4.

(Gregynog Press). Shaw, George Bernard.

SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1939. tall 8vo. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. [xi] 188, [1] pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Harrop, Zilverdistel no.40). Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Head of spine worn, with some scattered wear to spine. General shelfwear. Boards somewhat bowed. As is common with this..... READ MORE about SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY

Price: $650.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136795

7.

Psalmanazar, George.

MEMOIRS OF ****. COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR; A REPUTED NATIVE OF FORMOSA. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF IN ORDER TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER HIS DEATH.

Containing an Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures, Connections, Literary Productions, and pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which last proved the Occasion of his being brought over into this Kingdom, and passing for a Proselyte, and a Member of the Church of England.
London: Printed for R. Davis; J. Newbery; L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1765. large 12mo. full leather, five raised bands, red leather spine label, top edge stained black, fore-edge and bottom edge sprinkled red, gilt ornamentation on fore-edge of leather boards. Frontispiece, (ii), ii, 307 pages. Containing an Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures, Connections, Literary Productions, and pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which last proved the Occasion of his being brought over into..... READ MORE about MEMOIRS OF ****. COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PSALMANAZAR; A REPUTED NATIVE OF FORMOSA....

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136505

11.

Franklin, Colin.

OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 296 pages. Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago..... READ MORE about OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134570

14.

Peters, Jean (editor).

BOOK COLLECTING, A MODERN GUIDE.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 288 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. An excellent book with 12 articles by well-known bookman on various aspects of book collecting. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING, A MODERN GUIDE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2497

25.

Carter, John.

PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

London: British Museum, 1963. 8vo. later cloth over paper covered boards. 125 pages and 32 plates followed by 62 pages and 16 plates. Important catalogue. Rebound in blue cloth. A near fine copy. Contributions by John Carter and P. H. Muir and an introduction by Stanley Morison. (Appleton no. 223). Nicely designed. READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FINE PRINTING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7428

29.

Orcutt, William Dana.

THE KINGDOM OF BOOKS.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 8vo. gilt stamped cloth, dust jacket. xii, 291 pages. First edition, second impression. Jacket of spine faded, worn along the edges. Else a very nice copy. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on early printing and printers. READ MORE about THE KINGDOM OF BOOKS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 9848

35.

Targ, William (editor).

BOUILLABAISSE FOR BIBLIOPHILES, A TREASURY OF BOOKISH LORE, WIT & WISDOM.

Metuchen: Scarecrow Reprint Corp. (1968). 8vo. red cloth. 506, (4) pages. Reprint of the 1968 first edition. A fine copy. Contributions by Newton, Carter, Starrett and others. READ MORE about BOUILLABAISSE FOR BIBLIOPHILES, A TREASURY OF BOOKISH LORE, WIT & WISDOM

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13299

43.

Wolf, Edwin.

" AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY"

Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 55 pages. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about " AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY"

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22643

48.

(Bibles). Silver, Joel.

THE BIBLE IN THE LILLY LIBRARY.

Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library at Indiana University, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 56 pages. Exhibition catalogue of the library's collection of The Bible. Contains 67 annotated descriptions and a selected bibliography. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE BIBLE IN THE LILLY LIBRARY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34422

57.

(Plain Wrapper Press). Gill, Brendan.

WOOINGS.

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, (1980). 4to. paper-covered boards. 7+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 155 numbered and signed copies. (Plain Wrappers Press 29). Foot of spine bumped, else a fine copy with errata sheet inserted apologizing for the error on the colophon page. Five poems in English by Brendan Gill. Two of the poems, "Ferragosto" and "Norfolk," were written especially for this edition. "Easter" was previously published in Harper's magazine, and "In Wicklow"..... READ MORE about WOOINGS

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136281