Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1976. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Introduction by Adelman followed by descriptions of some of the collections of this book-collector. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE ADELMAN COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70091
Lititz: Sutter House, 1977. 8vo. cloth. xii, 210, (2) pages. First edition. An excellent series of well written essays by the well known bookcollector, Seymour Adelman. Limited to 650 copies. Signed by the author on the half-title. READ MORE about THE MOVING PAGEANT, A SELECTION OF ESSAYS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115518
Philadelphia: Printed for Seymour Adelman, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 350 copies. Humorous "letter" written in 1776. A fine copy. READ MORE about REGARDS FROM UNCLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31447
New York: The Bradford Club, 1864. large 8vo. unbound, top edge gilt. Frontispiece; (ii), 39 pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies. A private printing by the Bradford Club of New York commemorating the life and death, and the sale of the library of the book collector John Allan (1777-1863). Allan specialized in works of R. Burns and Dibdin, American history, and extra-illustrated works. The 1860 work, Private Libraries of New York, by James Wynne mentions..... READ MORE about MEMORIAL OF JOHN ALLAN
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 128318
Chicago: W.B. Thorsen, 1956-1970. 4to. self paper wrappers. Price is per issue. Issues Available: Vol. 6 - #10 (1); Vol. 13 - #4 (1), #5 (1), #6 (1), #7 (1), #8 (1), #9 (1); Vol. 14 - #1 (1), #2 (1), #3 (1), #4 (1), #5 (1), #6 (1), #7 (1), #8 (1), #9 (2), #10 (1); Vol. 15 - #1 (1), #2 (1), #3 (2), #4 (1), #5 (3), #6 (2), #7 (2), #8..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR (THE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 42091
Ossining, NY: William Burton, 1980-1987. small 4to. paper wrappers. For each issue:. The following odd issues are available: Vol 1: 1(2), 2, 3(2), 5(3), 6(3); Vol 2: 1(3), 2(2), 3(4), 4(2), 5(2), 6(2); Vol 3: 1(2), 2(4), 3(2), 4, 5(3), 6; Vol 4: 1(2), 2(2), 3(3), 4(2), 5(3), 6(2); Vol 5: 1(4), 2(5), 3, 4, 5(2); Vol 6: 2, 3, 4(3), 5(2), 6; Vol 7: 1(5), 2(4), 3(7), 4(5), 5(2), 6(4), 7(4), 8(2), 9(4), 10(4)..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR, NEW SERIES
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 30368
Chicago, IL: n.p. (John Blew), 2019. Second edition limited to 150 copies. Self-published by author, John Blew. Introduction by J. Kevin Graffagnino of the William L. Clements Library. Dedications to the booksellers Clarence Wolf of George S. MacManus Co. & posthumously William Reese of William Reese Co. Table of contents & index. An expanded edition of the research devoted to the Americana collector Wright Howes. Color photographs. READ MORE about THE LIVES AND WORK OF WRIGHT AND ZOE HOWES AND THE STORY OF U.S.IANA
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 134757
New York: Sotheby's, 1987. 4to. paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A catalogue from an auction of rare books and paintings, including a four-volume set of John James Audubon's BIRDS OF AMERICA from the James Jerome Hill Reference Library in St. Paul, MN. Also included in the auction was the earliest and longest autograph manuscript of Albert Einstein's ON THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, and numerous books featuring exquisite and imposing bindings. Well illustrated, with many color plates. A...... READ MORE about FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, EINSTEIN ON THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45244
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 397-401+(1) pages. Reprint fromThe WIliam and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. II, No. 4, October 1945. A description of early American holdings at the Yale University Library, written by James T. Babb, former Librarian of Yale University. Back wrapper soiled. Very light crease down the center of front wrapper. Light shelf wear. READ MORE about THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: ITS EARLY AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98911
Baltimore: The Baltimore Bibliophiles, 1981. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. A keepsake issued on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Baltimore Bibliophiles, with a list of members and a summary of programs and speakers since 1974. READ MORE about THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES,1974-1979
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 65344
Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. Viewpoint Series No.11. Information on bibliography and Baskerville. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING: PERSONAL REWARDS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE LIBRARY OF...
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 102702
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: $15.00 Order nr. 54276
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 362, (2) pages. First edition. A fine copy. A collection of twelve essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes articles by R.W. McCutcheon, Anthony McGrath, Gillian Wright, Elizabeth Della Zazzera, Amanda Watson, Devin Griffiths, Bernadette A. Lear, Sydney Bufkin, L. Ashley Squires, John B. Hench, Evelyn Ellerman, and Elizabeth Yale. Della Zazzera was winner of Book History's Graduate Student..... READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY, VOLUME 18
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 127611
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1960. 8vo. boards. 35 pages. First edition. Printed at the Thistle Press. Spine faded and some foxing. READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 354
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1960. 8vo. boards. 35 pages. Printed at the Thistle Press. Covers show some fading. READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12610
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1960 (1961). 8vo. paper wrappers. 35 pages. Second printing. READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37887
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35 pages. Second printing, printed at the Thistle Press. With presentation on front cover "To Polly Kenway with best wishes of Herbert Cahoon, 17 May, 1961" READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT LIBRARY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 45643
New York: Henry Holt, (1996). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 584 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A must read for everyone interested in bookselling and bookcollecting, the passion of the chase, the thrill of the formation of a library, the nastiness of the forger, etc. A fine copy. READ MORE about A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99148
Chapel Hill, NC: Fine Books & Press, 2012. 8vo. softcover. 633 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A must read for everyone interested in bookselling and bookcollecting, the passion of the chase, the thrill of the formation of a library, the nastiness of the forger, etc. A fine copy. READ MORE about A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135850
Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1993. small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 83, (3) pages. Boards lightly soiled, else near fine. From the beginning of James Ford Bell's library, when he kept his collections in his home, to when he presented his collection of rare books to the University of Minnesota is told by the associates of the library. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about JAMES FORD BELL AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56912
Syracuse: Syracuse University Library Associates, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 7 pages. An address delivered by Terry Bender, Rare Book Librarian of Syracuse University in 1964. Near fine. First published in the Winter 1965 issue of The Courier, and now issued separately in a limited edition for Syracuse University Library Associates. Includes photograph of lecture. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOOK COLLECTING IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57376
New York: NY Public Library, 1965. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Exhibition catalogue for the 25th anniversary of the Berg collection at the NYPL. Entries are not bibliographic but rather biographical-literary notes. Reprint from the Bulletin of the NYPL, Oct. 1965. Ink marks on front cover. READ MORE about AN ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, THE HENRY W. AND ALBERT A. BERG COLLECTION, 1940-1965
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52296
N.P. n.p., n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. An exhibition catalogue of a selection of books from the library of Abel E. Berland held at the Grolier Club. Includes an introduction by Berland. READ MORE about ` THIS POWERFULL RIME', A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF ABEL E. BERLAND
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 57354
(New York): Sol Lewis, 1974. 4to. cloth. xxxiii, 494, 20 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies. Preface by John M. Carroll. Introduction by Colonel Herbert M. Hart. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, floor plans, a map and facsimiles. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CIRCULAR NO. 4. REPORT ON BARRACKS AND HOSPITALS WITH DESCRIPTION OF MILITARY POSTS BY JOHN S....
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 136137
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger A62). Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History of Die Cutting, The Wurzburg Lithography and more. Includes a...... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 56850
