BIBLIOGRAPHIE 1956-1981.
Leipzig: Enzyklopädie, (1984). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. Bibliography of this publisher's works. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE 1956-1981
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Leipzig: Enzyklopädie, (1984). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. Bibliography of this publisher's works. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE 1956-1981
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(New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 188 pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A look at the book business today and its prospects for the future. READ MORE about BOOK BUSINESS, PUBLISHING PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 61974
(New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002). 8vo. paperback. xvi, 188 pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A look at the book business today and its prospects for the future. READ MORE about BOOK BUSINESS, PUBLISHING PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
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With a Foreword by Lynd Ward.
New York: Three Mountains Press, 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages including facsimiles of Ward drawings and a bibliography of the press. With a Foreword by Lynd Ward. First edition. At the very bottom of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of young men and women in and around the book business formed a cooperative corporation dedicated to publishing works of literary significance that commercially-minded publishers were neglecting and to publishing..... READ MORE about RELEVANT MEMOIR, THE STORY OF THE EQUINOX COOPERATIVE PRESS
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(Düsseldorf, Germany: Eremiten Presse, 1974). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 134, (16) pages. Text in German. An anthology of 25 years of Eremiten's publications. Publisher's note. Black and white illustrations. Chronology of events, chronology of the press's publications, index of writers. READ MORE about 25 JAHRE EREMITEN-PRESSE 1949-1974
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121618
N.P. Förlags AB Centrum, 1974. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. The opinions of the 1968 Literary Commission (Literaturutredning) did not please everyone, particularly not Swedish publishers and booksellers, as this work by the chairman of the Stockholm book dealers Association shows. Inserted is a card addressed to S. Taubert from a Stockholm bookseller. A little soiled, chipped. READ MORE about PM OM BOKEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52882
London: George G. Harrap, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition in English. Concerns the changes taking place in the publishing business. Jacket slightly soiled. READ MORE about THE BOOK REVOLUTION
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Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (1957). 8vo. cloth. 238 pages. First edition. This history of the important Boston publishing firm was written without the cooperation of the company suceeding Estes or of the Estes family. Mr. Frederick Melcher, who worked at Estes and Lauriat for many years, was of great help with his reminiscences. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about ESTES AND LAURIAT, A HISTORY 1872-1898, WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DANA ESTES AND COMPANY 1898-1914
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20936
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 238 pages. First edition. This history of the important Boston publishing firm was written without the cooperation of the company suceeding Estes or of the Estes family. Mr. Frederick Melcher, who worked at Estes and Lauriat for many years, was of great help with his reminiscences. Ex-library with markings. READ MORE about ESTES AND LAURIAT, A HISTORY 1872-1898, WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DANA ESTES AND COMPANY 1898-1914
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New York: Exposition Press, 1952. small slim 8vo. no wrappers. not paginated. The first annual report from this publisher, discussing the book business, new titles in progress, and other pertinent topics. READ MORE about REPORT TO AUTHORS
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1935. 8vo. cloth. 156 pages. First U.S. edition. Four papers dealing with the inner conditions and problems of bookselling and the publishing trade. READ MORE about A PUBLISHER SPEAKING
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 55534
i Gutenbergs tjeneste gjennom 125 år.
(Oslo: Fabritius & Sønner, 1969). 4to. quarter leather with patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 231+(1) pages. i Gutenbergs tjeneste gjennom 125 år. First edition. History of the publishing house of Fabritius & Sønner, with contributions from Norwegian Historian Carl Just and Øvind Seip Bergrav. Illustrated with beautiful color woodblock prints. Edges of dust jacket chipped and torn. READ MORE about FABRITIUS & SØNNER, INSTITUSJONEN SCHEIBLER
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Remarks by Clifton Fadiman, In Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
New York: National Book Awards Ceremony, 1993. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 16+(1) pages. Remarks by Clifton Fadiman, In Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. With an introduction and a note on the type. Printed in Monotype Dante, a type created by Giovanni Mardersteig. Preceding Fadiman's remarks is the speech of the "Presentation of National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Clifton Fadiman" by..... READ MORE about " TO THE CURIOUS, INTELLIGENT READER"
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Austin: University of Texas Press, (1972). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 125+(1) pages. A collation of the galleys and the published work of Faulkner's most popularly successful novel. Acknowledgments, introduction, reference chart, complete textual collation. Dust jacket faded at top edge. READ MORE about FAULKNER'S REVISION OF SANCTUARY A COLLATION OF THE UNREVISED GALLEYS AND THE PUBLISHED BOOK
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(New York): Columbia University, 2003. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. A report written while the author was in the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, which uses interviews, historical research, observational sessions, and a detailed study of bestsellers and best books to understand the present, touch on the future, and give the history of trade books its due. READ MORE about BEST AND WORST OF TIMES, THE CHANGING BUSINESS OF TRADE BOOKS, 1975-2002
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Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag, 1960. large 4to. two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase. xxvii, not paginated. First edition. Published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the publisher "Chr. Belser Verlag." A limited amount of copies were made available on the market. Under the rubric of "Spiritual Fathers of the Occident," this volume presents 100 title pages accompanied by short essay descriptions. In addition to general information on particular title pages, these descriptions contain..... READ MORE about GEISTIGE VATER DES ABENDLANDES, EINE SAMMLUNG VON HUNDERT BUCHTITELN
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(Boston: Branden Publishing Co., 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 275, (7) pages, black and white plates. Memoirs of a German publisher's daughter whose family fled Germany after 1933. Reflects on her encounters with noteworthy writers published by S. Fischer Verlag, many of also left Germany when the Nazis took power. Black and white illustrations. Dust jacket torn near top of spine. READ MORE about MY EUROPEAN HERITAGE: LIFE AMONG GREAT MEN OF LETTERS
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Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1953. 8vo. cloth. vii, (iii), 134 pages with additional leaves of illustration throughout. First edition. 75 years of Gustav Fischer publishing is commemorated in this volume. This festschrift includes a complete history of the firm, from its origins in the 19th century through the 1950s. A Catalogue of Fischer titles follow, arranged by subject. The final section gives us a look at the firm's employees. Indexed. Illustrated in black-and-white. Lower corners bumped..... READ MORE about DAS VERLAGSHAUS GUSTAV FISCHER IN JENA. FESTSCHRIFT ZUM 75 JÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUM
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Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 351 pages. With historical information on this German publisher. A fine copy. READ MORE about 100 JAHRE S. FISCHER, 1886-1986. DAS KLASSISCHE PROGRAMM, EIN LESEBUCH
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Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1961. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 170, (2) pages, with illustrations. Includes historical sketches and material from the publisher's archives. Covers toned. READ MORE about ALMANACH DAS FÜNFUNDSIEBZIGSTE JAHR
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Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, (1956). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages, with illustrations. Includes historical sketches and material from the publisher's archives. A near fine copy. READ MORE about ALMANACH DAS SIEBZIGSTE JAHR 1886-1956
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Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1928. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 214, (2) pages. Text in German. Includes 16 illustrations of authors and a directory of new books published between 1924 and 1927. Boards and spine lightly soiled and scuffed. Inscription of previous owner on front free endpaper. Pages tanned at edges. READ MORE about ALMANACH 1928
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Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1928. 12mo. paper-covered boards. 214, (2) pages. Text in German. Includes 16 illustrations of authors and a directory of new books published between 1924 and 1927. Boards and spine soiled and scuffed. Staining on back board. Inscription of previous owner on front free endpaper. Pages tanned at edges. READ MORE about ALMANACH 1928
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N.P. Vincent Fitzgerald & Co., 1992. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 1500 copies. Published on the occasion of exhibitions in Munich and New York. Table of contents, essay by Donna Stein, introduction by Eleanor Garvey, forewords by Martha Wilson and Ursula Haeusgen. Selected bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE FIRST 26 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY VINCENT FITZGERALD & COMPANY FROM...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 124609
Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1942. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. Third edition. A guide to using books as a way to knowledge; sections on the book trade (publishing and bookselling), libraries, and bibliographies. Wrappers faded. Pages yellowed. Bookplate inside front wrapper. READ MORE about WEGE ZUM WISSEN, BUCH, BUCHHANDEL, BIBLIOTHEKEN, SCHRIFTUMSVERZEICHNUNG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49499