Austin: The Humanities Research Center, (1975). 8vo. cloth, glassine wrapper. 29 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Being no.8 of their Bibliographical Monograph Series. READ MORE about CENSURE AND CENSORSHIP, IMPEDIMENTS TO FREE PUBLICATION IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
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Beckenham: Trigon Press, (1979). 12mo. paper-covered boards. 80 pages. First edition. An informative listing of societies, bookclubs, literary periodicals and trade journals on all books and collectors. Review copy with slip tipped-in. READ MORE about LITERARY SOCIETIES FOR BOOKMEN A COLLECTION OF SOCIETIES, CLUBS AND PERIODICALS IN ENGLAND AND...
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1910. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 237 pages. Spine lettering faded. READ MORE about HOW TO JUDGE A BOOK; A HANDY METHOD OF CRITICISM FOR THE GENERAL READER
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London: The Fleuron, (1927). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 85, (14) pages. First edition, one of 120 numbered copies printed hand-made paper. Printed at the Curwen Press; this copy is out of series. (Ulrich & Kup p.41). Articles by Harold Williams on Book Clubs and Printing Societies, Read on Lawrence's SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, and one other by Abercrombie. Some darkening along spine from the cloth used in the binding. READ MORE about THE BIBLIOPHILE'S ALMANACK FOR 1928
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13 volumes.
Frankfurt: Heinr. Ludw. Brönner, 1845-1867. tall 12mo. contemporary green cloth. Over 5000 pages. 13 volumes. First edition, the complete set of this work devoted to the German people and their literature. With numerous illustrations and text wood engravings in the early volumtes. Ex library set with markings. READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHEN VOLKSBÜCHER, GESAMMELT UND IN IHRER URSPRÜNGLICHEN ECHTHEIT WIEDERHERGESTELLT
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1977). small 8vo. cloth, paper dust jacket. xviii, 152 pages. Illustrated with photographs of the pairs who are profiled. Minor jacket rubbing. READ MORE about FAMOUS LITERARY TEAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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New York: R.R. Bowker, (1963). 8vo. cloth. xi, 268 pages. First edition. Sections on educating the reader, commercial publishing, the University as publisher and some comments on bookshops. READ MORE about AMERICAN READING PUBLIC, WHAT IT READS, WHY IT READS THE DAEDALUS SYMPOSIUM, WITH REBUTTALS AND...
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New York: Facts on File, (1979). 8vo. cloth. (vi), 187 pages. First edition. Contributing writers were Seth Abraham, Raymond Hill, Stephen Orlofsky, and Lauren Sass. READ MORE about PORNOGRAPHY, OBSCENITY & THE LAW
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2 volumes in 1.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009. thick 8vo. paper covered boards. 2 p. l., iii p., 1398 columns, [3] pages. 2 volumes in 1. Reprint of the 1884 first edition (Besterman 411). Carlos Sommervogel (1834-1902) was a French Jesuit scholar. He was author of the monumental Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, which served as one of the major references for the editors of the Catholic Encyclopedia. In 1884 he published his Dictionnaire des ouvrages..... READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE DES OUVRAGES ANONYMES ET PSEUDONYMES PUBLIÉS PAR DES RELIGIEUX DE LA COMPAGNIE DE...
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College Station: Texas A & M University Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 201 pages. First edition. Eleven essays on western fiction. Includes a bibliography of the subject. READ MORE about FROM HOPALONG TO HUD, THOUGHTS ON WESTERN FICTION
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Hartford, CT: Truman J. Spencer, 1891. 8vo. original publisher’s cloth. (iv), x, 512, (ii) pages. A literary encyclopedia with 90 entries of biographies of amateur journalists in the nineteenth century. Title stamped on front cover in gilt with fancy calligraphy and feather. Bookplate of previous owner on paste-down endpaper and presentation note dated June 18, 1891 on free endpaper. First six pages separate and last four loose on the bottom. Boards worn and some tears..... READ MORE about A CYCLOPEDIA OF THE LITERATURE OF AMATEUR JOURNALISM
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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1981). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 165+(1) pages. First edition. A contextual analysis of literature including history and criticism of works by William Faulkner, Ralph Emerson, John Updike, Herman Melville and others. Indexed. READ MORE about BOOKS SPEAKING TO BOOKS A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO AMERICAN FICTION
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Bad Godesberg: Hohwacht, 1966. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 63 pages. On how to read with understanding. READ MORE about LESEN--ABER MIT VERSTAND
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New York: New York Public Library, 1963. 12mo. paper wrappers. 29 pages. READ MORE about BOOKS AND TELEVISION
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 306 pages. First edition. With a preface on reading and books by Henry Van Dyke. Six essays discussing history, biographies (by Agnes Repplier), sociology, economics, and politics, fiction, poetry (by Bliss Perry), and criticism. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about COUNSEL UPON THE READING OF BOOKS
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Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, (1993). 8vo. paper covered boards. xii, 251 pages. First edition. Ten chapters on the subject. READ MORE about GYNOGRAPHS, FRENCH NOVELS BY WOMEN OF THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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Cleveland: Privately printed, 1908. tall 12mo. boards, paper spine and cover labels. (vi), 45 pages. Limited to 225 numbered copies. Worn at spine ends. With the bookplate of Vernon Hanson and with his name in pencil. READ MORE about MY FAVORITE NOVELIST. THE BOOKISH BOOKS - II
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Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. ix, 262 pages. Reprint of 1955 edition, published by The University of North Carolina Press. The five essays were developed from papers given by their respective authors at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association in December 1952. The combined essays offer a preliminary, but not comprehensive, history of the art of literary criticism as developed in the United States. Authors include: Harry H. Clark, Richard H...... READ MORE about THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN LITERARY CRITICISM
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Boston: Typographic Laboratory, 1931. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper covered boards. 14 pages. Collection of quotations of noteworthy authors and bibliophiles. "This book is set in Italian Old Style Type, designed by Frederic W. Goudy. It is a project in book layout and esign by Burton L. Stratton at the Typographic Laboratory, Boston, Mass." Corners and edges of boards slightly worn. Unopened. READ MORE about SENTIMENT ABOUT BOOKS EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF FAMOUS AUTHORS AND BOOK LOVERS
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(Rockland, MA: Courier-Gazette, 1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 62 pages. This book is a fictional elaboration of the life of the Brontë's based on historical fact. "It is the author's purpose in this life story to interpret for the younger reader the peculiar strength of individuality and personal initiative against barriers of remoteness and sorrow and disappointment and to show how that spirit entered the art of the writer." Signed by the author. Eight..... READ MORE about A BRONTË TAPESTRY
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N.P. Academy for Educational Development, n.d. but circa 1976. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 109 pages. Includes cases studies, bibliographies, and practical recommendations. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher and with small paper label on front cover. READ MORE about A REASON TO READ
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London: The University of London, The Athlone Press, 1978. 8vo. boards, dust jacket. xxvii, 231 pages. First edition. Study of the changes brought about by poor economic times during the 1970s in the publishing industry. With information on the paperback explosion. READ MORE about FICTION AND THE FICTION INDUSTRY
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Patterns of Access to Materials and Services in School and Public Libraries, Proceedings of the Forty-first Conference of the Graduate Library School, May 16-17, 1980.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 89 pages. Patterns of Access to Materials and Services in School and Public Libraries, Proceedings of the Forty-first Conference of the Graduate Library School, May 16-17, 1980. Children's books raise interesting censorship questions, and three of the six articles in this collection, one by a children's author, one by a book reviewer and one by an English professor, treat different aspects of the issue. Also with..... READ MORE about CHILDREN IN LIBRARIES
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London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1860. 12mo. original green publisher's cloth, white paper spine label. (viii), 217+(1) pages. Wise, 3. " Upon the eve of publication, and before any but a few review' and presentation copies had been sent out, arrangements were made to transfer The Queen-Mother and Rosamond to Edward Moxon & Co., who issued the work without further delay. The sheets already prepared for Pickering were employed, but the title-page cancelled, and replaced..."..... READ MORE about THE QUEEN-MOTHER AND ROSAMOND
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 146, (iv) pages. First U.S. edition. Frank discussion of publishing and writing in the 20th century. The American edition has been edited for the American market by Frederic Melcher. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about AUTHORS AND THE BOOK TRADE
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