Results for: Book Selling

Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors).

THE REACH OF PRINT, MAKING, SELLING AND USING BOOKS.

New Castle, Delaware & Winchester, England: Oak Knoll Press & St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1998. small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. 230 pages. First edition. Second volume of the series PRINT NETWORKS. More than a century has passed since W. H. Allnut's paper on provincial printing was presented at the meeting of the Library Association in 1878. This topic has now moved to the forefront of investigating the history of the book. The annual Seminar on the..... READ MORE about THE REACH OF PRINT, MAKING, SELLING AND USING BOOKS

Price: $39.95 save 50% $19.98 Order nr. 52300

Jenkins, John H.

EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS A COLLECTION OF WORKS PRINTED IN AMERICAN BETWEEN 1669 AND 1800.

Introduction by Edward J. Jennerich.
Austin: John H. Jenkins, 1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Introduction by Edward J. Jennerich. Illustrated. 597 items described in detail. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS A COLLECTION OF WORKS PRINTED IN AMERICAN BETWEEN 1669 AND 1800

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1258

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

Manasek, F.J.

UNCOMMON VALUE, A RARE BOOK DEALER'S WORLD.

Ann Arbor: Arbor Libri Press, 1995. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 146 pages. First edition. "Mr. Manasek's travels in search of antiquarian books, maps, and other items have taken him around the world and he shares with us his insights on finding, buying, pricing and selling fine antiquarian items." READ MORE about UNCOMMON VALUE, A RARE BOOK DEALER'S WORLD

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42349

Miller, Ellen.

LITERARY BOOKSTORES, A CROSS-COUNTRY GUIDE. WITH A NATIONAL LIST OF LITERARY BARS AND COFFEEHOUSES.

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

Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote (editors).

LIVES IN PRINT: BIOGRAPHY AND THE BOOK TRADE FROM THE MIDDLE AGE TO THE 21st CENTURY.

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 save 50% $19.98 Order nr. 71829

Pearson, Edmund Lester.

BOOKS IN BLACK OR RED.

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth. xii, 213 pages. Reprint of the 1923 first edition. Twelve chapters for the bookcollector including one on Bookshops and two on The Literary Hoax. Private ownership stamp embossed on half-title. READ MORE about BOOKS IN BLACK OR RED

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3161

Phelps, Deirdre C.

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 [IN: Essex Institute Historical Collections, October, 1988, vol. 124 no.4, pp.227-264].

Salem(MA): Essex Institute Historical Collections, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 227-264 pages. A time of transition. In Salem after 1825, the number of booksellers who were not printers increased, and publishing began to be a separate operation, though both printers and booksellers still published. Appended is a directory of the Salem book trade (pp.267-295) based partly on materials at the Essex Institute and including other book-related trades (binding, distribution, book agents, etc.) in Salem during..... READ MORE about PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 [IN: Essex Institute...

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 54902

Ray, Gordon N.

THE RARE BOOK WORLD TODAY.

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

Rink, Evald.

PRINTING IN DELAWARE, 1761-1800, A CHECKLIST.

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

Ritchie, Ward.

OF BOOKMEN & PRINTERS, A GATHERING OF MEMORIES.

With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, (1989). 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. 192 pages. With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Limited to 500 copies. Designed and written by the great printer, Ward Ritchie, this work contains many reminiscences of book collectors, book artists, bookmen and printers many of which are notable and recognizable figures in the world of fine books. These stories include the Los Angeles booksellers of the Great Depression and the formation of..... READ MORE about OF BOOKMEN & PRINTERS, A GATHERING OF MEMORIES

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 47016

Ritchie, Ward.

OF BOOKMEN & PRINTERS, A GATHERING OF MEMORIES.

With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles: Dawsons, (1989). 8vo. cloth backed boards. 189 pages. With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Ward Ritchie. A marvelous account by this great printer. Includes chapters on the Ashendene Press, Jake Zeitlin, Lawrence Clark Powell, the Grabhorn's Press, Paul Landacre, etc. Presentation on free endpaper from Ritche. READ MORE about OF BOOKMEN & PRINTERS, A GATHERING OF MEMORIES

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123406

Romaine, Lawrence B.1.

THE WEATHERCOCK CROWS.

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

Roman, Anton.

ANTON ROMAN'S SKETCH OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, WITH AN ESSAY BY ROBERT D. HARLAN.

N.P. (but San Francisco): Roxburghe, Zamorano, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 125 copies. A keepsake for the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Rowan was a 19th century San Francisco bookseller. Minor wear. READ MORE about ANTON ROMAN'S SKETCH OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, WITH AN ESSAY BY ROBERT D. HARLAN

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 101823

Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern.

OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First edition. In their books OLD & RARE and BETWEEN BOARDS, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard-learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records for the first time in detail their bookbuying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Drawn from their original..... READ MORE about OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD

Price: $23.00 Order nr. 43015

Russ, Lavinia.

THE GIRL ON THE FLOOR WILL HELP YOU.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 140 pages. First edition. Russ worked as a bookseller. Presentation on free endpaper "To Jean - up the Rebels! Gratefully - Lavinia Russ." READ MORE about THE GIRL ON THE FLOOR WILL HELP YOU

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 10249

Silver, Rollo.

THE BOSTON BOOK TRADE, 1800-1825.

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

Sipper, Ralph.

THREE SANTA BARBARA AUTHORS AND A BOOKSELLER.

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

Steir, Vivian.

LITERARY BOOKSTORES IN THE U.S., A LIST IN PROGESS.

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

Stern, Madeleine B.

URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIQUARIATSBUCHHANDELS IN NEW YORK.

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

Stern, Madeleine B.

URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DES ANTIQUARIATSBUCHHANDELS IN PHILADELPHIA.

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

Stern, Madeleine B.

ZEITGENOSSISCHE AMERIKANISCHE ANTIQUARE UND IHRE MEMOIREN.

1980. small 4to. paper wrappers. pp.382-391. An article in Aus dem Antiquariat, no.9, 1980. Biographical sketches of American booksellers. READ MORE about ZEITGENOSSISCHE AMERIKANISCHE ANTIQUARE UND IHRE MEMOIREN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 39724

Stolpe, Herman.

BOK OCH BILDNING I USA.

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

Sullivan, Thomas Page.

BOOKFINDERS' VALUE GUIDE.

Ardmore, (PA): Universal Books, 1971. small 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. About 1500 antiquarian titles with prices. Some small illustrations. Some markings; tear in wrappers at head of spine. READ MORE about BOOKFINDERS' VALUE GUIDE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54637

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