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 about BOOKLETTER
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London: Elliot Stock, 1889. 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: 1889. volume 3. New York printing. (iv), 380 pages. Worn at spine ends. Ex library. READ MORE about BOOKWORM, AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURY
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6 volumes.
Paris: Bureaux de la Revue, 1908-1913. large 8vo. later cloth, with original paper wrapper laid down on front covers. 240,(4); 235,(5); 240,(6); 244,(4); 247,(5); 252,(4) pages. 6 volumes. Serial publication. Begun in 1901, volumes IX-XIV published from 1908 to 1913 when the series ended. Essays in each volume focus on the art and literature of the sixteenth-century. Also find many articles on the nobility. Libraries and editions of particular works of Joachim de Bellay and..... READ MORE about REVUE DE LA RENAISSANCE, ORGANE INTERNATIONAL DES AMIS DU XVIe SIECLE ET DE LA PLEIADE, TOMES...
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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 about DIE KUNST DES LESENS
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(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 about ORD OM BØGER
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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 about EVERY BOOK ITS READER: THE POWER OF THE PRINTED WORD TO STIR THE WORLD
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., (1950. thick 8vo. cloth. x, 1242 pages. Appears to be a reprint of the first edition. READ MORE about THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
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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 about THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES, THE FATE OF READING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE
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(Hamden, CT): Linnet Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages. Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix. READ MORE about HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973
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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 about ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES
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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 about LAS- OCH BOKVANOR I FEM SVENSKA SAMHALLEN
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Frankfurt: Bücherschiff, n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 352 pages. Contemporary essays on books--"keys to life, gates to the world." Spine creased. READ MORE about BUCHER, SCHLUSSEL ZUM LEBEN, TORE ZUR WELT, STIMMEN DER GEGENWART
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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 about MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN BOWDLER, ESQ
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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 about DEDICATIONS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FORMS USED FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF BOOK-MAKING TO THE PRESENT...
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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 about DEDICATIONS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FORMS USED FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF BOOK-MAKING TO THE PRESENT...
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Paris: Les Éditions Ouvrières, (1968). squarish 12mo. paper wrappers. 342, (2) pages. Part of the series Vivre son temps. Sections on publishing, libraries, and education. Stamp on rear wrapper. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LA LECTURE EN FRANCE
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Paris: Unesco, 1974. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 74 pages. Part of a series on Unesco and its program; discusses the encouragement of publishing, reading, and circulation of books througout the world. READ MORE about FOR BOOKS
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Paris: Unesco, 1974. 8vo. paper wrappers. 81 pages. On Unesco's efforts to promote reading, libraries, and the free circulation of books. Wear to front hinge. READ MORE about POUR LE LIVRE
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(New York): Simon & Schuster, (1996). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 492, (2) pages. First edition. The author, film critic for the New York magazine, takes the reader on a literary tour with him as he rediscovers authors such as Homer, Plato, Boccaccio, Hegel, Nietzsche, and others. READ MORE about GREAT BOOKS, MY ADVENTURES WITH HOMER, ROUSSEAU, WOOLF AND OTHER INDESTRUCTIBLE WRITERS OF THE...
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. 8vo. cloth. xii, 232 pages. First edition. Chapters on Thackeray, Samuel Rogers, book illustration, Samuel Johnson and others. Minor rubbing of covers. Ink inscription on free endpaper. Bookplate. READ MORE about DE LIBRIS PROSE AND VERSE
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New York: The Macmillan Co., (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 280 pages. Later printing of first edition. Lengthy discussion of 25 books which have greatly influenced American thought. READ MORE about BOOKS THAT CHANGED AMERICA
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(Syracuse): Syracuse University Press, (1958). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23 + (1) pages. A commemorative book that contains the address delivered at Syracuse University in April 1958 by the author and librarian Robert Downs on the occasion of the annual Scholastic Achievement Dinner. The speech announces Downs' choices of the sixteen most influential books of all time. READ MORE about THE POWER OF BOOKS
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New York: The Greystone Press, 1939. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 248 pages. First printing in English; from the fifth French edition. On authorship and reading. READ MORE about IN DEFENCE OF LETTERS
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Paris: Bibliographie de la France, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 100 pages. A sociological look at publishing, bookselling, and reading. Wear to head of spine. READ MORE about ELEMENTS POUR UNE SOCIOLOGIE COMPAREE
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Paris: Cercle de la Librarie, 1966. 8vo. paper wrappers. 108, (4) pages. A sociological study of reading in the French military, under the auspices of the Université de Bordeaux. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LE CONSCRIT
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