3 volumes. In The Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 52, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, 1948. Excellent guide to the publishers, binders, booksellers, etc. active in Boston during this period. Gives addresses at corresponding dates. READ MORE about THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 7604
Santa Barbara: Cordelia Editions, 1982. 8vo. paper-covered boards with postcard pasted down. 35, (3) pages. A holiday keepsake for Joseph the Provider/Books, printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies. Essays about Ross McDonald, John Sanford and Robert Easton, three Santa Barbara witers, and a history of the rare book store, Joseph the Provider/Books, owned by Ralph and Carol Sipper. READ MORE about THREE SANTA BARBARA AUTHORS AND A BOOKSELLER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103744
New York: Poets & Writers Inc., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. A guide to literary bookstores which lists them by state. Also lists literary bars & coffee houses. READ MORE about LITERARY BOOKSTORES IN THE U.S., A LIST IN PROGESS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34672
1984. small 4to. paper wrappers. pp.405-420. In Aus dem Antiquariat, no.11, 1984. Illustrated article on Philadelphia booksellers. READ MORE about URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIQUARIATSBUCHHANDELS IN PHILADELPHIA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 39725
Stockholm: KF:s Bokförlag, 1953. tall small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 3-35+(1) pages. Presentation copy signed "with compliments, from the author" in Swedish. Three articles on books and culture or mass culture in the USA, the result of a visit there by the publisher H. Stolpe. READ MORE about BOK OCH BILDNING I USA
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 52820
Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 360 pages and 3 figures. Only edition of this very important guide to book distribution. Jacket chipped along edges. READ MORE about THE WESTERN BOOK TRADE: CINCINNATI AS A NINETEENTH CENTURY PUBLISHING AND BOOK-TRADE CENTER,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22702
Volume II.
Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1942. small 8vo. cloth. 336 pages. Volume II. Limited to 500 copies. Thousands of books listed. Though labeled volume two stands by itself. None of the books that were listed in volume one (publishing in 1941) are duplicated here. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS AND THEIR PRICES, A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 11010
London: Andre Deutsch, (1976). 8vo. cloth. 377 pages. First edition, the English version. A guide to the publishing and bookselling industries. Daniel Melcher covered the United States and Klaus Thiele covered Latin America. Over 50 countries are discussed. Library stamps on a few pages. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE OF THE WORLD. VOLUME II. THE AMERICAS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21537
London: Andre Deutsch, (1976). 8vo. cloth. 377 pages. First edition, the English version. A guide to the publishing and bookselling industries. Daniel Melcher covered the United States and Klaus Thiele covered Latin America. Over 50 countries are discussed. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE OF THE WORLD. VOLUME II. THE AMERICAS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115378
4 volumes, complete.
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981. large 8vo. cloth. xvi, 646; xiv, 813; xiii, 774; xiv, 830 pages. 4 volumes, complete. First edition. An excellent history of publishing in the United States. Each volume covers a different chronological period. Presentation from the author on free endpaper of volumes 1 "for Mark- with admiration and affection John," and in volume 3 "for Mark with affection, admiration and very best wishes, John, Southbury, MA, Dec..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME I - VOLUME 4
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 46760
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10 pages. The American bookseller voicing his opinion as he often prone to do. Inscribed "From G.W." READ MORE about THE GREAT ENGLISH STRIKE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56576
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 14 pages. First edition. The bookseller comments on politics. Water stain along bottom of most pages not affecting text. Pencil comments by a former owner. READ MORE about IF I WERE FRANCE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 10813
Hanover, NH: Westholm Publications, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. First edition. This bookseller talks about his life after his heart attack. Inscribed by West on the free endpaper and with letter from West loosely inserted. Bumped. READ MORE about THE CORONARY CLUB, A CHEERFUL TALE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 11979
Hanover, NH: Westholm Publications, 1972. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 84 pages. First edition, limited to 400 signed and numbered copies. Reflections by this bookseller and teacher. Jacket spotted. READ MORE about " SUNNY INTERVALS", A BOOKMAN'S MISCELLANEA. LONDON / SAN FRANCISCO / HANOVER
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 101090
