Old Working, Surrey: Richard Joseph, (1993). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 581 pages. Twelfth edition. Includes speciality and alphabetically arranged indexes. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 71710
Old Working, Surrey: Richard Joseph, (1999). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 644 pages. Thirteenth edition. Includes speciality and alphabetically arranged indexes. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA, A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN A
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57676
Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1993. thick small 4to. paper-covered boards. ix, 523 pages. Includes a directory of booksellers with vital information on each store, an owner and manager index, store name index and subject index. Arranged alphabetically by state and by city within state. READ MORE about ANTIQUARIAN, SPECIALTY, AND USED BOOK SELLERS, A SUBJECT GUIDE AND DIRECTORY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 37434
Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith Books, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 150 pages. First edition. A novel of the literary life from behind the counter of a bookstore. READ MORE about CHAPTERS AND VERSE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 128921
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2012). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 288 pages. First edition. Table of contents. A novel about strange events at a San Francisco book store. READ MORE about MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 128920
(Philadelphia, PA): The Philadelphia Book Clinic, 1960. 8vo. cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. unpaginated. Welcome comments by Chair Tom Belvedere. Lists of committee members, chairpeople, jurors. Indices of publishers and book classifications. A catalogue of the 1960 Philadelphia Book Show. 94 entries. READ MORE about 15TH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BOOK SHOW
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133496
London: Sheppard Press, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 371 pages. Ninth edition. READ MORE about BOOKDEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA, 1983-85
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 37883
Prepared by the Staff of American Book Collector.
New York: Arco Publishing Co, (1981). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. Prepared by the Staff of American Book Collector. First edition. Contains almost 3000 dealers with a guide to over 450 specialties. Also has geographical index. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF SPECIALIZED AMERICAN BOOKDEALERS, 1981-1982
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 18471
Old Working, Surrey: Richard Joseph, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 343 pages. Eleventh edition. Includes speciality and alphabetically arranged indexes. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S BOOKDEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA, A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29913
(Cambridge, MA: Will Bradley, at the University Press, for Dodd, Mead & Company), 1899. 12mo. original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Bambace page 185. A Christmas catalogue including holiday books, music and art, travel and biography, novels and tales, general literature and belles lettres, religious books, and books for younger readers. Includes black and white specimen illustrations. Erratum tag tipped in. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about DODD MEAD & CO'S NEW AND STANDARD BOOKS, CHRISTMAS 1899-1900
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 118823
5 volumes.
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1979-1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 560 pages, with indices. 5 volumes. Well-illustrated series of bookseller's catalogues. catalogue No.50 issued by this firm. The first volume is damaged with tear through front cover and first four pages of text at bottom. READ MORE about CALIFORNIA THE LIBRARY OF JENNIE CROCKER HENDERSON, WITH ADDITIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 103800
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1937. 8vo. paper wrappers. lii, 140 pages. Publications for the year 1937. Worn at the edges, pages have a hint of toning. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91432
New York: Associations of Book Travelers, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 55+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. A history of the organization, which includes interviews with director Bebe Cole, Bill Adams of Baker & Taylor and Alfred A Knopf. READ MORE about THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, ASSOCIATION OF BOOK TRAVELERS, 1884-1984
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 35094
Catalogue 298; parts I, II, and II
Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, n.d. (but circa 1958). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 72 pages total. Catalogue 298; parts I, II, and II. Books offered for sale by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. Contains 1021 items in all. Address on back of catalogues indicates that they were sent to William P. Wreden of Palo Alto, CA. READ MORE about THE CIVIL WAR AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88700
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering. 300 pages. First trade edition, limited to 1000 copies. A century of publishing and bookselling; over 700 books published in the field of Americana, many of them quite scarce and collectible; an international reputation for academic excellence and the publication of source works in American history. For three generations the company has been a leader in its field, and has received numerous awards..... READ MORE about THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY: AN AMERICANA CENTURY 1902-2002
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129106
Pasadena, CA: Clinker Press, The, n.d. (but c. 1995). small 4to. broadside. Privately printed by Andre Chaves as a commemorative broadside celebrating the 5th anniversary of Book Alley, a used bookstore in Pasadena, CA. This particular broadside has an excerpt from a 1912 Arthur H. Clark Catalog. READ MORE about 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK ALLEY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134811
(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, n.d. (but c. 1999). slim small folio. broadside. Privately printed by Andre Chaves as a commemorative broadside celebrating the 9th anniversary of Book Alley, a used bookstore in Pasadena, CA. This particular broadside has a quote by John Muir. READ MORE about CELEBRATING THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK ALLEY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134746
Washington: Library of Congress, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. A collection of papers presented at the seminars "Private and Public Responsibilities of the American Publisher" and "The Co-Responsibilities of American Publishers and Booksellers" held April 4-5, 1979 and April 25, 1980, respectively, and at the PEN symposium of January 1980 and the U.S. Senate Hearings: Publishers, Authors, and Booksellers in March 1980. The topics of these papers relate to the changing relations between..... READ MORE about RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AMERICAN BOOK COMMUNITY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92697
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. (1990). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages. An antiquarian catalogue devoted to Delaware compiled by Robert D. Fleck. With 12 illustrations and descriptions of 466 items for sale. READ MORE about DELAWARE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 66829
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (1957). 8vo. cloth. 238 pages. First edition. This history of the important Boston publishing firm was written without the cooperation of the company suceeding Estes or of the Estes family. Mr. Frederick Melcher, who worked at Estes and Lauriat for many years, was of great help with his reminiscences. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about ESTES AND LAURIAT, A HISTORY 1872-1898, WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DANA ESTES AND COMPANY 1898-1914
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20936
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 238 pages. First edition. This history of the important Boston publishing firm was written without the cooperation of the company suceeding Estes or of the Estes family. Mr. Frederick Melcher, who worked at Estes and Lauriat for many years, was of great help with his reminiscences. Ex-library with markings. READ MORE about ESTES AND LAURIAT, A HISTORY 1872-1898, WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DANA ESTES AND COMPANY 1898-1914
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21446
Boston: Goodspeed's, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. 541 entries; illustrated. READ MORE about FIRST BOOKS. GOODSPEED'S CATALOGUE FIVE SIXTY-SIX
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 3538
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardback, dust jacket. 238 pages. Written to mark Oak Knoll Press's thirtieth anniversary, Books about Books is a comprehensive history and bibliography of the press, from its beginning in 1978 through the fall of 2008. Bob Fleck, founder, owner, and president of the Press, tells the story of his adventures in publishing. Bob decided to leave the field of chemical engineering in 1976 to..... READ MORE about BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OAK KNOLL PRESS, 1978-2008
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99582
New York: Christie's, 1988. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 185 pages. Auction catalogue describing 373 items in this bookseller's collection of books and manuscripts. With biographical information by Nicolas Barker. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN F. FLEMING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36626
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. 7.25 x 10.25 inches. hardcover. xix, 159 pages. First edition. With an introduction by Larry McMurtry. Describes the history and impact of various forged Texas documents. Mr. Taylor, who was instrumental in uncovering the forgeries, includes his own evidence, which made him suspect forgery. The forged and original documents are described in detail. The text includes an up-to-date census of each document as well as plates that illustrate differences..... READ MORE about TEXFAKE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE THEFT AND FORGERY OF EARLY TEXAS PRINTED DOCUMENTS
Price: $39.95 Order nr. 33467
