Catalogue Four.
York: Ken Spelman, n.d. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 54 pages. Catalogue Four. A bookseller's catalogue describing 202 books for sale. Illustrated. Some notes in pencil on back cover. READ MORE about THE ARTIST'S COMPANION, THREE CENTURIES OF DRAWING BOOKS AND MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107973
Troisième édition revue. Traduit de l'anglais.
Paris: La Palme, (1950). 8vo. later cloth, original paper wrappers bound in. 95+(5) pages, with 12 plates. Troisième édition revue. Traduit de l'anglais. Third edition, translated from the English. (Besterman p.790). The best bibliographical guide to the study of the earliest bibliographies from the 16th and 17th centuries covers Tritheim, the earliest legal and medical bibliographies, Gesner, the beginnings of National bibliography and the history of bibliography in the 17th century. There are twelve black..... READ MORE about LES DÉBUTS DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE MÉTHODIQUE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 104244
8 volumes.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1860-1880. thick 8vo. quarter calf with pebbled cloth-covered boards, top edges gilt. Thousands of pages. 8 volumes. First edition of the fifth and best edition of the main work and first editions of the other two supplemental volumes. The inner hinges of volume one have clear tape reinforcement. Light rubbing of covers. Well preserved set. READ MORE about MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES. With MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES....
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 72094
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. (circa 1920s). 12mo. quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, with original paper wrappers bound-in. 254, (2) pages. Extracted by Cim from his five-volume work, l'Encyclopédie du Livre (Flammarion, 1905-8). Includes discussions of paper, format, printing, binding, arrangement of libraries, bibliographic classification. Several illustrations of contemporary book shelving. Leather rubbed on spine. Printed on cheaper paper. READ MORE about PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 114412
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1966. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. (viii), 179, (5) pages. First edition. A comprehensive guide to library research, this book not only describes research facilities and services but also explains how to use them. The main part of the book is a listing of general and specialized reference works and includes sections on reference books, periodicals, dictionaries, gazetteers, biographies, etc. Cover yellowing, top edge foxed, red stamp on bottom of next..... READ MORE about HOW TO DO LIBRARY RESEARCH
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 64116
Leipzig: VEB Otto Harrassowitz, 1957. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. viii, 263 pages. A manual on the basics of bibliography. Corners bumped; boards age yellowed. READ MORE about GRUNDRISS DER BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 48188
Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1942. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. Third edition. A guide to using books as a way to knowledge; sections on the book trade (publishing and bookselling), libraries, and bibliographies. Wrappers faded. Pages yellowed. Bookplate inside front wrapper. READ MORE about WEGE ZUM WISSEN, BUCH, BUCHHANDEL, BIBLIOTHEKEN, SCHRIFTUMSVERZEICHNUNG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49499
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1935. 8vo. cloth. xii, 715 pages. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. (Webber p.74). Covers rubbed and faded with crease in front cover. Endpapers yellowed. READ MORE about BOOKMAN'S MANUAL, A GUIDE TO LITERATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 25602
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1928. 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 635 pages. Third edition, revised and enlarged. (Webber p.74). Minor rubbing of covers. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S MANUAL, A GUIDE TO LITERATURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 76383
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1941. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 829 pages. Fifth edition. (Webber p.74). Spine of jacket age darkened. READ MORE about THE BOOKMAN'S MANUAL, A GUIDE TO LITERATURE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 92906
New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., 1941. 8vo. cloth. xi, 94 pages. A guide to practive in bibliography, quotations, footnotes, and thesis format. Soiled spine, spine edges rubbed. READ MORE about BASIC REFERENCE FORMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104834
Dresden: G. Schönfeld, 1860. 8vo. contemporary half cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. 50 pages. Separately printed from Neuen Anzeiger für Bibliographie und Bibliothekwissenschaft. Foxed. READ MORE about CHRONOLOGISCHE ÜBERSICHT VON BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN SYSTEMEN. (SEPARATABDRUCK AUS DEM NEUEN ANZEIGER...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 80620
Marseille: Laffite Reprints, 1983. 8vo. cloth. (x), xiv, 270, 270i-270iv, 271-280, (2) pages. Written in French. A facsimile of his 1862 edition (See Roosens & Luc Salo 8164), Traité de l'impression photographique sans sels d'argent contenant: l'histoire, la théorie et la pratique des méthodes et procédés de l'impression au charbon, de l'hélioplastie, de la photolithographie, de la gravure photochimique. Avec une introduction par M. Ernest Lacan. Paris, Leiber. Seven black-and-white plates on six leaves. Page..... READ MORE about TRAITÉ DES IMPRESSIONS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES, EDITION DE 1883 PAR LÉON VIDAL AUGMENTÉE DES...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 102530
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1952. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 90 pages. Second printing. The impact of scientific methods and developments on bibliographical research. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 18443
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1952. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 90 pages. Second printing. The impact of scientific methods and developments on bibliographical research. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson and the ink ownership inscription of the bibliographer, Roy Stokes. Minor jacket wear. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 98597
Paris: Hermann, (1969). 8vo. cloth. xv, 214 pages. Text in French. Second edition. 12 black and white illustrations. Introduction and index. Organized in four parts. Part I covers organizations. Part II general sources. Part III by epoch, from antiquity to the 20th century. Part IV by subject, eg. mathematics, astronomy, etc. Signed by prior owner. READ MORE about ELEMENTS DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE L'HISTOIRE DES SCIENCES ET DES TECHNIQUES
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 107305
(Mawson, A.C.T., Australia): by the author, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 100 pages. Second edition, limited to 1000 copies. A guide to resources available to the collector of Australian books, with extensive bibliographic references. Preface, table of contents, foreword, introduction, index. Errata sheet laid in. READ MORE about COLLECTING AUSTRALIAN BOOKS: NOTES FOR BEGINNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115824
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1995). 8vo. cloth. ix, 350 pages. Bibliography of works on book and periodical publishing, and managing the publication process. READ MORE about MANAGING THE PUBLISHING PROCESS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 106310
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1962). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. 17 separate chapters. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about NOTES ON SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 20650
(Aldershot): Gower, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 201 pages. Second edition.With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Loosely inserted is a review of this book that had appeared in The Library. READ MORE about THE FUNCTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 80777
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. 6.125 x 9.35 inches. wrappers. 40 pages. "A masterwork. ...Tanselle emphasizes the bibliographer's paramount obligation to study and compare multiple copies of any book before drawing conclusions about its makeup or publication history. ...Not least, Tanselle closes by presenting and commenting on a sample bibliographical description, using Herman Melvilles novel Redburn as a test case." - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post This pamphlet reprints an appendix..... READ MORE about A SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITH COMMENTARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134701
2 volumes.
Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1941, 1942. small 8vo. cloth. 333; 336 pages. 2 volumes. Each volume is limited to 500 copies. Thousands of books listed. Minor rubbing. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS AND THEIR PRICES, A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 7691
2 volumes.
Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1941, 1942. small 8vo. cloth. 333; 336 pages. 2 volumes. Each volume is limited to 500 copies. Thousands of books listed. Cloth cracked along hinges on volume one. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOKS AND THEIR PRICES, A HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119738
Frankfurt Am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, (1954). 8vo. quarter cloth, boards. xxiii, 258 pages. Text in German. Manual of bibliographical reference books covering a wide variety of subjects and countries. Rubbing to cloth. Slight wear to edges and corners. Bump to top edge near spine. Pages evenly tanned. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DER BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN NACHSCHLAGEWERKE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106051
Frankfurt Am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, (1959). 8vo. cloth. xv, 335 pages. Text in German. Second expanded edition. Manual of bibliographical reference books covering a wide variety of subjects and countries. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about HANDBUCH DER BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN NACHSCHLAGEWERKE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 120777
