Heidelberg: Wunderhorn-Verlag, (1949). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 280 pages. Fourth edition. On the art of reading; divided into sections according to genre, with examples. Some wear and discoloration of jacket. Well preserved copy. READ MORE
Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 48184
With an Afterword by Stephen Orgel.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2002). 8vo. cloth. vi, 305 pages. With an Afterword by Stephen Orgel. First edition. Divided into major sections: Social Contexts for Writing (4 chapters); Traces of Reading: Margins, Libraries, Prefaces, and Bindings (4 chapters); and Print, Publishing, and Public Opinion (5 chapters). Illustrated. READ MORE
Price: $59.95 other currencies Order nr. 90372
(Copenhagen): Carrit Andersens Forlag, 1945. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (5) pages. First edition. Poul Carit Andersen lists well known writers (Shakespeare, Voltaire, etc). Below each author is a short phrase about books, book collecting or reading. In Danish. Indexed. Covers detached from spine and soiled. Spine rubbed. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 63017
London: William Andrews & Co. 1898. 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. (viii), 280, (8) pages. First edition. Twenty one essays on various aspects of literature. Includes a number of essays on poets including Anne Bradstreet, the first American poet. READ MORE
Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 32796
N.P. Centrostampa, n.d. ( 1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii),25 + 1 pages. Inscribed to her cousins by the author on the title page. Discusses the "picturesque" in the English landscape as it pertains to the novels of Jane Austen. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 88189
Stuttgart: Fachschule für das Graphischen Gewerbe, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 30, vii+(1) pages. The first book published by the Fachschule für das Graphischen Gewerbe, limited to an edition of 300 copies. Quotations on books, writing, and reading. Wrappers slightly discolored with small tears along top of back cover. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 50755
UNOPENED COPY
New Castle, DE and Durham, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Fine Books & Collections, 2005. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 380 pages. UNOPENED COPY. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and in slipcase unopened copy. This is the first time that one of Nick Basbanes' titles has appeared in a limited edition. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Library in 1963 (Printing and the Mind of Man)... READ MORE
Price: $225.00 save 15% $191.25 other currencies Order nr. 89154
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1950. thick 8vo. cloth. x, 1242 pages. Appears to be a reprint of the first edition. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 15487
London: Association of Assistant Librarians, 1963. 8vo. cloth. 240 pages. Sections on reading, writing, library service, publishing, and bibliography. Indexed. Bumped at spine. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 48949
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1995). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 231, (3) pages. First Ballantyne edition. A book worth reading. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 60544
New York: Faber and Faber, (2006). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 251+(1) pages. First published in 1994, this edition has a new introduction and afterword by Birkerts. Essays on reading and the effects of the digital age. This is the latest edition. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 93070
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. xii, 290 pages. Reprint of the 1901 first edition. Ten essays on various subjects, including Walter Bagehot, James Anthony Froude and Robert Browning; also an address on good taste in books. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 61170
Stockholm: Statens Offentliga Utredningar, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper covers. 707, (3) pages, with 8 additional pages of plates. A Swedish government publication. Results of studies conducted 1969-1972 in five districts in Sweden on reading and book use. Includes demographic and other data on the districts, library statistics, reading data, activities of school children, etc., with analysis, photographic illustrations, samples of questionaires. Part one of this report. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 51508
Frankfurt: Bücherschiff, n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 352 pages. Contemporary essays on books--"keys to life, gates to the world." Spine creased. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 49621
London: Elliot Stock, 1888. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. xx, 228 pages. First edition. Name in ink on half-title. READ MORE
Price: $30.00 save 20% $24.00 other currencies Order nr. 740
London: Elliot Stock, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth stamped in gilt, edges beveled. xii, 208, (4) pages. First edition. The history behind some of the best known works in English literature. Covers rubbed with small tear along front hinge at top. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 save 20% $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 123901
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. small 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards. xi, 226 pages. First edition, one of a smaller number of copies bound thus and printed on better paper. Blunders of Authors, Bibliographical Blunders, Lists of Errata, Misprints, Schoolboys' Blunders and Foreigners' English. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed and soiled. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 35424
New York: Harper's Magazine, 1975. 4to. self paper wrappers. Vol.1, No.10 (January 6, 1975) to Vol.2, No.4 (September 29, 1975), missing issues. A total of 12 issues. Interesting reading with many reviews of books. Enclosed in a box with the name of the periodical stamped on the covers. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 670
Washington: Joint Committee on the Library, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 49+(1) pages. With introductory remarks by Daniel J. Boornstin, Librarian of Congress. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 save 20% $4.00 other currencies Order nr. 95550
London: Elliot Stock, 1888-1894. 8vo. Ulrich & Kup p.147. "A fine all-round periodical for collectors, bibliophiles and librarians." With information on bookselling, bookbinding, bookcollecting, etc. Have the following odd volumes: 1888. volume 1. (iv), 420 pages. Cloth-backed boards. Wear.--SOLD 1888. volume 1. (iv), 420 pages. Cloth-backed boards. Wear. 1889, volume 3. (iv), 380 pages. Cloth. Covers rubbed. 1889. volume 3. New York printing. (iv), 380 pages. Worn at spine ends. Ex library. Price is per volume. READ MORE
Price: $12.50 other currencies Order nr. 36029
Paris: Hector Bossange, 1845. 8vo. later cloth. xiv, 875-984, 802, (4), xi-xvi, 985-1221+(1) pages. Sales catalogue. Preface in French, English and Spanish. This a catalogue of all the great works in many languages that Hector Bossange claims to be able to procure in a modern edition in a variety of bindings. In his preface, he says that this catalogue is intended as a tool specifically for foreign book collectors and their agents to ease the... READ MORE
Price: $125.00 save 20% $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 77399
London: A. and R. Spottiswoode, 1824. 8vo. contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration and rules. 296 pages. First edition. Presentation copy. John Bowdler (1746-1823), a writer on religious and church affairs, was the author of Select Pieces in Verse and Prose (1818). Inscribed "From the Author" on the half title. Bookplates are on the front paste down and the front free endpapers, both from the Locker family. There are a few notes in... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 96348
New York: Frederic Beil, (1986). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Reprint of first edition. Brittain has found an important literary event for each day of the year. With illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 save 20% $12.00 other currencies Order nr. 24263
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. thick 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. ix, 470 pages. First edition. Divided into twenty-one different types of dedications. Contains a bibliography and index. Covers lightly rubbed. READ MORE
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 23072
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. thick 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. ix, 470 pages. First edition. Divided into twenty-one different types of dedications. Contains a bibliography and index. Worn at spine ends. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 96856
