Carrboro, NC: Chapel Hill Rare Books, 1994. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Bookseller's catalogue featuring over 450 items for sale. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE CIVIL WAR. CATALOGUE 84
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135422
Dallas, TX: University of Texas at Dallas, 1979. 8vo. cloth. 54 pages. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about DALLAS, TEXAS, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE SOURCES OF ITS SOCIAL HISTORY TO 1930
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135432
New York, NY: Burt Franklin, 1971. 8vo. cloth. 83 pages. Reprint edition. Contains 1810 items pertaining to the history of Jamaica. Index. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA JAMAICENSIS: A LIST OF JAMAICA BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135459
Austin, TX: University of Texas, 1967. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. 12 coloured and 117 plain plates. Dust jacket has a large torn area at head of front flap, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PAINTING IN TEXAS, THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135465
New York, NY: Christie's, 2004. small 4to. softcover. 484 pages. Numerous illustrations, very good condition. Voluminous, heavy catalgoue, mostly with books and manuscripts on North and South America, i.a. letters by various presidents, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, manuscripts from the Civil War, page proofs by Nathaniel Hawthorne and much more. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING AMERICANA. AUCTION 16 DECEMBER 2004
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135497
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. small 8vo. paper covered boards. 118 pages. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. 800 entries. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC PERIODICAL LIT., 1844-1973
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135502
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. small 8vo. paper covered boards. 118 pages. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. 200 entries. Light staining on spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA HISTORY 1863-1972
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135503
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1981. oblong 4to. hardcover, dust jacket. 387 pages. First edition. Some wear to the dust jacket, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TEXAS FURNITURE THE CABINETMAKERS AND THEIR WORK 1840 - 1880
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135539
Madison, WI: Salalm Secretariat, 1987. 8vo. softcover. 719 pages. Clean, tight copy, no markings. Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials; Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries. XXX.". From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LATIN AMERICAN MASSES AND MINORITIES: THEIR IMAGES AND REALITIES : PAPERS OF THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135608
N.P. The Rocket Press, (1987). 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, paper cover label. (ii), 97-116, (2) pages. An offprint from The Private Library, Volume 8:3, Autumn 1985. Hardbound for private distribution by The Rocket Press in May 1987. An invitation to Jonathan Stephenson's workshop for June 1987 loosely laid-in. A note from Jonathan Stephenson to Doris Grumbach(?) reads: "I was pleased to meet you at the Washington ABA. I enclose the little book that you..... READ MORE about " JONATHAN STEPHENSON & THE ROCKET PRESS"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135629
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1972. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 277 pages. Paperback edition. Covers rubbed. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about INDIAN LIFE ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, AS SEEN BY THE EARLY EXPLORERS AND FUR...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135641
Montevideo, Uruguay: Adolfo Linardi, 1961. 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. 15 pages. Catalogo Nro. 13. Items 4773 through 5009. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LIBROS AMERICANOS ANTIGUOS Y MODERNOS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135647
Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 1940. 8vo. red boards. 570 pages. Beautiful frontispiece is a Henner color illustration of Fabiola an early Christian nurse. Text is quite clean. Contents included are ancient civilizations, the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. Very interesting reading and information. Very good condition. Exlibris stamp on front pastedown and endpaper. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TRENDS IN NURSING HISTORY-THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WORLD EVENTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135709
Oxford, United Kingdom: Clio Press, 1982. 8vo. hardcover. 307 pages. Hard cover book in very good condition. No dust jacket. Fading to spine. Pages lightly tanned. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERIES - VOLUME 16
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135715
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1968. 8vo. Blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket. 101 pages. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. The love affair of a middle-aged widow and a young man, a concise examination of what makes and breaks human relationships. Illustrations by José Treviño, unclipped illustrated jacket. Minimal shelf wear, but a tight binding, nice jacket, slightly age-toned. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 'DISPLAY COPY' stamped in red on 2nd..... READ MORE about THE NORTHER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135729
Waco: Baylor University Press, 1940. 8vo. paper wrappers. x, 75 pages. Some of the treasures that reside in special collections at Baylor University, including rare books, manuscripts, and art. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE TEXAS COLLECTION OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135732
Denton, TX: University of North Texas, 2004. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 304 pages. This is Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LXI. Contributors: Mary Belle Ingram, Lucy Fischer West, Bertha Dominguez, Alicia Zavala Galvan, Gloria Duarte-Valverda, Lou Ann Herda and others. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER: A SCATTERLING OF TEXAS FOLKLORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135744
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1987. folio. cloth, dust jacket, loose jacket sleeve. unpaginated. First edition. Numerous illustrations in color. A beautiful copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: ONE HUNDRED FLOWERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135753
New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1972. small folio. faux leather. 42 pages. Illustrated. A facsimile of Ruiz's Report on the Indian Tribes of Texas in 1828. Edited and introduction by John C. Ewers, translated by Georgette Dorn. It presents a facsimile of his entire manuscript in which he describes in Spanish the customs and characteristics of the Lipan Apaches, the Comanches, and the Chariticas. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative..... READ MORE about REPORT ON THE INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS IN 1828
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135756
New York, NY: Bloomsbury Auctions, 2009. 4to. hardcover. 154, (4) pages. Auction catalog. pictorial covers. Illustrated, designed and photography by Oliver Lei Han. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE DE ORBE NOVO COLLECTION: EXPLORATION OF THE NEW WORLD, 1492-1625
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135763
The Steck Company, 1935. 8vo. cloth. 312 pages. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS AS TOLD IN COUNTY NAMES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135771
State College, PA: American Philatelic Society, (1970). 8vo. cloth. 298 pages. First edition, first printing. Index, bibliography. B&W photos & illustrations throughout. This copy is Near Fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TEXAS THE DRAMA OF ITS POSTAL PAST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135776
New York, NY: Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books, 1995. 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Over 290 titles available in this catalogue. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 13
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135863
Monograph Number 2
Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1981. 4to. paper wrappers. 119 pages. Monograph Number 2. Some chipping around the head of spine, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRAND CANYON AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER, 1540-1980
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135891
Paris: LE BAIL, DIDIER & WEISSERT, FRIEDRICH, 2003. 4to. paper wrappers. 81 pages. Bookseller catalogue featuring 515 items. Index. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE NO.NR/2003: PORTRAITS DE LA FRANCE ET DU MONDE. CARTES ET VUES DE VILLES DU XVIE AU...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135898
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 602 pages. Some tears to the dust jacket, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE WAR, THE WEST AND THE WILDERNESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135939
New York: Crown Publishers Inc., (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. Filled with anecdotes of his collecting. Jacket is rubbed. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR, A NEW GUIDE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 151
Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. 8vo. cloth. xxx, 285 pages. First edition. Definitive work. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about JOHN BERRYMAN A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 571
Barre: Imprint Society, 1971. folio. two-toned cloth, slipcase. not paginated. Limited to 1950 copies. Signed by Bumgardner. Lacking the slipcase. Spine worn with two insect holes. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICAN BROADSIDES SIXTY FACSIMILES DATED 1680 TO 1800 REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINALS IN THE AMERICAN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 926
New York: Octagon Books, 1968. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 587 pages. Reprint of the 1928 edition. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS CARLYLE'S WRITINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1223
Introduction by Wilbur Macey Stone. Index by Will Ransom.
Portland: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. 8vo. cloth. ix, 77, (3) pages. Introduction by Wilbur Macey Stone. Index by Will Ransom. First edition, limited to 500 copies (Fleck G.95 for Newton). The third and final volume in this series of checklists of Christmas Books. Contains listings for many famous book collectors including those of A. Edward Newton. Spine lightly faded, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted..... READ MORE about MORE CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1423
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). 8vo. cloth. 51 pages. Reprint of the 1910 first edition. An illustrated bibliography of the complicated American editions of Dickens. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FIRST AND EARLY AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2337
With a Preface by Sir Edmund Gosse.
London: The First Edition Club, 1925. square 8vo. red cloth. xiv, 88 pages. With a Preface by Sir Edmund Gosse. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Covers rubbed slightly with spine showing fading. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF PUBLISHED AND PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2390
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1968. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 40 pages. Occasional Publication no.3 issued by the Oxford Bibliographical Society. A near fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A CHECKLIST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF ERASMUS TO 1700
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2673
London: Birrell & Garnett, 1972. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 108 pages. Reprint issued by Tony Appleton of the 1922 first edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. A useful reference book for the study of type specimens. Well preserved. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF I. TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS, II. BOOKS PRINTED IN FOUNTS OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE, III....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 2914
N.P. The AIGA, 1933. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. With a note by Melbert Cary and a five page history by Will Ransom. Minor chipping around edges, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about VILLAGE PRESS, A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 1903-1933
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4212
Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. 8vo. cloth. xxiv, 410 pages. First edition. The definitive work to-date on O'Neill. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EUGENE O'NEILL, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4656
Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1980. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 83 pages. 127 items with full descriptions showing the Italian contribution to America from 1492 to 1800. Many excellent illustrations, especially of maps. Beautifully printed at the Stinehour Press. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Spine of jacket faded. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ITALIANS AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA; AN EXHIBITION AT THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6538
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth. 79 pages. Reprint of the 1922 first edition. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF W.H. HUDSON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6555
New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1939. 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 150 pages. First edition. Thousands of items are listed in double column with accompanying notes. Locations are given. Thoroughly annotated in pencil with additional locations and other notes. With a number of reviews of the book inserted as are other notes and letters. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LIST OF FRENCH PROSE FICTION FROM 1700 TO 1750, WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6667
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1972). tall 8vo. cloth. xvi, 420 pages. Second edition. Describes books, pamphlets, works edited, translated or with contributions, record sleeves, etc, recordings, anthologies, criticism and with a section on the Frederic Prokosch pamphlets. Booklabel of Deckerd Turner. Spine and portion of cover faded. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about W.H. AUDEN, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1924-1969
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6839
Austin: Jenkins Company, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 155 pages. Catalogue featuring 1,812 items. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LATIN AMERICA WEST INDIES MEXICO AND THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST. CATALOGUE 196
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6918
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). thick 8vo. cloth. xxv, 593, (3) pages. Reprint of the 1854 second edition. Catalogue of books printed privately and not sold to the public. One of the only sources of information on some of the smaller printing clubs. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7120
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 312, 41 pages. Reprint of the 1869 auction catalogue issued by Puttick and Simpson of London. Prices realized are given. Important. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA MEJICANA. A CATALOGUE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7163
Boston: Gregg Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. x, 463 pages. Reprint of the 1939 first edition. Light rubbing to the spine, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIOGRAPHY BY AMERICANS, 1658-1936, A SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7293
(N.P. Bibliographical Society of America, 1950). 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. 21 items are described and with a reproduction of the first Oregon imprint. Has a short summary by Lindley Eberstadt. Wear around the edges of the covers. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EARLY OREGON IMPRINTS AT YALE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7295
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1973. 4to. paper wrappers with cameo cut-out showing an illustration. 81 pages. Limited to 1500 copies. 424 items described to parallel the original London exhibition. Foreword by David Randall. From the Lilly Library. Wrappers split at spine, else a near fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7430
Austin: University of Texas, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 138 pages. Bibliography of this American writer on religion. Fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE JOANNA SOUTHCOTT COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7627
New York: Bonanza Books, n.d. thick 8vo. cloth. xxii, 400 pages. Reissue of the 1953 first edition. With 132 pages of sources and notes on the various illustrators and many plates of their work. Spine of dust jacket faded. Dust jacket chipped around edges. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF THE OLD WEST, 1850-1900
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7684
Philadelphia: Chilton Co., (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 436 pages. First and only edition. Thousands of entries dating from the earliest times. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEMORY, A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7920
Berkeley: The Book Arts Club, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 153, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 550 copies printed at the University of California Press and designed by A.R. Tommansini. Discussion of early printers in Germany, the Low Countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and England and Scotland. Jacket is torn along spine, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FIFTY PRINTERS' MARKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8096
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1919. 12mo. boards. 106 pages. First edition. Illustrated history. Spine lacking, else a good copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ATLANTIC MONTHLY AND ITS MAKERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9154
Oxford: Phaidon, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 80 pages. First edition. With 70 illustrations including 28 in color. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9198
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1954. 8vo. paper wrappers. xi, 123 pages. A look at publishing practice. Covers age darkened along spine and top edge. Else fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PUBLICATION OF LANDOR'S WORKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9378
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1953). small 4to. cloth. xix, 397 pages. Reprint of the 1949 first edition. With 40 pages of maps and diagrams and a colored frontispiece. A history of the development of the map and the people associated with that development. Lacking the dust jacket. Very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE STORY OF MAPS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9601
New York: Burt Franklin, 1963. 4to. cloth. xii, 128 pages. First edition. With 40 plates. No dust jacket. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ENGLISH PUBLISHERS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS, 1599-1700 A STUDY OF THE PRINTSELLERS & PUBLISHERS OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10223
Washington: Library of Congress, 1973. small 4to. cloth. viii, 87 pages. Facsimile of part of the first publication of each state accompanied by facts on that publication. Illustrated. An interesting book. Spine faded. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PIONEER IMPRINTS FROM FIFTY STATES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 10676
Cambridge: The University Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 170 pages. First edition. Minor wear to jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EARLY BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS; A SHORT STUDY BASED ON SOME FIFTEENTH AND EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11246
Chicago: Committee on Invention of Printing, Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1942. 4to. stapled wrappers. 6 pages. Contributions to Materials on the History of printing, No. 5. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LIST OF PRINTING OFFICES CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11286
Chicago: Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1939. square 8vo. paper wrappers. 42 pages; ten full page illustrations of the earliest examples of printing. First edition. Slightly faded along spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SOME FACTS CONCERNING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11560
(Chester Springs): Dufour, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First U.S. edition. Discussion of the Daniel Press, Kelmscott Press, Ashendene, Essex House, Vale, Eragny, Doves, etc., with bibliographies. Slightly bumped at head of spine with tear in jacket along hinge. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESSES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11679
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages. Occasional Publication No. 14. Corrected and updated supplement to Berry and Johnson's bibliography of British type specimen books. Gives locations, an appendix of printer's specimen books and a chronological list of specimens. A valuable supplement. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BRITISH TYPE SPECIMENS BEFORE 1831; A HAND-LIST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11740
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1968. 8vo. cloth. x, 144 pages. (S-K 3436). With 52 black and white plates and one color plate of bindings. Represents the bookbinding holdings of the Bodleian and the western college libraries. Some staining to the front and rear boards. Spine lightly soiled. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FINE BINDINGS 1500-1700, FROM OXFORD LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11957
Morongo Valley, Ca.
N.P. Sagebrush Press, 1984. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 102, (2) pages. Morongo Valley, Ca. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Set in Janson and printed by letterpress. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PAUL BAILEY AND THE WESTERNLORE PRESS, THE FIRST 40 YEARS WITH ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12184
New York: The Typophiles, 1946. 12mo. cloth. (x), 150 pages. First edition, one of 805 numbered copies. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed at the Spiral Press. Remarks by Kent, Bowles, Rollins, Pottinger, Morley, Hendrickson and Warde. Private ownership stamp of Elizabeth & Ben Lieberman on front pastedown. No slipcase. Prospectus loosely inserted. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BR MARKS & REMARKS, THE MARKS BY BRUCE ROGERS, ET AL. THE REMARKS BY HIS FRIENDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 13493
New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co., 1927. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xviii, 523 pages. First edition. Still one of the best of the Kipling bibliographies. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 14694
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 219 pages. With a two page foreword by Herbert M. Evans. Sale no.1917. Spine faded, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE EXTENSIVE AND NOTABLE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA FORMED BY DR. HENRY W. PLATH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15207
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. 8vo. red cloth, dust jacket. 400 pages. First edition. Part of the Soho series of bibliographies. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly faded. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF D.H. LAWRENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15747
Bloomington: Indiana University, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Some toning to the rear cover, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM THE UPTON SINCLAIR ARCHIVES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15845
New York: Oxford University Press, (1952). 8vo. cloth. vii, 621 pages. First edition, later printing. With a 170 page bibliography of the subject. Lacking the dust jacket, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE EARLIER SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1600-1660
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16305
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1933. square 8vo. cloth. xiv, 61 pages. Full bibliographical descriptions. Ink stamp of now defunct research institution on a number of pages. A near fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER PRINTED BEFORE 1700
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16340
Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1973. 8vo. cloth. 26 pages, 24 plates; xxxii, 140 pages. The growing interest in the nineteenth-century book prompted the decision to reissue this little-known but extensive bibliography. Twenty-five pages of illustrations and two essays on the bindings and illustrations of the Annuals have been added to this edition. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LITERARY ANNUALS AND GIFT BOOKS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1823-1903
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16377
San Francisco: Privately printed for the author by Taylor & Taylor, 1948. cloth- backed boards. xiv. 80, (2) pages. History of the Union Lumber Co. And The Mendocino Coast. The scarce hardcover issue. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about MEMORIES OF THE MENDOCINO COAST TOGETHER WITH THE CORRELATED HISTORY OF THE UNION LUMBER COMPANY...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18061
N.P. Duke University Press, 1954. thick 8vo. cloth. xix, 987 pages. First edition. A guide to the literature of the region. Dust jacket chipped along edges. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SOUTH IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1607-1900
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 18072
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1973). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Spine ends lightly worn, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955, MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21973
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second printing. Profusely illustrated. Jacket chipped around edges. Some dampstaining along spine of jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK 1455-1955; MASTERPIECES OF TYPOGRAPHY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22373
London: George Philip & Son Ltd., 1934. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 108 pages. Illustrated history of this publisher of maps and geographical related books. Some wear around the edges, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about STORY OF THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS, A GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23801
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1958. small 4to. cloth. xlii, 496 pages. First edition. Over 1800 items are well described. Supplement volume not present. Jacket has small insect damage scattered on front and rear, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about GERMAN BAROQUE LITERATURE, A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION IN THE YALE U UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24765
London: Faber and Faber, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 164 pages. Second edition. Excellent one volume look at typography. This edition was edited by David Bland. Lacking the dust jacket, else a fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25161
Cambridge: Research Classics, 1961. 8vo. cloth. vi, 153 pages. Third printing of the 1938 first edition. Spine lightly faded, else fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PETER PARLEY TO PENROD A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BEST-LOVED AMERICAN JUVENILE BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25449
Edited by Harold A. Small.
San Francisco: John Howell - Books, 1967. thick tall 8vo. cloth. xx, 345 pages. Edited by Harold A. Small. First edition, limited to 2500 copies and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated. Lacking the dust jacket. Small mark on cover, else fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA, RECOLLECTIONS AND REMARKS BY ONE WHO VISITED THESE SHORES IN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25656
Boston: The Horn Book, 1947. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper cover boards, top edge gilt. xvi, 528 pages. First edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Front hinge starting. Rubbed around the edges with some minor shelfwearFrom the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26704
New York: Swann Galleries, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Auction sale of this superb collection. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE WORK OF ARTHUR RACKHAM, THE RAYMOND M. SUTTON, JR. COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27287
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo. cloth. xii, 400, xxv, (3) pages. First edition. With a lengthy bibliography and a section of notes and references. Illustrated. Lacking the dustjacket. Spine age darkened. Some shelfwear. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SAN FRANCISCO'S LITERARY FRONTIER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29557
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1904. 12mo. cloth. Part of the Library of Valuable Information Series. 209 pages with 90 illustratons. Ten chapters on all aspects of the development of the alphabet. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about STORY OF THE ALPHABET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29908
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1966. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 313 pages followed by 35 plates. Revised edition, second printing. Presents the history of autograph collecting, arranging and caring for a collection, how to tell forgeries and facsimiles, etc. Jacket worn around edges, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AUTOGRAPHS: A KEY TO COLLECTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30900
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 559 pages. Full bibliographical descriptions of the 400 books containing music for instruments that were published during the 16th century. With many indices. Spine of dust jacket faded with some staining, else fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PRINTED BEFORE 1600, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32198
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1983). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 445+(1) pages. First edition. Spine faded, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BORDERLANDS SOURCEBOOK, A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE ON NORTHERN MEXICO AND AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33081
London: Spring Books, (1970). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 337 pages. Reprint of 1958 first edition. Tells both the history of cartography and how Europe discovered and explored the rest of the world. Illustrated with over two hundred maps, frontispiece in color. Spine of jacket faded and price clipped. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EXPLORERS' MAPS, CHAPTERS IN THE CARTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF GEOGRAPHICAL S
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33993
London: Sotheby's, 1987. 4to. cloth, paper label on cover. 425, (11) pages. Fully describes 388 items. Well illustrated throughout, most are in color. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL BOOKS, BEING THE FINEST COLOUR-PLATE BOOKS FROM THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36062
Beckenham: Trigon Press, (1992). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 216 pages. Fifth edition of this directory. The last edition was published in 1985. Over 1500 collectors are listed geographically with subject and author indices. Full addresses given which should prove a goldmine for dealers interested in adding to their mailing lists. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF BOOK COLLECTORS 1993-95
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37000
Paris: Galerie Colette Creuzevault, 1987. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. Prospectus to this multiple volume set which was to be issued on the binding work of Creuzevault. With illustrations in color showing his work. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HENRI CREUZEVAULT 1905-1971
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38609
Troy: The Whitston Publishing Co., 1971. 8vo. cloth. xii, 501 pages. First edition. 6,439 entries. Exlibris bookplate on front pastedown. Spine soiled. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NOVELS RELATING TO AMERICAN FRONTIER AND COLONIAL HIST ORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 39541
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 279 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A compact version of his four volume set on American publishing dating from 1741 to the time of this book's publication. Jacket shows minor wear. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE, A COMPACT HISTORY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40407
Austin: The University of Texas, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 274 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. With "Preface to the New Edition." Well illustrated and annotated catalogue. Water staining and fading to dust jacket spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE VANDERPOEL DICKENS COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40591
Houston: University of St. Thomas Art Department, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 363 pages. Introduction by Raymond Marcel followed by the text of six lectures given on the subject. Filled with illustrations. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BUILDERS AND HUMANISTS, THE RENAISSANCE POPES AS PATRONS OF THE ARTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41453
New York: George Braziller, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 118, (2) pages. First edition. With many full color plates in addition to the black-and-white illustrations in the text. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HEBREW MANUSCRIPT PAINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42381
New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1965. thick 8vo. cloth. xlii, 614 pages. Revised from the 1929 and 1938 editions. Foreword by A. Hyatt Mayor followed by lengthy catalogue. A near fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS, 1468-1700, IN THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 43582
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1973. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85 pages. Introduction by James D. Hart. Illustrated. Spine faded with front hinge detached. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SOME TREASURES OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION OF THE ENLARGED AND REMODELED...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 43615
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.(115)-170. Part of a series entitled "University of California Publications in English, Volume 3." Small water stains on front cover, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF BRET HARTE IN THE MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS OF CALIFORNIA,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44347
