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(Mercantile Library of Boston).

CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY OF BOSTON.

Boston, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1854. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 298 pages. List of officers, preface, historical sketch, lists of by-laws and regulations. Organized in 1830, the Library was incorporated by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1845 for the purpose of "the better intellectual and moral condition of young men engaged as merchants' clerks. Organized alphabetically by title. Wrappers soiled, stained, and chipped at edges. Text on back wrapper faded. Spine..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY OF BOSTON

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 120238

(Mercantile Library of Philadelphia).

A CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia: n.p. (Mercantile Library), 1850. 8vo. contemporary quarter leather with cloth covered boards. xxiv, 308, (4), 139 pages. The sixth general catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia Singerman no.2878. Compared to some earlier productions, the 1850 catalogue is rather sophisticated, combining a classified catalogue of about 4,990 main entries, an index of authors and subjects of biographies, a selective alphabetical list of titles "such as are most popular and more liable to be looked..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 116211

(Miles, James Warley). Williams, George Walton.

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE REVEREND JAMES WARLEY MILES REPRINTED FROM THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY OF THE CHARLESTON EDITION OF 1854.

Charleston: Dalcho Historical Society, (1955). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. vi, 33, (3) pages. Limited to 300 copies. One of the earliest Southern sales catalogues. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE REVEREND JAMES WARLEY MILES REPRINTED FROM THE ONLY SURVIVING...

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 16074

Milkau, Fritz.

CENTRALKATALOGE UND TITELDRUCKE, GESCHICHTLICHE ERORTERUNGEN UND PRAKTISCHE VORSCHLAGE IM HINBLICK AUF DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES GESAMTKATALOGS DER PREUSSISCHEN WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BIBLIOTHEKEN.

Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 152 pages and 35 tables. Reprint of the 1898 first edition. READ MORE about CENTRALKATALOGE UND TITELDRUCKE, GESCHICHTLICHE ERORTERUNGEN UND PRAKTISCHE VORSCHLAGE IM...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 45985

(Miniature Books). Klingberg, Haddon E.

ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER.

New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1962. miniature book (7.4 x 5 cm). full purple leather, all edges gilt. 51+(1) pages. The first REM miniature, limited to 2000 copies (Bradbury, REM, 1). The bibliography doesn't mention this full leather binding variant. Robert E. Massmann was Director of the Elihu Burritt Library at this time. Covers slightly faded on spine. READ MORE about ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 116708

(Miniature Books). Klingberg, Haddon E.

ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER.

New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1962. miniature book (7.4 x 5 cm). full purple leather, all edges gilt. 51+(1) pages. The first REM miniature, limited to 2000 copies (Bradbury, REM, 1). The bibliography doesn't mention this full leather binding variant. Robert E. Massmann was Director of the Elihu Burritt Library at this time. Covers show light shelfwear and toning to the spine. READ MORE about ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 133850

(Miniature Books). Klingberg, Haddon E.

ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER.

New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1962. miniature book (6.8 x 4.8 cm.). green stiff paper wrappers. 51 pages. The first REM miniature, limited to 2000 copies (Bradbury, REM, 1). Robert E. Massmann was Director of the Elihu Burritt Library at this time. Assisted by Sanford Rich, the former typography and printing instructor at Central Connecticut State University. READ MORE about ELIHU BURRITT, AS MUCH A BROTHER

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 116647

(Montaigne). Jubinal, Achille.

UNE LETTRE INEDITE DE MONTAIGNE, ACCOMPAGNEE DE QUELQUES RECHERCHES A SON SUJET PRECEDEE D'AVERTISSEMENT ET SUIVIE DE L'INDICATION DETAILLEE D'UN GRAND NOMBRE DE SOUSTRACIONS ET MUTILATIONS QU'A SUBIES DEPUIS UN CERTAIN NOMBRE D'ANNEES LE DEPARTEMENTE DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE [AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF MONTAIGNE...FOLLOWED BY A DETAILED INDICATION OF REMOVALS AND MUTILATIONS WHICH THE MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY HAS SUFFERED DURING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS].

Paris: Didron, 1850. 8vo. later quarter leather with paper-covered boards, five raised bands, original wrappers bound in. (ii), xviii, 19-116, (2) pages, with 2 additional fold-out leaves. Transcription and fold-out facsimile of a "lettre inédite" by Montaigne (1533-1592) to a counsellor of Henry IV, found, according to the author, in a folio with an incorrect catalogue entry in the Bibliothéque Nationale. Includes a facsimile of the incorrect catalogue entry. Following this is a comparison of..... READ MORE about UNE LETTRE INEDITE DE MONTAIGNE, ACCOMPAGNEE DE QUELQUES RECHERCHES A SON SUJET PRECEDEE...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 51854

(Morgan, Pierpont). Taylor, Francis Henry.

PIERPONT MORGAN AS COLLECTOR AND PATRON, 1837-1913.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1970. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39 pages. Revised edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about PIERPONT MORGAN AS COLLECTOR AND PATRON, 1837-1913

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 33784

(Moscow University Library). Penchko, N.A.

BIBLIOTEKA MOSKOVSKOGO UNIVERSITETA.

Moskva: Moskovskogo universiteta, 1969. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 162, (2) pages. This book gives a history of the Moscow University Library from 1755 to 1967 and includes a bibliography of the works held at the library printed before 1812. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs. Introduction by the author. Errata slip inserted. All in Russian. Edges chipped, corners slightly worn. READ MORE about BIBLIOTEKA MOSKOVSKOGO UNIVERSITETA

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 60225

(New Castle Library Company).

CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BELONGING TO THE NEW CASTLE LIBRARY COMPANY: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED THE ACT OF INCORPORATION, AND THE BY-LAWS OF THE COMPANY.

New Castle, DE: Printed by John C. Clark, Philadelphia, 1840. small 8vo. original boards present but spine covering missing. 114 pages. Interleaved copy. Disbound with spine covering lacking. Pencil annotations concerning book in places. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BELONGING TO THE NEW CASTLE LIBRARY COMPANY: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED THE ACT OF...

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 32064

(New York State Library).

CATALOGUE OF THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, 1872.

Albany: Van Benthuysen Printing House, 1872. large 8vo. contemporary half leather with leather covered boards, four raised bands on spine. xvii, (i), 652 pages. First edition of this index to the collections in the New York State Library, which contains short descriptions of over 86,000 titles, 23,400 of which are in the Law Library. All State, Legislative and Parliamentary documents are kept there. This index was proposed as a cost-saving measure because of the difficulty..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, 1872

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 59418

(New York State Library).

FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY.

Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1861. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 70 pages. A section detailing expenditure reports is followed by the catalogue of books added by donation and exchange during 1860. Last few pages detached. Edges of pages darkened. READ MORE about FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 79392

(Osgood, James R.).

A PLATE INVENTORY OF 1878 VALUING THE ASSETS OF JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. AT THE TIME OF THAT FIRM'S MERGER WITH HURD & HOUGHTON TO FORM HOUGHTON, OSGOOD & CO.

A Facsimile Issued on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Archives of the Houghton Mifflin Co. to the Houghton Library.
N.P. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A Facsimile Issued on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Archives of the Houghton Mifflin Co. to the Houghton Library. With a foreword by Rodney G. Dennis, and a short history by Michael Winship, with the facsimile. READ MORE about A PLATE INVENTORY OF 1878 VALUING THE ASSETS OF JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. AT THE TIME OF THAT...

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 101023

(Panizzi, Antonio). Corney, Bolton.

COMMENTS ON THE EVIDENCE OF ANTONIO PANIZZI ESQUIRE BEFORE THE SELECT.

London: (F. Shoberl, Printer), 1860. 8vo. disbound. 16 pages. An edited transcript of Panizzi's testimony concerning the removal of the natural history collection to make space for a growing number of books which the Museum was acquiring. Bolton Corney had added his highly critical notes of Panizzi's testimony which illuminate the stiff opposition at that time of Panizzi's tenure as principal librarian and leader of the Museum. READ MORE about COMMENTS ON THE EVIDENCE OF ANTONIO PANIZZI ESQUIRE BEFORE THE SELECT

Price: $195.00 Order nr. 57623

(Panizzi, Antonio). Fagan, Louis.

THE LIFE OF SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

2 volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). 8vo. green cloth. 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1880 second edition. Biography of one of the most famous librarians in England's history. READ MORE about THE LIFE OF SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 3943

(Panizzi, Antonio). Weimerskirch, Philip John.

ANTONIO PANIZZI AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY.

Clifton: AB, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Being the 1981 AB Yearbook, devoted to Panizzi. READ MORE about ANTONIO PANIZZI AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8357

(Parochial Library of St. George).

CATALOGUE OF THE PAROCHIAL LIBRARY OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY.

(By Direction of the Churchwardens ... Valuable Works in Theological, Classical, and Miscellaneous Literature ...
London: Puttick and Simpson, 1862. 8vo. self paper wrappers (disbound). (ii), 73 pages. (By Direction of the Churchwardens ... Valuable Works in Theological, Classical, and Miscellaneous Literature. Sale held May 30th and following day. 706 lots. An interesting and unusual genre of book sale. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 Now in the British Museum (1915), p. 299. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PAROCHIAL LIBRARY OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 80607

(Pennsylvania State Library). De Witt, Wallace (compiler).

CATALOGUE OF THE PENNSLYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY.

Harrisburg, PA: n.p., 1859. thick 8vo. original cloth with covers detached. xiv, (ii), 440 pages. A catalogue of all books, maps, and plates in the Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, divided into a section on Law Books, Statue Laws and State Papers; and Miscellaneous Books--arranged alphabetically by author when known, or a keyword that best indicates the nature of the work (Singerman 2729). Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with their bookplate on front pastedown..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PENNSLYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 69606

(Pennsylvania State Library). Miller, O.H. (compiler).

CATALOGUE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY.

Harrisburg: (Pennsylvania State Library), 1878. 8vo. original cloth, all edges marbled. viii, 332 pages. Issued in two parts: Part I, Law Books and State Papers; Part II, Miscellaneous Books. Approximately 34,000 volumes entered under author and title, or subject. Ex-library - Mercantile Library Co. of Philadelphia. Worn at extremities, hinge split near tail of front cover, front and back cover detached, cloth missing from spine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69071

(Perin, Jules). Périn, Jules.

LES ARCHIVES DEPARTEMENTALES LEUR AVENIR.

Paris: L'Académie des Bibliophiles, 1866. 8vo. (iv) 29 +1 pages. One of 200 copies printed on laid paper. Presentation note on the free front endpaper from the author. Appears to have been removed from another binding, but retains the original front wrapper. READ MORE about LES ARCHIVES DEPARTEMENTALES LEUR AVENIR

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88317

(Pharmaceutical Society). Knapman, John William.

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN LONDON.

London: Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1911. 8vo. printed linen wrappers. 560 pages. Tenth edition. Catalogue of the library of the society which was founded in 1843. Includes rules of the library. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN LONDON

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 98550

(Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh). Rodger, John F.

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION OF EDINBURGH.

Edinburgh: Printed for the institution by R. & R. Clark, 1857. Bound with SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh: Printed for the Institution by R. & R. Clark, 1861. both volumes bound in one 8vo. modern cloth, leather spine label. xiv, 418; (iv),121+(1) pages. Edinburgh: Printed for the institution by R. & R. Clark, 1857. Bound with SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION OF EDINBURGH. Founded in 1846, The Philosophical Institution intended to form "a compete and truly rich collection of English literature." By 1857, it had amassed..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION OF EDINBURGH

Price: $135.00 Order nr. 56181

(Pollard, Alfred W.). Roper, Fred W.

ALFRED WILLIAM POLLARD: A SELECTION OF HIS ESSAYS.

Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1976. 8vo. cloth. viii, 244 pages. First edition. The influence of Alfred William Pollard upon librarianship, bibliography, textual criticism, and the world of scholarship in general was considerable. This work includes a selection of Pollard's writings in the field of bibliography and book history as well as a biographical sketch and bibliography of his work. Volume Two of the Great Bibliographers Series. READ MORE about ALFRED WILLIAM POLLARD: A SELECTION OF HIS ESSAYS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9987

(Poole, Willam Frederick). Williamson, William Landram.

WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE AND THE MODERN LIBRARY MOVEMENT.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 203 pages. First edition. Important book on the development of the library in America during the 19th century. From the library of Lee Edmonds Grove with his bookplate. Also with his ink inscription on free endpaper concerning how he got this copy. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE AND THE MODERN LIBRARY MOVEMENT

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 114640

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