New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 94 pages. With 5 color plates and 52 halftones plates. Dust jacket has some tears and minor wear. Price list laid in. READ MORE about TWENTY-FIVE MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 14164
New York: H.P. Kraus, 1961. 8vo. original wrappers. 116 pages. Minor soiling to spine, else near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about CLASSICA ET MEDIEVALIA ... PERIODICALS, STANDARD COLLECTIONS ... MONOGRAPHS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138429
Catalogue 98
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. boards. (iv), 124 pages. Catalogue 98. With many tipped-in plates. Spine worn with pieces missing at the head and tail. Covers and spine faded. READ MORE about SELECTION OF CHOICE FRENCH BOOKS MOST OF THEM RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM TWO DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16733
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. boards. (iv), 124 pages. With many tipped-in plates. Piece missing from head of spine. Covers and spine faded. READ MORE about SELECTION OF CHOICE FRENCH BOOKS MOST OF THEM RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM TWO DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 43075
New York: City Book Auction, 1942-1954. 8vo. paper wrappers, housed in custom-made chemises with string ties. variously paginated. This group of auction catalogues by this lesser-known auction house based out of New York that specialized in books, manuscripts, autographs, and broadsides. Some of the auction catalogues have prices realized. Minor soiling to a few of the catalogues, otherwise very well preserved. The catalogues include: The Library of the late Hart Blumental (218); Art, Firsts, Scottish....... READ MORE about A Large Assortment of City Book Auction Auction Catalogues
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 138578
Redlands, CA: Libros Latinos, 1988. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue 135. Features 422 items, with prices. Near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136338
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1951. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 493 pages. Second edition, revised and augmented with help from Lawrence C. Wroth and Rollo G. Silver. Spine of jacket lightly faded, minor chipping to edges. Else a near fine copy in near fine jacket. An essential reference book on the subject. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN AMERICA, A HISTORY OF THE MAKING AND SELLING OF BOOKS IN THE UNITED STATES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8027
Catalogue 111.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 89 pages. Catalogue 111. Catalogue no.111, including 85 books from the Limited Editions Club. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 49238
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1962. large 12mo. cloth. (vi), 84, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Lettering on spine partially rubbed off. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PUBLISHING 1837-1962
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 55662
New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). 8vo. cloth. 256 pages. Reprint of the very scarce first edition of 1900. Near fine condition. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about EARLY BOSTON BOOKSELLERS, 1642-1711
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9503
Bryn Mawr, PA: George S. MacManus Co., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Catalogues include #391 and 411. READ MORE about Two catalogues issued by George S. MacManus Co
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135162
London: Maggs Bros. 1921. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 182, (10) pages. Catalogue no.403. Rebound in quarter leather over boards. Original wrappers bound in. Head of spine lightly worn, else very good. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about AMERICA AND THE EAST, EARLY GEOGRAPHIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11757
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
Montague, MA: Peter L. Masi, 1983-2006. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Catalogue 10, 72, 79, 100, 151, 184. READ MORE about Six catalogues issued by Peter L. Masi
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135151
(Denver): (Fulcrum Publishing), (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 8 pages. Originally published in 1745, this reprint was made possible by the Royal Irish Academy. Joint introduction written by Robert Baron, Marcus McCorison, and Donald Oresman. READ MORE about THE HUMBLE PETITION OF GEORGE FAULKNER AND GEORGE GRIERSON, PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91925
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1929). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 232 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly faded. Top corner of front board lightly bumped. Talk of his experiences in his bookshop and as a collector and about print collectors. READ MORE about MOROCCO BOUND: ADRIFT AMONG BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 9674
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans to 1820. The..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 40525
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1993. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 300 pages. Near fine condition. This register collects, from annual city directories, about 5,000 names and 50,000 addresses of individuals and firms working in New York in the book trades and graphic arts areas during the period 1821-1842. It continues George L. McKay's similar work, published by the New York Public Library in 1942, which collected the names of craftsmen and artisans..... READ MORE about A REGISTER OF ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, BOOKSELLERS, BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS IN NEW YORK...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138366
New York, NY: Ernest Dressel North, 1924. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 102 pages. No. LXX, December 15-24. Introduction. Books listed with publication data, price, and descriptive information. Wrappers chipped at edges, and spine worn. READ MORE about THE COLLECTOR'S CATALOGUE OF FAMOUS BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119971
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 173, (3) pages. With a two page history of the firm and a photograph of the staff. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS CATALOGUE 250
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 103151
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages. With various pictures of the bookshop and the town of New Castle and including a note from the bookseller and a list of Oak Knoll publications. READ MORE about CATALOGUE 150. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106071
Catalogue 150.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 47 pages. Catalogue 150. The 150th catalogue issued by Oak Knoll. Includes a "note from the bookseller" on the history of Oak Knoll, a staff portrait, and a brief history of the town of New Castle. Illustrated. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOKS
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 49247
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 47, (10) pages. Exlibrary with markings. Covers spotted. Reproduction of the school book section of the earliest known American bookseller's reference list with bibliographical information on the books listed. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOL BOOKS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY BASED ON THE BOSTON BOOKSE LLER'S CATALOGUE OF 1804
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 20624
From the Library of Curtis Hidden Page also a Few New Books from Special Presses
Gilmanton, NH: C.H. Page, n.d. ( circa 1934). narrow 8vo. self paper wrappers. 96 pages. From the Library of Curtis Hidden Page also a Few New Books from Special Presses. First catalogue issued. Contains a lengthy introduction by Page explaining about the collecting bug. Inscribed by Page and dated March 1934. Tape repair at the upper staple. Penciled notes on the front cover. Front wrapper partially detached. READ MORE about LIST OF ASSOCIATION BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, BOOK-PLATES, AUTOGRAPHS, LIMITED EDITIONS FROM SPECIAL...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 90924
Austin, TX: Roger Beacham, 2017. 4to. red cloth, gilt on spine. xxii, 485, [2] pages. First edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is one of 400 numbered copies (this copy is unnumbered). A monumental achievement in the preservation of the legacy produced by significant American and British booksellers over a two-hundred year period. Compiled by John R. Payne. Heavily illustrated, in color. READ MORE about GREAT CATALOGUES BY MASTER BOOKSELLERS: A SELECTION OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH BOOKSELLERS’...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 136569
