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
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 48473
Berlin, DDR: Aufbau-Verlag, 1955. 12mo. cloth, spine and front board decorated. 687+(1) pages. Text in German. Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the firm's revival after 1945, under the regime of the German Democratic Republic. Facsimile of "Es Wird Gefragt" by poet Johannes R. Becher, with printed text. Foreword by Walter Janka and Max Schroeder. Foreword, by Erich Wendt, of 1950 edition reprinted. Excerpts from author published with black and white facsimiles of manuscripts. Bibliography and..... READ MORE about ZEHN JAHRE: EIN ALMANACH
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Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 60 pages. Guide to a book show of works published by the Büchergilde Gutenberg. Yellowed. READ MORE about BUNTE REIGEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49216
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
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 47956
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
N.P. Bertelsmann, n.d. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, slipcase. 106, (3) pages. This volume celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Bertelsmann publishing house with essays and poems on the pleasures of various aspects of the book trade. Pencil underlining throughout. READ MORE about GLÜCK MIT BÜCHERN, FESTGABE XUM 125 JÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DES HAUSES BERTELSMANN
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Berlin, Köln, and Frankfurt: Beuth-Vertrieb GmbH, 1963. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 78 pages. A listing of works published by this German publisher. READ MORE about NORMUNG, RATIONALISIERUNG, FACHAUSBILDUNG
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Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, (1983). tall 16mo. paper wrappers. 26 pages. A small pamphlet probably distributed at the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1983, the topics being book publishing and the book trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. READ MORE about BOOK TRADE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN PUBLISHERS AND...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45234
N.P. n.p., (1954). large 12mo. paper wrappers. 127 pages. Essays on the German-language book trade in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. READ MORE about MAINAUER GESPRACHE 1953
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Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1974. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 598 pages. Volume one of this handbook serves as an excellent general introduction to the book trade; it provides a history of the book trade and covers both the international and the German book trade. In addition to subjects like publicity work, market research, and the rights of authors and publishers, the volume also addresses libraries and library science, bibliography, and book collecting. Indexed. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND I: ALLGEMEINES
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Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1971. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 610 pages. Volume three of this handbook covers retail bookselling, giving the basics of bookselling as well as specific topics such as marketing and organization, warehousing, selling, and financing. Indexed. Some wear to front board. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DES BUCHHANDELS, BAND III: SORTIMENTSBUCHHANDEL
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Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, (1930). 8vo. cloth. 351 pages. First edition. The products of one hundred fourty years of publishing and book selling are contained withint this volume. The Berlin firm of Grebrüder Borntraeger celebrated this anniversary by compiling a bibliography of its titles. A history of the firm's development prefaces the Catalogue of books. The bibliography is arranged by subject and author. In German. Top edge of spine rubbed. Back hinge cracked. READ MORE about GEBRÜDER BORNTRAEGER. BERLIN UND LEIPZIG 1790-1930
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Wiesbaden: F.A. Brochhaus, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 122 pages. With nine separate chapters devoted to the history of this German publishing firm. Illustrated.Wrappers show wear. READ MORE about FREUNDEN DES VERLAGES F.A. BROCKHAUS, WIESBADEN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 32147
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 Order nr. 50886
München: Bruckmann, (1983). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. The Bruckmann publishing house celebrates its 125th anniversary with this bibliography of its titles. A preface traces the firm's history. The bibliography is divided by subject matter: art, sports, music, etc. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Indexed. READ MORE about 125 JAHRE BUCHER. 1858-1983. VERLAG UND GRAPHISCHE KUNSTANSTALTEN
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(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 Order nr. 48573
Stuttgart: Calwer Vereinsbuchhandlung, 1933. 8vo. cloth. 127 pages. Well produced history of this bookseller - publisher. With foldout facsimiles of letters, maps, etc. Many reproductions of photographs of men important to the firm. Also has a list of titles published. Covers faded. READ MORE about VIELE SAATEN - EINE ERNTE: FESTSCHRIFT ZUM HUNDERTJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DES CALWER VERLAGSVEREINS,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 27949
Weinheim: Chemie, (1971). 8vo. cloth. 80, 159 pages. A 50th anniversary history of the publisher Chemie, with a bibliography of all its publications. Indexed and illustrated. READ MORE about VERLAG CHEMIE 1921-1971
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 49423
Köln: Overstolzenhaus, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 158, (34) pages. Hans Blum, Severin Corsten and Peter Hasenberg provide a history of the book and papermaking in Cologne. This catalogue accompanied the 1965 exhibition at the Overstolzenhaus in Cologne. Following the essays are 259 entries detailing Cologne publications. Illustrated in red, black & white. Indexed. READ MORE about 500 JAHRE BUCH UND ZEITUNG IN KÖLN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61798
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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48277
München: Verlag Kurt Desch, (1968). small 8vo. cloth. 184, (4) pages. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Desch, tribute to him by the firm, and numerous essays written in tribute. Illustrated with two tipped-in plates in color. READ MORE about KURT DESCH, EIN BUCH DER FREUNDE, 1968
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 41927
Berlin, Darmstadt, and Vienna: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, n.d. square 8vo. cloth. 41, (7) pages. A collection of quotations about books, authors, and readers; also includes information about Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft. READ MORE about FREUNDSCHAFT MIT BUCHERN
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Leipzig: Boersenvereins der Deutschen Buchhaendler zu Leipzig, 1916. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. (ii), 215+(1) pages. Written in German. A work commemorating the opening of the Deutschen Bücherei des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler zu Leipzig, with some history regarding the library, followed by several indices. With a preface by Karl Siegismund. Wear along extremities, fore-edge of front cover tanned, three-inch tear from top left of spine down. With the laid-in bookplate from Oak Knoll..... READ MORE about DENKSCHRIFT ZUR EINWEIHUNGSFEIER DER DEUTSCHEN BUECHEREI
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