Results for: Book Collecting

Balsamo, Luigi.

BIBLIOGRAPHY, HISTORY OF TRADITION.

Translated by William A. Pettas.
Berkeley, CA: Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iii, 209 pages. Translated by William A. Pettas. First U.S. edition. Originally published in Italian as LA BIBLIOGRAFIA, STORIA DI UNA TRADIZIONE IN 1984. Explains the circumstances and objectives behind the evolution of bibliographies. Includes chapters on books and book distribution in the Middle Ages, the introduction of printing, seventeenth century libraries, and the bibliography of librarians and historians in the nineteenth century. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY, HISTORY OF TRADITION

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 30553

Barnes, Robert C. and Judith M. Pfeiffer.

PRESS, POLITICS & PERSEVERANCE, EVERETT C. JOHNSON AND THE PRESS OF KELLS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. This long-awaited biography brings to life the remarkable printer, politician and sage, Everett Johnson. Inspired by the work of Elbert Hubbard's Roycrofters, Johnson established the indomitable Press of Kells in Newark, Delaware. The fortress-like stone building that became home to the "Newark Post" still stands, and as of 1999, this lively paper celebrates its 90th year. For the next generation, through his..... READ MORE about PRESS, POLITICS & PERSEVERANCE, EVERETT C. JOHNSON AND THE PRESS OF KELLS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 54276

Belanger, Terry.

LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages. First edition, third printing. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book arrangements by collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the works of male and female authors be..... READ MORE about LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 14014

(Bookplates). Tattersfield, Nigel.

BOOKPLATES BY BEILBY & BEWICK, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

London and New Castle: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1999. large 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 384 pages. Forty years before the turn of the 18th century, a small, prestigious bookplate workshop was established, the likes of which were never to be seen again after its employment of one man: Thomas Bewick. To this day, the works of the bookplate shop of Beilby & Bewick are highly collectible and valued in the antiques world..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES BY BEILBY & BEWICK, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 54988

(Boswell). Seymour, Terry.

BOSWELL'S BOOKS: FOUR GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 556 pages. "A truly remarkable achievement. ... There is no student of Boswell or Johnson who will not take pleasure and heart in this large and impressive book." - Robert DeMaria, Jr., Johnsonian News Letter, March 2017 "The book is more than a bibliography... it is an example of how to reconstruct a disbursed or lost library or collection from extant..... READ MORE about BOSWELL'S BOOKS: FOUR GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 123417

(Brown, John Carter). Rohr, Donald G. (editor).

THE YOUNG JOHN CARTER BROWN IN EUROPE: TRAVEL DIARIES, 1823-1824.

With an Epilogue by J. Carter Brown
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2005. 6 x 9 inches. cloth. 368 pages. With an Epilogue by J. Carter Brown. First edition. A meticulously prepared edition of a travel journal kept by John Carter Brown (1797-1874) when he was in Europe for eighteen months as a young man. On this grand tour, Brown, who twenty years later founded the John Carter Brown Library, visited England, Scotland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and above all, Italy..... READ MORE about THE YOUNG JOHN CARTER BROWN IN EUROPE: TRAVEL DIARIES, 1823-1824

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99379

Carter, John & Nicolas Barker.

ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS.

Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2013). tall 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 75338

Carter, John, Nicolas Barker & Simran Thadani.

ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Not to be missed, both because it is a beautiful material object but also because it holds important new information. The ninth edition of ABC for Book Collectors is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of images: some beautiful full-color photographs, others clearly labeled black-and-white reference drawings. I know I will be turning to this reference work for years to..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED

Price: $29.95 Order nr. 120362

(Caxton Club).

OTHER PEOPLE'S BOOKS: ASSOCIATION COPIES AND THE STORIES THEY TELL.

Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2011. 8 x 11 inches. Hardcover. 214 pages. Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle. The idea for Other People's Books was conceived in 2007 when Steve Tomashefsky, then President of the Caxton Club, actively supported a project to create a collection of essays revealing the stories behind association copies. Even earlier, Caxton Club members recognized the importance of provenance during its exhibition of "books interesting through their associations," in 1896. This enthusiasm..... READ MORE about OTHER PEOPLE'S BOOKS: ASSOCIATION COPIES AND THE STORIES THEY TELL

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105527

(Caxton Club). Piehl, Frank.

THE CAXTON CLUB 1895-1995, CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF THE BOOK IN CHICAGO.

Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1995. 8vo. gray cloth over boards with white stamping and paper label with slipcase. 224 pages. The Caxton Club was founded in Chicago in January 1895 by fifteen bibliophiles. Its objective was the "literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books" and "the occasional publishing of books designed to illustrate, promote and encourage these arts." One century later, the Club remains dedicated to this objective. It..... READ MORE about THE CAXTON CLUB 1895-1995, CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF THE BOOK IN CHICAGO

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 41478

Chanin, Eileen.

BOOK LIFE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SCOTT MITCHELL.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 6 x 9.25 inches. paperback. 496 pages. Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world. Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell, by Eileen Chanin, is the first comprehensive account of his life and collecting, told through books, readings, and contemporary correspondence. Mitchell was a man of astoundingly..... READ MORE about BOOK LIFE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SCOTT MITCHELL

Price: $59.95 Order nr. 108954

Clarke, Marian G. M.

DAVID WATKINSON'S LIBRARY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT, 1866-1966.

Hartford, Conn: Trinity College Press, 1966. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. xii, 177 pages. David Watkinson's Library narrates the founding and history of the David Watkinson Library from 1866 to 1966. When David Watkinson died in 1857, the major provisions for the establishment of the library were contained in his will. Watkinson had determined one hundred thousand dollars would be invested and managed by the board of trustees to establish connections with the Connecticut Historical..... READ MORE about DAVID WATKINSON'S LIBRARY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT, 1866-1966

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 105706

Danforth, Susan (editor).

A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2008. 8 x 11 inches. cloth. 86 pages. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books from the John Carter Brown Library. Curated by Susan Danforth, the exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue demonstrated how the urge to collect, preserve, and ultimately share books can, however subtly, affect the physical character of the book itself. With a focus on acquisitions made in the nineteenth century - including several..... READ MORE about A. MATTER OF TASTE: DISCRIMINATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOK COLLECTING

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 100943

(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall). Rabaiotti, Renato (editor).

HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH READINGS FROM THE LIBRARY COMPANION 1824.

With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1989. 6.5 x 9 inches. quarter leather with acetate dust jacket, slipcase. 79, (3) pages. With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books, manuscripts and..... READ MORE about HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH...

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 24585

Farren, Donald and August A. Imholtz, Jr. (editors).

THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004.

With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides
Baltimore: The Baltimore Bibliophiles, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 176 pages. With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides. With this volume the Baltimore Bibliophiles celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their founding, demonstrating the flourishing of bibliophily in Baltimore and the vigor of the organization. Included in the book are an account and a catalogue of early children's books in Baltimore by Linda F. Lapides. A separate..... READ MORE about THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 101279

(Forgery). Nickell, Joe.

PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 228 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over one hundred illustrations. READ MORE about PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR THE PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND...

Price: $29.95 Order nr. 71215

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: $25.00 Order nr. 134570

Gatch, Milton McC.

THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS.

BSA Occastional Publications, No.1
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 2007. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 212 pages. BSA Occastional Publications, No.1. Reformation pamphlets (or "Flugschriften") were among the first rare book acquisitions of American libraries. Gatch traces the remarkable history of the Leander van Ess collection purchased by the Union Theological Seminary in 1838, the first and largest collection of these religious tracts to arrive in America. He notes how they were originally obtained by van Ess..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 93560

Gauz, Valeria (editor).

PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN BOOKS IN THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY 1537-1839.

With a Selection of Braziliana Printed in Countries Other than Portugal and Brazil
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2009. 7.5 x 11.25 inches. hardcover. 792 pages. With a Selection of Braziliana Printed in Countries Other than Portugal and Brazil. Compiled by the rare book cataloguer Valeria Gauz, this work describes in detail, item by item, the finest collection in North America of books relating to Brazil before the country declared its independence from Portugal in 1822. Nearly 650 of the titles in this catalogue antedate 1800. For..... READ MORE about PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN BOOKS IN THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY 1537-1839

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 108377

(Grey, George). Kerr, Donald Jackson.

AMASSING TREASURES FOR ALL TIMES: SIR GEORGE GREY, COLONIAL BOOKMAN AND COLLECTOR.

Dunedin, New Zealand and New Castle, Delaware: Otago University Press and Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 6 x 9.25. hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Less well known of Grey is that we he was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artifacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed. Through..... READ MORE about AMASSING TREASURES FOR ALL TIMES: SIR GEORGE GREY, COLONIAL BOOKMAN AND COLLECTOR

Price: $49.95 Order nr. 92435

(Grolier Club). Edwards, George (editor).

THE GROLIER CLUB ITER GALLICO-HELVETICUM.

A Bibliophilic Tour of Paris & Alsace & Geneva
New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. 210 pages. A Bibliophilic Tour of Paris & Alsace & Geneva. One of 26 lettered copies bound in leather by Don Etherington. This book contains thirty essays, about two hundred color photographs, and two poems, all by the travelers on the Grolier Club's Iter Gallico-Helveticum, a seven-day journey through France and Switzerland in 2012. This "Iter" was the latest in a long line of..... READ MORE about THE GROLIER CLUB ITER GALLICO-HELVETICUM

Price: $500.00 Order nr. 134365

Hinks, John and Matthew Day (editors).

FROM COMPOSITORS TO COLLECTORS: ESSAYS ON BOOK-TRADE HISTORY.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 400 pages. The essays in this collection trace texts from their creation and printing through to their publication, dissemination, and collection. In doing so, they show how production processes change texts and how collectors subsequently appropriate them for their own ends. By examining the diverse activities of those involved in both textual creation and collection..... READ MORE about FROM COMPOSITORS TO COLLECTORS: ESSAYS ON BOOK-TRADE HISTORY

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105524

(Hyde, Donald and Mary). Austin, Gabriel (editor).

FOUR OAKS LIBRARY.

Somerville: Privately printed, 1967. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xiii,136 pages. Well-illustrated descriptions. The library has become a renowned source repository of material relating to English literature (especially Samuel Johnson) of the 18th century. READ MORE about FOUR OAKS LIBRARY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 79759

JOHN PIPER IN THE WATKINSON: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST.

Hartford, Connecticut: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 2011. 10 x 8 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. To honor a gift given to the Watkinson Library by M. William McGill, this catalogue is an illustrated checklist of the works of British architectural and topographical artist John Piper. In the late 1920s, Piper attended both the Richmond School of Art and the Royal College of Art, and by the 1930s he was working steadily as an artist hardly..... READ MORE about JOHN PIPER IN THE WATKINSON: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107347

(Kotinos Press). Staikos, Konstantinos Sp.

THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY.

With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 8vo. full leather, deckle edges, paper cover label. 52 pages. With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck. Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 200 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece on special paper and bound thus. Issued in conjunction of the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor. Konstantinos Staikos..... READ MORE about THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 90816

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