(Bourdin, Ernest).

ÉTRENNES LITTÉRAIRES, CATALOGUE-SPÉCIMEN DES OUVRAGES ILLUSTRÉS.

Paris, France: Ernest Bourdin, 1845. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Text in French. Specimens of title pages, text, and engraved illustrations by Paris publisher Ernest Bourdin. Includes press notice from La Prresse, December 7, 1842, on inside front wrapper. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers soiled and lightly worn at edges. Foxing throughout text. READ MORE about ÉTRENNES LITTÉRAIRES, CATALOGUE-SPÉCIMEN DES OUVRAGES ILLUSTRÉS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119973

(Bowker, R.R.). Fleming, E. McClung.

R.R. BOWKER, MILITANT LIBERAL.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1952). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 395 pages. First edition. Covers Bowker's literary influence as well as his influence in other important areas. Interesting. Presentation from the author on the front free endpaper. Jacket rubbed and chipped along edges. READ MORE about R.R. BOWKER, MILITANT LIBERAL

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122865

Boyd, Anne Morris.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., (1952). thick tall 8vo. cloth. xx, 627 pages. Reprint of the third edition. Exlibris with markings. Revised by Rae Elizabeth Rips. (Besterman p.6334). Over 6,000 entries. Excellent, well annotated, bibliography. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137116

(Bradley, Will). Le Gallienne, Richard.

YOUNG LIVES.

New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1899. large 12mo. original decorated cloth, top edge gilt. x, 386 pages. Probably the first American edition (British ed. published in the same year by J.W. Arrowsmith). Minor soiling to the covers. Pastedowns and endpapers heavily worn with glue residue. Else a good copy. A kind of novel with essayistic interpolations on life and art in the 1890's by the poet & essayist R. Le Gallienne (1866-1947), who..... READ MORE about YOUNG LIVES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53473

Briggs, Asa.

A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 624 pages. First edition. Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the United Kingdom, founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs's history is told within the context not only of the book trade, but also of national and international social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history. It tells of the people who..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS, 1724-1990: LONGEVITY IN PUBLISHING

Price: $110.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96667

(British Library).

INDEX TO THE ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, WITH THOSE OF THE EGERTON COLLECTION, PRESERVED IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND ACQUIRED IN THE YEARS 1783-1836.

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees [of the Museum], 1849. large 4to. all but disbound. (iv), 514 pages. Between the publication of the 1782 Ayscough catalogue and the inception of the Index to the Additions in 1836, the British Museum acquired about 5,000 manuscripts or manuscript sets. The Index to the Additions was not retroactive, and manuscript acquisitions from 1783 through 1835 had, therefore, no coverage in any printed catalogue until this gap was..... READ MORE about INDEX TO THE ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, WITH THOSE OF THE EGERTON COLLECTION, PRESERVED IN THE...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56199

(British Museum).

CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES.

3 volumes.
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1834-1840. Folio. disbound. (iv),viii,168 pages and 8 leaves of plates; (ii),vi,(ii),159+(1) followed by (4) leaves of plates; (iv),234 pages. 3 volumes. First editions. A catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts from the Arundel and Burney collections in the British Museum. Antiquary Thomas, Earl of Arundel (1592-1646), collected more than 500 manuscript volumes, many of which relate to English History. He was an early supporter of Inigo Jones and friend..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77150

(British Museum).

LIST OF ADDITIONS MADE TO THE COLLECTIONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

9 volumes. With eight additional volumes for 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836-1838 (Printed Books), 1836-1839 (Natural Hisstory, Antiquities and Prints), 1841-1845 (manuscripts), 1854-1875, (manuscripts volume II of II only).
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1833-1877. 8vo. two volumes in original paper-covered boards, last volume in original publiusher's cloth, others in later library buchram. Various paginations. 9 volumes. With eight additional volumes for 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836-1838 (Printed Books), 1836-1839 (Natural Hisstory, Antiquities and Prints), 1841-1845 (manuscripts), 1854-1875, (manuscripts volume II of II only). Ninteenth century library markings. Boards detached with spines lacking on three volumes. READ MORE about LIST OF ADDITIONS MADE TO THE COLLECTIONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

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(British Museum). Porter, G.W.

HAND-LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CLASSIFIED CATALOGUES, AND INDEXES PLACED IN THE READING ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM FOR REFERENCE.

London: British Museum, 1881. small 8vo. original cloth (disbound). 105+(1) pages. With an introductory note by George Bullen. Covers detached; ex library copy. READ MORE about HAND-LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CLASSIFIED CATALOGUES, AND INDEXES PLACED IN THE READING ROOM OF THE...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56216

Brown, H. Glenn and Maude O. Brown.

DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865.

New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 211 pages. Lists of bibliographies followed by directory and chronological index of names and newspapers and magazines by city. Lists marblers. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865

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Bruccoli, Matthew J. (editor).

THE PROFESSION OF AUTHORSHIP IN AMERICA, 1800-1870 THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CHARVAT.

Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones.
N.P. Ohio State University Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 327 pages. Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones. First edition. An important look at publishing and the author in America during the 19th century. With an embossed private library stamp. READ MORE about THE PROFESSION OF AUTHORSHIP IN AMERICA, 1800-1870 THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CHARVAT

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8252

(Bruckmann).

100 JAHRE BRUCKMANN.

München: F. Bruckmann, 1958. tall 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 157, (3) pages. A look back at 100 years of this German publisher (1858-1958). With many illustrations, some in color, of books and people from the firm's history. Jacket slightly torn at top edge. READ MORE about 100 JAHRE BRUCKMANN

Price: $9.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50886

(Buntline, Ned). Monaghan, Jay.

GREAT RASCAL, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NED BUNTLINE.

New York: Bonanza Books, (1952). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 353 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Minor rubbing to spine of the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. "King of the dime novelists, Buffalo Bill's promoter, soldier, sportsman, western trader, Roue, political manipulator, adventurer extraordinary." READ MORE about GREAT RASCAL, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NED BUNTLINE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25545