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
Warren Richardson Howell, President, 1956-1984, Fine and Rare Books and Manuscripts, Western Americana, Fine Arts.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1984). 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Warren Richardson Howell, President, 1956-1984, Fine and Rare Books and Manuscripts, Western Americana, Fine Arts. A four-page pamphlet with five black-and-white photographs of the bookstore. Minor wear. READ MORE about JOHN HOWELL-BOOKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1912
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102135
Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1976. 4to. boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. First edition. The autobiography of this well-known Texas antiquarian bookseller and publisher. READ MORE about AUDUBON AND OTHER CAPERS CONFESSIONS OF A TEXAS BOOKMAKER
Price: $19.00 Order nr. 2478
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
Catalogue 125.
Austin: The Jenkins Co., 1979. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Catalogue 125. With many illustrations. Corner bumped. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF PRINTING 1450-1978, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WORK FROM EACH OF THE PAST 500 YEARS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1257
Austin: The Jenkins Co., 1974. 4to. paper wrappers. 100 priced items. READ MORE about WORKS OF GENIUS A CATALOGUE AND A COMMENTARY BY JOHN H. JENKINS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1002
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
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
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. 8vo. cloth, paper label on spine and cover. (iv), 32 pages. First separate printing of this talk, the autographed edition with a separate page which has been signed by Kroch. Has a short history of bookselling and autobiographical comments by Kroch. Covers soiled. READ MORE about GREAT BOOKSTORE IN ACTION
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 13797
New York: McGraw - Hill Book Co., (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 628 pages. First edition. 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. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING IN AMERICA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 122827
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
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
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
New York: Random House, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 368 pages. First edition. Well written autobiography by this bookseller. A few worn spots along edges of jacket. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about DUKEDOM LARGE ENOUGH, REMINISCENCES OF A RARE BOOK DEALER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 17239
New York: Random House, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 368 pages. First edition. Reminiscences of a rare book dealer over the period 1929 to 1956. With three mentions of Thomas J. Wise in the index. Jacket shows wear along edges. Name in ink in corner of front free endpaper. READ MORE about DUKEDOM LARGE ENOUGH, REMINISCENCES OF A RARE BOOK DEALER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 10086
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
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
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
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
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
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth. 184 pages. First edition. One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase (but this copy is not numbered nor does it have the slipcase but it is signed by both authors. 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... READ MORE about OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 93077
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
Milwaukee: privately printed, 1977. 8vo. cloth. xviii, 147, (10) pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. By the author of This Book-Collecting Racket. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS IN MY BOOKSTORE OR A LIFE WITH BOOKS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 114660
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
1952. 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. pp.33-44. Offprint from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society, Vol. 46, First Quarter. Presentation from Silver on front cover. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE AND THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF: 1800-1804
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20762
