(Wien: Kunstlerhaus, 1986). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 191+(1) pages. The 125 year history of the Künstlerhaus in Vienna is provided here through photographs and short essays. Many of the museum's exhibitions, artists, publicity material and internal documents are pictured. Fully illustrated in color and black-and-white. In German. READ MORE about THE WIENER KUNSTLER HAUS, 1861-1986
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 62205
2 volumes.
Worcester (MA): American Antiquarian Society, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cloth-covered slipcase with paper label on front. 183+(1); 81 pages. 2 volumes. The American Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812 by the printer Isaiah Thomas and associates for the purpose of preserving the records of the American Revolution. The Society is today a major archive of materials for American History. One volume is a brief history of the Society and a description of its collections..... READ MORE about THE COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: A 175TH ANNIVERSARY GUIDE
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Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 190 pages. Second edition, revised. A fine copy. Edited by Nancy H. Burkett and John B. Hench and a foreword by Jill Ker Conway. Illustrated. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about UNDER ITS GENEROUS DOME, THE COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
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(New York): The Bibliographical Society, 1982. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, stapled. pp.273-337. Offprint from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society, Vol. 76, No.3, 1982. READ MORE about VANITY AND REFORM: B.O. FLOWER'S ARENA PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON, 1890-1896. WITH A...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 30238
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 224, xxiii pages and 50 plates. First edition. A history of the Dangerfield Printing Company which printed the magazine CYCLING, and other publications centering on motoring and motor cycles. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about BOUVERIE STREET TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPECIALIZED PUBLISHING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 112
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 224, xxiii pages and 50 plates. First edition. A history of the Dangerfield Printing Company which printed the magazine CYCLING, and other publications centering on motoring and motor cycles. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about BOUVERIE STREET TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPECIALIZED PUBLISHING
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. small 4to. cloth. xii, 224, xxiii pages and 50 plates. First edition. A history of the Dangerfield Printing Company which printed the magazine CYCLING, and other publications centering on motoring and motor cycles. Covers faded. READ MORE about BOUVERIE STREET TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPECIALIZED PUBLISHING
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London: Edward Arnold, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 122 pages. First edition. The history of the publishing company of Edward Arnold & Co., the publisher of most of E.M. Forster's major works, and many important medical and scientific texts, Illustrated and indexed. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about EDWARD ARNOLD, 100 YEARS OF PUBLISHING
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3 volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. large 8vo. cloth. (ii),ix,(iii),1030; (iv),1061-2188; (iv),655+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Burt Franklin reprint (their Bibliography and Reference series, no.47) of the original 1870 and 1877 works published by the South Kensington Museum in London. See Besterman 523 for the original. In the 1860's, the Kensington Museum decided to publish a kind of union catalogue of "books on art," based on library holdings in England and elsewhere. To be included were books..... READ MORE about UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART, VOL.I A-K / VOL.2 L-Z / VOL.III SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME
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Münster: (Aschendorff, 1960). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages, with frontispiece. A history of the Aschendorff publishing firm and its publications, updated from the 1912 festschrift. READ MORE about 240 JAHRE ASCHENDORFF, 1720-1969, WERDEN UND WIRKEN
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Rock Island, IL: Augustana Press, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 112 pages. First edition. History of the publishing arm of this religious order. Starts with Peter Cassel, founder of New Sweden, Iowa, continues with L.B. Esbjorn's first tract, and tells of T.N. Hasselquist, editor of "Augustana" in 1856. Jacket chipped and rubbed. READ MORE about A MINISTRY OF PRINTING. HISTORY OF THE PUBLICATION HOUSE OF AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1889-...
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Rock Island, IL: Augustana Press, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 112 pages. First edition. History of the publishing arm of this religious order. Starts with Peter Cassel, founder of New Sweden, Iowa, continues with L.B. Esbjorn's first tract, and tells of T.N. Hasselquist, editor of "Augustana" in 1856. Jacket chipped and rubbed with damaged part on front cover. READ MORE about A MINISTRY OF PRINTING. HISTORY OF THE PUBLICATION HOUSE OF AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1889-...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 96235
N.P. n.p., n.d.(circa 19th century). 8vo. pages loosely inserted in later paper wrappers. pp.21-30. A study of college periodicals with illustrations of ones issued by Yale, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, etc. Wrappers worn. READ MORE about COLLEGE LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. thick 8vo. original cloth. xxxii, 446, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1890 which was originally volume 39 of the works of Bancroft issued in 1890. Bancroft, a bookseller and publisher in early California, put together the famous Bancroft Collection of Western Americana. This is the fascinating story of his life and the building of the collection. Inscribed on title page "H. Abby Brown, Compliments of Geo..... READ MORE about LITERARY INDUSTRIES, A MEMOIR
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Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1930. small 4to. cloth. 203+(1) pages, with 10 illustrations. This volume celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Barth publishing house contains two essays on the history of the firm; the first, by Annemarie Meiner, covers the period 1780-1890, while the second, by Arthur Meiner, covers the period after 1890. Covers faded. READ MORE about JOHANN AMBROSIUS BARTH 1780-1930
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1943. tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. x, 148 pages. First edition. Record of one hundred years of publishing and bookselling. Lacking the dust jacket. Some soiling to covers. READ MORE about A BATSFORD CENTURY
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Mayfair: (The House of Batsford, 1930). 12mo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. Illustrated. Small tears along spine. READ MORE about THE HOUSE OF BATSFORD WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THREE CENTURIES OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN HOLBORN
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Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1961. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. A fine copy. READ MORE about TREASURES OF SCOTTISH LIBRARIES
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Munich: C.H. Beck, (1963). 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), xvi, 386, (2) pages. Celebrating 200 years of publishing. READ MORE about AQUADUKT 1963
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48884
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930. tall 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, dust jacket. xi, 165, (5) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies. (Appleton 94). Spine faded, else near fine. Sections on Bell as bookseller and partner in The Morning Post, The British Letter Foundry (1788-89), and his other publishing ventures. Contains three appendices commenting on Bell's book typography, newspaper typography, his types in the United States and his type specimens. A Century for the..... READ MORE about JOHN BELL, 1745-1831, BOOKSELLER, PRINTER, PUBLISHER, TYPEFOUNDER, JOURNALIST, & C
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi. 122 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket foredges faded. Light wear on dust jacket. READ MORE about EDWARD ARNOLD, 100 YEARS OF PUBLISHING
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N.P. n.p., June 1886. 8vo. three-quarter cloth over embossed boards. (viii), 41 pages. Limited to 250 copies; this copy is not numbered. With three engravings. Beautifully printed with colored initial letters for the different chapters. With information on Dickens. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about RICHARD BENTLEY & SON REPRINTED FROM `LE LIVRE' OF OCTOBER 1885 WITH SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES
Price: $67.50 Order nr. 413
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1951). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 589 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Presentation inscription on 2nd blank. Else near fine. Covers the history of the Times from 1851 to 1951. It is the biography of a great newspaper. With reproductions of important issues of the paper throughout text. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about STORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: 1851-1951
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Copenhagen, Denmark: Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1933. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 58, (6) pages. A history of this printing firm issued on their 200th anniversary. Includes many facsimiles of material printed by them including full color foldout broadsides. Covers foxed. READ MORE about TO HUNDREDE AAAR, DET BERLINGSKE BOGTRYKKERI
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 34226
6 volumes bound in 3
London: Elliot Stock, 1881-1884. 4to. later cloth. 6 volumes bound in 3. Ulrich & Kup p.146. The complete set of this periodical under this title. Hundreds of articles on bookselling, printing, collecting, and bibliography. This magazine was continued as Book Lore. Pages 95 - 160 are detached and loosely inserted. Some tears in pages as the paper is fragile. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHER, A JOURNAL OF BOOK-LORE (THE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 104670
