Burlingham, Cynthia and Bruce Whiteman (editors).

THE WORLD FROM HERE, TREASURES OF THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF LOS ANGELES.

Los Angeles: UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, (2001). small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 464 pages. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Hammer Museum, L.A., Oct., 2001-Jan.,2002. A fine copy. A celebration of special collection treasures borrowed from 30 libraries in the Los Angeles area, ranging from the first English edition of Euclid with three-dimensional illustrations to Amelia Earhart's log of a flight across the Atlantic to the orginal diaries kept by Anais..... READ MORE about THE WORLD FROM HERE, TREASURES OF THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF LOS ANGELES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70427

Bussy, R. Kenneth.

PHILADELPHIA'S PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS: AN INFORMAL HISTORY.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Clinic, 1976. 4to. cloth. (xii), 121+(1) pages. Book has been separated into two main sections, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS, COMPOSITORS. Includes chapters on: The American Philosophical Society, Lea & Febiger, Judson Press, John C. Meyer, The Maple Press, Haverford House, and much more. Illustrated throughout with several black-and-white photographs. Faint rubbing to corners of covers. READ MORE about PHILADELPHIA'S PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS: AN INFORMAL HISTORY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93485

(Callwey, Georg D.W.).

100 JAHRE VERLAG GEORG D.W. CALLWEY MUNCHEN 1884-1984.

(Munich: Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey, 1984. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages. Important events and publications in Callwey's 100-year history, year by year. Illustrated. READ MORE about 100 JAHRE VERLAG GEORG D.W. CALLWEY MUNCHEN 1884-1984

Price: $11.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48573

(Cambridge University Press). Black, M.H.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1584-1984.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 343 pages. First edition, second printing. Written to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the press. Much on Stanley Morison. READ MORE about CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1584-1984

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1337

(Cambridge University). Smith, J.J.

CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS.

Cambridge: J. Deighton, and MacMillan & Co., 1849. 8vo. original cloth boards, otherwise disbound. viii, 329+(1) page. First edition. Describes 700 manuscript volumes. Bibliographic entries include annotations regarding contents, illuminations, and foliation. Includes a brief introduction about the catalogue. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. Spine lacking, boards detached. Last leaf provided in photocopy facsimile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56222

Canfield, Cass.

REFLECTIONS ON REACHING THE AGE OF 150.

New York: Harper & Row, (1967). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 22 pages. First separate appearance; first appeared as "The Easy Chair" in Harper's Magazine. History of Harper. READ MORE about REFLECTIONS ON REACHING THE AGE OF 150

Price: $5.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19451

(Cassell). Nowell-Smith, Simon.

THE HOUSE OF CASSELL, 1848-1958.

London: Cassell & Co., (1958). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 299 pages with illustrations. First edition. Important publisher's history. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also has the ink ownership inscription of the bibliographer, Roy Stokes. READ MORE about THE HOUSE OF CASSELL, 1848-1958

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98440

CATALOGUE OF PRACTICAL AND USEFUL BOOKS ON EDUCATION; DOMESTIC ECONOMY; ETC.

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, n.d. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages. A catalogue of books arranged by topic, which include morality and religion, education, domestic economy and architecture. Front panel soiled and worn, corners creased. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF PRACTICAL AND USEFUL BOOKS ON EDUCATION; DOMESTIC ECONOMY; ETC

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 87628

Chanin, Eileen.

BOOK LIFE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SCOTT MITCHELL.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 6 x 9.25 inches. paperback. 496 pages. Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world. Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell, by Eileen Chanin, is the first comprehensive account of his life and collecting, told through books, readings, and contemporary correspondence. Mitchell was a man of astoundingly..... READ MORE about BOOK LIFE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SCOTT MITCHELL

Price: $59.95  other currencies  Order nr. 108954

(Charles, William). Weiss, Harry B.

WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections.
New York: New York Public Library, 1932. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages and three inserted plates of illustrations. With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections. A biographical essay on the famous caricaturist, engraver and publisher is accompanied by seven illustrations and a bibliography of Charles's work. READ MORE about WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20610

(Chetham Library). Radcliffe, John.

BIBLIOTHECA CHETHAMENSIS, SIVE BIBLIOTHECAE PUBLICAE MANCUNIENSIS AB HUMFREDO CHETHAM ARMIGERO FUNDATAE CATALOGUS EXHIBENS LIBROS IN VARIAS CLASSES [SIC] PRO VARIETATE ARGUMENTI DISTRIBUTOS.

3 volumes.
Mancunii (Manchester): n.p., 1791-1826. small 8vo. one volume disbound and others bound in library buchram, all edges speckled red. Frontispiece,xvi,(2), 367; 368-622; frontispiece,v-xii,174, (6),116,86,48 pages. 3 volumes. Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653), a successful Manchester businessman and public figure, left a sum for founding of a library, afterwards named the Chetham Library. In 1791, the Chetham librarian, John Radcliffe, produced a two-volume classified catalogue in Latin with 6,723 numbered entries and divided into five general subjects with..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA CHETHAMENSIS, SIVE BIBLIOTHECAE PUBLICAE MANCUNIENSIS AB HUMFREDO CHETHAM ARMIGERO...

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53440

Chielens, Edward E.

THE LITERARY JOURNAL IN AMERICA TO 1900, A GUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES.

Detroit: Gale Research Co., (1975). 8vo. cloth. vi, 197 pages. First edition. READ MORE about THE LITERARY JOURNAL IN AMERICA TO 1900, A GUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES

Price: $9.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103012

(Childrs, Geroge W.). Parton, James.

GEORGE W. CHILDS. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1870. 12mo. original pink stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Childs (1829-1894) was the owner of the Philadelphia Ledger and a noted publisher. He wrote his autobiography in 1890. An uncommon title. Paper wrappers heavily foxed. Crease on front cover. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GEORGE W. CHILDS. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99255