Augusta, Maine: Lithgow Library, 1897. 8vo. original cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. (xvi), 174, (4) pages. With numerous portraits, reproductions of autographs and other illustrations. This library was founded in 1872. Covers stained along top edge. Spine label chipped. Old ink ownership inscription (1897) on blank page. READ MORE about THE LITHGOW LIBRARY AND READING ROOM
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 96044
Liverpool: J.R. Williams, 1872. 4to. modern cloth, leather spine label. viii, 622 pages. The catalogue of a library intended to serve "the working-man." Significant holdings related to the applied arts including illustrated works on painting, sculpture and architecture. Introduction and brief history of the institution by the author. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIVERPOOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 56290
December, 1977. Number 12.
(Bloomington, IN): Indiana University Library, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 92 pages. December, 1977. Number 12. This issue of the Indiana University Bookman contains essays which "describe the major holdings in the Lilly Library concerning nineteenth-century London--specifically, its popular entertainments, and literature, and contemporary histories, surveys, and descriptions of the city." Minor wear at extremities, wrappers slightly curled. READ MORE about THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY BOOKMAN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101839
2 volumes.
London: Printed by Harrison and Son, 1852. 8vo. modern cloth, leather spine label. xxxii, 512; (iv), 315+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Second edition, greatly enlarged from the first edition of 1842. The London Library was founded as a subscription lending library. Includes a list of officers, laws and regulations of the library and membership lists. The second volume describes the aquisitions made between 1847 and 1852. Some internal ninteenth- century library markings. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LONDON LIBRARY. London: Printed by M'Gowan and Co., 1847. Bound with CATALOGUE...
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 56191
London: The Library, 1888. large 8vo. original polished cloth, top edge tinted. xvi, 1161 pages. Fifth edition. This copy lacks the separately issued appendix. The London Library is today the largest private, nonacademic lending library in the world (cf. Basbanes, N.A.: "The More Things Stay the Same" in: BIBLIO, vol.4, no.1, Jan. '99, p. 10-12), founded on an initiative of Thomas Carlyle in 1840 or 1841, to fill the need for a ciculating library of..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LONDON LIBRARY, ST. JAMES SQUARE, LONDON, WITH PREFACE, LAWS AND REGULATIONS....
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 54158
Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1881. 8vo. later quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. (iv), ix, (1), 132 pages. A catalogue of the recent additions to the Long Island Historical Society presented May 10, 1881. Ex-library with markings throughout. Includes an introduction by librarian George Hannah and a table of contents. Loss of leather to head and tail of spine, boards rubbed and worn at the edges and corners. Half-title detached..... READ MORE about LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 59444
Brooklyn: Published for the Society, 1865. 8vo. original paper wrappers, missing back cover. 63 pages. The report of the second annual meeting of the L. I. Historical Society in 1865 which was opened with a eulogy for President Lincoln. The board discussed the activities of the society, and a report was given on the content of the collection and the acquisitions of the past year. Also includes a list of donors and resident members. Front..... READ MORE about SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE LIBRARIAN, AND THE TREASURER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 57566
Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 33, (3) pages. With acknowledgements by Susan Brynteson, an introduction by Alan Bold, and text by Timothy Murray. Slight fading of covers along edges. READ MORE about HUGH MACDIARMID, AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 67419
New York: The Mercantile Library Association, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. 296 pages. A catalogue of accessions in the New York Mercantile Library from October, 1869, to April, 1872 (Singerman 2404), printed by James Sutton & Co. "French and German novels have been placed in separate lists in the classified part, for the convenience of our increasing constituency of readers in those languages." Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Front board detached, most..... READ MORE about SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 69618
Three pamphlets.
Boston: S. P. Seaman, Printer, 1849, 1851, 1852. 12mo. and 8vo. original paper wrappers. 12; 19; 36; pages. Three pamphlets. Three annual reports of the Mercantile Library Association which illustrates the growth of the library, such as members, expenditures, additions made to some of the departments, etc. Being the 29th, 31st and 32nd annual reports. Each of the pamphlets are inscribed with a presentation on the front cover from an unknown party at the Mercantile..... READ MORE about ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 57624
Boston: Printed for the Association by Dutton & Wentworth, 1851. small 8vo. original paper front wrapper. 19 pages. Decorative front cover. Inscribed across the top "With respects of the Government." Part of the cover chipped away along edges partially affecting the presentation. Front cover detached and back cover lacking. READ MORE about THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, OF BOSTON
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 94892
Philadelphia: Printed for the Company, 1840. large 12mo. original quarter leather with woven cloth covered boards. xxii, (ii), 13-182 pages. Per Singerman (American Library Book catalogues 1801-1875, p.181, no.2877) the sixth catalogue of the Mercantile Library Company (founded 1821, taken over by the Free Library of Phila. around 1960). A classified (per introduction, the first such) catalogue of the Library with 2,500+ entries (our rough estimate), and an author index. Leather at spine ends chipped..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS BELONGING TO THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, WITH A...
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 121923
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
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
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
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
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 save 40% $33.00 Order nr. 116647
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
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
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
1891. 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Letter written on the stationery of the British Museum and dated 8.9.1891. Murray was Archaeologist and keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. READ MORE about A.L.s from A.S. Murray (1841-1904) concerning an antique gem he had been asked to date, and...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88058
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
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
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
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
