Chicago: Chicago Public Library, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. With a number of essays on the library's collections. Illustrated in color. Snag along outer edge. READ MORE about REMARKABLE CHAPTERS, 115 YEARS OF COLLECTING BY THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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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
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Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1990. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 180 pages. First edition. Bumped at tail of spine, else near fine. In the early nineteenth century the prevailing influence in children's books was the promotion of morality, coupled with instruction, and fairy-tales and such-like improper subjects were widely discouraged. So Benjamin Tabart showed no little courage when, within three years of opening his Juvenile Library in Bond Street, he launched out into the publication..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN,...
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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
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1892. tall 12mo. cloth, top edge guilt. 404 pages. Reprint of first edition. Autobiography of this Philadelphia publisher with interesting glimpses at the authors and booktrade of the 19th century. Presenation from Childs. Front cover detached. Chipping at edges. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RECOLLECTIONS
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Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1879. 16mo. self paper wrappers. 28 pages. Part of what appears to be a series of small books on "The Private Libraries of Philadelphia." Childs (1829-1894) was a publisher. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE W. CHILDS
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(Chicago and New York: McDonnell Brothers), (1866). folio. pabbled cloth. 380 pages. First edition. Front and rear hinges cracked. Spine faded. Exlibris bookplate on front pastedown. Overall, a good copy in the original binding.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION
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Cambridge: University Press, 1909. tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 584 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Contains 32 essays offered in tribute to this great scholar including The Catalogue of the Library of the Augusinian Friars by James, an essay by F. Madan, A Paradox on Beauty by Edmund Gosse, a bibliography of the writings of Clark and many others. Covers rubbed. Bookplate. Foxing of preliminary pages. READ MORE about FASCICULUS IOANNI WILLIS CLARK, DICATUS
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Hartford, Conn: Trinity College Press, 1966. 4to. cloth. xii, 177 pages. David Watkinson's Library narrates the founding and history of the David Watkinson Library from 1866 to 1966. When David Watkinson died in 1857, the major provisions for the establishment of the library were contained in his will. Watkinson had determined one hundred thousand dollars would be invested and managed by the board of trustees to establish connections with the Connecticut Historical Society as a...... READ MORE about DAVID WATKINSON'S LIBRARY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT, 1866-1966
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Hartford, Conn: Trinity College Press, 1966. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. xii, 177 pages. David Watkinson's Library narrates the founding and history of the David Watkinson Library from 1866 to 1966. When David Watkinson died in 1857, the major provisions for the establishment of the library were contained in his will. Watkinson had determined one hundred thousand dollars would be invested and managed by the board of trustees to establish connections with the Connecticut Historical..... READ MORE about DAVID WATKINSON'S LIBRARY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT, 1866-1966
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 386 pages. First U.S. edition. Light wear to jacket, else very good. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about COCKERELL, SYDNEY CARLYLE COCKERELL, FRIEND OF RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS AND DIRECTOR OF THE...
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Den 1. maj 1972. [Colbergs' 100th Birthday]
(Rønne: Colbergs Boghandel, 1972). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, wrap-around textured paper dust jacket. 24, (4) pages, in addition to two leaves of photographs tipped in. Den 1. maj 1972. [Colbergs' 100th Birthday]. The centennial of Colbergs Antiquarian Bookstore in Rønne, Denmark. In Danish. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, two-color facsimiles of old advertisements, and a pasted-in, embossed circular logo created to celebrate the 50th anniversary in 1902. Includes a selection of titles published by Colbergs Boghandel..... READ MORE about COLBERGS FYLDER 100
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London: (Corporation of London), 1863. 8vo. original cloth. vi, 154+(1) pages. A catalogue from the London Library with entries on subjects such as British and Irish history, voyages and travel, classical and miscellaneou literature, ecclesiastical history and antiquities and more. Index of authors and subjects. Covers detached, front board mising and spine covering lacking. Text block broken in two parts. Ex Mercantile LIbrary with markings. READ MORE about CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF THE CIRCULATING PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON
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1981. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp. 918-1250. Offprint from Archiv für Geschichte des BuchwesensBand XII, Lieferung 4/5, 1981. Reprints 147 previously unpublished letters of Clara Mundt to the publisher Hermann Costenoble. Mundt wrote historical novels under the pseudonym L. Mühlbach in the nineteenth century; her letters illuminate business matters and the public reception of her novels. Indexed. READ MORE about CLARA MUNDTS BRIEFE AN HERMANN COSTENOBLE
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1978. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp. 366-383. Offprint from Archiv für Geschichte des BuchwesensBand XIX, Lieferung 2 und 3/4, 1978. Article on Cotta's political publishing enterprise in the early nineteenth century. READ MORE about POLITIKER JOHANN FRIEDRICH COTTA, PUBLIZISTISCHE VERLEGERISCH UNTERNEH MUINGEN 1815-1819
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Berlin: Ernst Hofmann & Co., 1895. 12mo. contemporary half cloth with pastepaper-covered boards. (viii), 199, (5) pages, with frontispiece. A biography of the German publisher Johann Friedrich Cotta. Backstrip lacking. Ex-library copy with stamps. READ MORE about COTTA
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An Historical Report Prepared Under the Authority of The Board of Directors
Chicago: n.p., 1945. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 206, (8) pages. An Historical Report Prepared Under the Authority of The Board of Directors. Presentation slip from board of directors laid-in. Last eight pages are printed verso only and contains financial information for 1845-1944. Minor cover soiling. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY 1895-1944
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. v, 35, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition which was a Cambridge Christmas Book. Colored foldout frontispiece and 6 other plates in the text. Glue migration has stained the jacket along the spine; small holes in jacket. READ MORE about HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PITT PRESS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. PITT FOR THE USE OF THE...
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. square 8vo. cloth. v, 35, (3) pages. Reprint of the first edition which was a Cambridge Christmas Book. Colored foldout frontispiece and 6 other plates in the text. Some foxing. READ MORE about HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PITT PRESS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. PITT FOR THE USE OF THE...
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Dollar, Scotland: Ruari McLean Assoc. 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Much on color printing. READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
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Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1976. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. First edition. Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books of the 1850s and 1860s. His career as a photographer was also important, culminating in 1871 when the British Government..... READ MORE about JOSEPH CUNDALL, A VICTORIAN PUBLISHER. NOTES ON HIS LIFE AND A CHECK-LIST OF HIS BOOKS
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New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second printing. With tipped-in color portrait. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIFE AND TIMES OF CYRUS H.K. CURTIS (1850-1933
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New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1948. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (1) pages. Revised and reprinted.With tipped-in color portrait. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about LIFE AND TIMES OF CYRUS H.K. CURTIS (1850-1933
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Volume 1.
Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1956. small 8vo. sewn stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. xi, 208, (4) pages, with 8 additional pages of plates. Volume 1. Difficult early years of the Biblioteca Nazionale, from the idea of a national library in the decade following unification, the organization of monastic holdings into the "Vittorio Emanuele" and subsequent mismanagement thereof, to the official Inquest of 1880-81 and its aftermath. Partially unopened. Dust jacket soiled, chipped. READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE VITTORIO EMANUELE AL COLLEGIO ROMANO
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Chicago: American Library Association, 1943. small 8vo. two-toned cloth. (x), 105+(1) pages. First edition. No. 5 in the American library pioneers series. John Cotton Dana (1856-1929) was Denver's first librarian, a president of ALA, librarian at Spingfield, MA and Newark, NJ, and highly regarded as an innovator. Presentation on free endpaper "To Charles A. Compton from his frined and library room-mate, Chalmers Hadley, July 21st 1943." READ MORE about JOHN COTTON DANA, A SKETCH
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