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THE GROLIER CLUB COLLECTS II: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, & WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF GROLIER CLUB MEMBERS.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. 12 x 9 inches. cloth. 183, [1] pages. Curated by Eric J. Holzenberg and Arthur L. Schwarz. Catalogue compiled and edited by George Ong. 12 x 9; 183, [1] p.; numerous color and duotone illustrations; Aldus and Michelangelo types designed by Hermann Zapf; 1000 copies. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club December 9, 2015 through February 6, 2016. Behind every great collection..... READ MORE about THE GROLIER CLUB COLLECTS II: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, & WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF...

Price: $75.00 save 10% $67.50 Order nr. 127344

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

Asaf, Allen.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE GROLIER CLUB: 1884-1983.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1984. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 48 pages. This commemorative publication lists the books, pamphlets, prints, handlists, periodicals, and medallions produced by the Club in its first 100 years. It is an offprint from The Grolier Club, 1884-1984: Its Library, Exhibitions, & Publications and contains a foreword by Allen Asaf. It was designed by Stephen Harvard and printed at the Stinehour Press. READ MORE about PUBLICATIONS OF THE GROLIER CLUB: 1884-1983

Price: $18.00 save 20% $14.40 Order nr. 106588

Bond, William H. (editor).

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: IN HONOR OF DONALD F. HYDE.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1970. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 424 pages. This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars regarding the study of eighteenth-century literature. The essays are in tribute to former Grolier Club President, Donald F. Hyde. Hyde was very active in the Club and after becoming President in 1961, he began revitalizing the library and rehabilitating the clubhouse. He also proposed and organized the Iter Italicum, a legendary..... READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: IN HONOR OF DONALD F. HYDE

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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

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. 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 European excursions by the Grolier Club, the first of which occurred..... READ MORE about THE GROLIER CLUB ITER GALLICO-HELVETICUM

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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

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Edwards, George (editor).

THE GROLIER CLUB ITER HIBERNICUM.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1998. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 154 pages. At the end of May in 1997, various Grolier Club members visited Ireland. During the trip, the members presented some of fine Grolier Club publications to leading Irish cultural institutions and left some titles including Grolier 100 and One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine to be housed in the National Library of Ireland, Trinity College Library, Marsh's Library, and Saint Patrick's College..... READ MORE about THE GROLIER CLUB ITER HIBERNICUM

Price: $62.50 save 20% $50.00 Order nr. 107104

Egremont, Max.

SIEGFRIED SASSOON: A POET AND HIS LIBRARY, THE ROBERT L. NIKIRK LECTURE 2001.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2001. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 24 pages. This catalogue contains the text of the lecture delivered by Max Egremont on the life and bibliophilic activities of English poet and book collector Siegfried Sassoon. The lecture was held at the Grolier Club in 2001 as part of the Robert L. Nikirk Lectures, New Series, Number 2. The catalogue was designed by Jerry Kelly. READ MORE about SIEGFRIED SASSOON: A POET AND HIS LIBRARY, THE ROBERT L. NIKIRK LECTURE 2001

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Funke, Claudia (editor).

GROLIER 2000: A FURTHER GROLIER CLUB BIOGRAPHICAL RETROSPECTIVE IN CELEBRATION OF THE MILLENNIUM.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2000. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 424 pages. In 1959 at the Grolier Club's 75th anniversary, Grolier 75, a volume of biographical sketches of seventy-five former members written by seventy-five current members, was published. This book proved to be very valuable to the literature of the book world through its presented facts and life stories. Grolier 2000 was published as a sequel to Grolier 75, extending the biographical records..... READ MORE about GROLIER 2000: A FURTHER GROLIER CLUB BIOGRAPHICAL RETROSPECTIVE IN CELEBRATION OF THE MILLENNIUM

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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

Higgs, Kimball, Anne Hoy, Rona Schneider, and Mark Tomasko (curators).

" I ALSO COLLECT PRINTS, DRAWINGS, OR PHOTOGRAPHS": A SAMPLING OF CLUB MEMBERS' OTHER COLLECTIONS.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 22 pages. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from November 14 2007 to January 11, 2008. The exhibition was organized by the Prints, Drawing, and Photographs Committee of the Grolier Club. Many Grolier Club members not only collect books, but they also collect works on paper including prints, drawings, and photographs. These collections are often "secondary" or "tertiary" collections of..... READ MORE about " I ALSO COLLECT PRINTS, DRAWINGS, OR PHOTOGRAPHS": A SAMPLING OF CLUB MEMBERS' OTHER...

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Holmes, David J.

WAYFARERS ALL: SELECTIONS FROM THE KENNETH GRAHAME COLLECTION OF DAVID J. HOLMES.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2008. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 46 pages. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from March 19 to May 23, 2008. The exhibition showcased works of Kenneth Grahame in the collection of David J. Holmes. Containing an introductory collector's statement, the catalogue is broken down into eight parts including Beginnings, Pagan papers, The Golden Age, Dream Days, The Wind in the Willows, Toad of Toad Hill..... READ MORE about WAYFARERS ALL: SELECTIONS FROM THE KENNETH GRAHAME COLLECTION OF DAVID J. HOLMES

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Ring, Richard (editor).

THE JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT SOCIETY AT TWENTY-FIVE.

Providence: The John Russell Bartlett Society, 2010. 5 x 10 inches. paperback pamphlet. 40 pages. This volume continues the history of the John Russell Bartlett Society published in its 10th Anniversary volume. An organization dedicated to the book in all its aspects, the John Russell Bartlett Society strives to further the understanding and appreciation of the book by sponsoring lectures, exhibitions, and discussions. The John Russell Bartlett Society at Twenty-five begins with an introduction written..... READ MORE about THE JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT SOCIETY AT TWENTY-FIVE

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Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern.

OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 6 x 9.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 184 pages. First edition. One of 350 special numbered and signed copies inserted in a cloth-covered slipcase. In their books Old & Rare and Between Boards, these two grand ladies of the bookselling world, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern, recounted many of their stories and hard learned advice gleaned from decades in the book business. This newest volume records..... READ MORE about OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD, REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 43780

Seale, William.

THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY COMPANY.

[Alexandria, Virginia]: Alexandria Library Company, 2007. 4to. hardcover. xiv, 160 pages. The Alexandria Library Company describes a rare American library in Virginia and the booklovers associated with it through two centuries. Historian William Seale presents the story--through good times and bad--of this historic library company, which has been in business since 1794. Sponsored by the Company, the book is documented from the shelves and boxes of early manuscripts that chronicle the history of the organization..... READ MORE about THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY COMPANY

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 93893

Yoshimura, Zentaro.

GLOSSARY OF LIBRARY TERMS IN JAPANESE-CHINESE-ENGLISH.

Tokyo: Yushodo Press Co., Ltd., 1997. small 8vo. limp vinyl wrappers, cardboard slipcase. (vii), 332, (6) pages. For those working with books in English, Chinese and Japanese, this extremely useful glossary translates almost 2,000 library and book terms into English, Chinese and Japanese, both in written and spoken forms. These terms are organized alphabetically into three sections: Japanese-Chinese-English, Chinese-Japanese-English, and English-Japanese-Chinese. This glossary will be of great benefit to not only librarians, but to book..... READ MORE about GLOSSARY OF LIBRARY TERMS IN JAPANESE-CHINESE-ENGLISH

Price: $49.95 Order nr. 49823

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

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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

(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 SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK "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..... READ MORE about BOSWELL'S BOOKS: FOUR GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133461

(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

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