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
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
A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals.
Waco (TX): W.M. Morrison, 1963. large 8vo. cloth. x, 208, (2). A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals. First edition. "simply a price guide...as reflected by actual sales made through 185 Catalogues issued by me from 1952 to 1962" (foreword). Reproduced typescript. Light soiling, a few bumps. READ MORE about TEXAS BOOK PRICES ($1.50 TO $4,000
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 54620
A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals.
Waco (TX): W.M. Morrison, 1963. large 8vo. cloth. x, 208, (2). A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals. First edition. "simply a price guide...as reflected by actual sales made through 185 Catalogues issued by me from 1952 to 1962" (foreword). Reproduced typescript. Presentation on title page "To Mr. Robt. Wilson with Regards, W.M. Morrison, 8/28/1965 - Waco, Tex." Covers worn with..... READ MORE about TEXAS BOOK PRICES ($1.50 TO $4,000
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115763
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1999). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xxv, (iii). 337+(1) pages. First edition. "The extraordinary tale of a great bookstore told by the readers, writers, and staff who loved it." Jacking lightly soiled. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about BOOKSTORE, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JEANNETTE WATSON AND BOOKS & CO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 90792
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
(Poughkeepsie, NY): n.p., 1966. 8vo. gray stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Published on the occasion of the shop's first manager, Marion Bacon. Published for the college by the Spiral Press. Prepared by the 1965-6 Board of the bookshop, the Associate Alumnae, and the Board of Trustees of Vassar College. READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO THE VASSAR COOPERATIVE BOOKSHOP
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 118918
(Poughkeepsie, NY): n.p., 1966. 8vo. green stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Published on the occasion of the shop's first manager, Marion Bacon. Published for the college by the Spiral Press. Prepared by the 1965-6 Board of the bookshop, the Associate Alumnae, and the Board of Trustees of Vassar College. READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO THE VASSAR COOPERATIVE BOOKSHOP
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 118919
Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Company, The, 2016. 8vo. cloth. 168 pages. First edition. A fine copy. An unlikely bookseller in New York City became the leading dealer in rare Western Americana for most of the twentieth century. After working in western-U.S. and South American gold mines at the turn of the twentieth century, Edward Eberstadt (18831958) returned to his home in New York City in 1907. Through luck and happenstance, he purchased an old..... READ MORE about EDWARD EBERSTADT & SONS: RARE BOOKSELLERS OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138280
Austin, TX: The Brick Row Book Shop, (1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated (742 items). Catalogue No. 50. With a short history of the firm of Brick Row by Franklin Gilliam and a Foreword by Joe B. Frantz. READ MORE about WEBB, A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB, 1888-1963
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 100012
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1951. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 135 pages. Much of the stock of the antiquarian dealer Gabriel Wells (d. 1948), listed in a 3-vol. 1948 catalogue, did not sell, and the executors turned to Parke-Bernet to auction off what remained. This PB catalogue offers 602 lots. READ MORE about RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS...AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS...FINAL LIQUIDATION OF THE STOCK OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52504
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket, paper label on jacket. xii, 61, (3) pages. First edition. A series of essays on World War I and the League of Nations by this bookseller. READ MORE about GENTLE REACTIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 36129
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. xii, 61, (3) pages. First edition. A series of essays on World War I and the League of Nations by this bookseller. Presentation from Wells dated December 1923 to M.W. Jamison on free endpaper. READ MORE about GENTLE REACTIONS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 37861
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. xii, 61, (3) pages. First edition. A series of essays on World War I and the League of Nations by this bookseller. Spine label chipped and soiled. READ MORE about GENTLE REACTIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 115740
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
With an Appreciation by J.L. Garvin.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1924. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. xxi, (iii), 122, (2) pages. With an Appreciation by J.L. Garvin. First editon. With a quote from his friend, A. Edward Newton, as part of the Foreword. A collection of newspaper articles advancing Wells' political views and his distaste with the world after World War I. Wells was a noted bookseller of his time. READ MORE about WHAT IS TRUTH?
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72579
Athens: Ohio University Press, (1992). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 253 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Wessen was a well known bookseller in the mid-twentieth century whose catalogues, "Midland Notes," contained a treasure trove of information about Americana. His letters are filled with anecdotes of bookselling and collectors including a great deal of information concerning his quest to help Thomas Streeter form his collection of Americana. READ MORE about RARE BOOK LORE, SELECTIONS FROM THE LETTERS OF ERNEST J. WESSEN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 36966
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1981. 8vo. cloth. xxxi, 207 pages. First edition. Excellent book describing over 300 book catalogues separately issued in America before 1801 by booksellers, publishers, auctioneers, and libraries. Includes locations of copies of the catalogues when known. Most complete listing to date. Printed at the Stinehour Press. READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE CHECKLIST OF BOOK CATALOGUES SEPARATELY PRINTED IN AMERICA 1693-1800
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 5062
Baltimore: Proof Press, 1935. 8vo. cloth. (62) pages. First edition. A two page introductory note on the different types of booksellers followed by a list of desirable first editions, with retail prices and issue points. With facsimile title pages. Very good copy. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS WITH A FUTURE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 11055
San Francisco and Palo Alto: n.p., 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Introduction by Bo Wreden. With reproductions of photographs of Tom Hewitt, the Grabhorns, and Victor von Hagen. Price list loosely inserted. READ MORE about FINDINGS, A CHECKLIST OF THE IMPRINTS OF WILLIAM P. WREDEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69329
Abtebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public.
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 326 pages. Abtebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public. First edition. An analysis of the book trade and its differing prices relative to region and genre. Includes much information about Parson Weems. Includes 23 tables, three maps, and five black and white illustrations. Extensive endnotes and references. Indexed. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A FICTIVE PEOPLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72345
