Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, (1950). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 49 pages. First edition. Preface by John Carter followed by articles on The Sense of the Past, Why First Editions, The Technical Approach and Bookshop and Auction Room. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING, FOUR BROADCAST TALKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69900
London: Constable & Co., (1938). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 52 pages. First edition; part of the Aspects of Book Collecting series. (Brenni No. 869). A continuation of Carter's BINDING VARIANTS IN ENGLISH PUBLISHING, 1820-1900, published as part of the Bibliographia Series. Scarce pamphlet, with descriptions of bindings on many books by such authors as Charles Dickens. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MORE BINDING VARIANTS. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY MICHAEL SADLEIR
Price: $35.00 save 50% $17.50 Order nr. 123324
With the Collaboration of Michael Sadleir.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (for the National Book League), 1947. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 50 pages. With the Collaboration of Michael Sadleir. No plates in this edition. READ MORE about VICTORIAN FICTION, AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 2917
N.P. National Book League, 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 50 pages followed by 16 plates. First edition, one of the hardbound copies issued with 16 plates. Foreword and introduction by Carter. Many unsigned notes by Sadleir. An important catalogue. Some fading of jacket spine. READ MORE about VICTORIAN FICTION, AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS AT 7 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON ... ARRANGED...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 123315
London: Oxford University Press, 1948. 8vo. cloth. viii, 160 pages. First edition. A tribute book presented to this publisher to the University of Oxford. With articles by Michael Sadleir, S.C. Roberts, R.W. Chapman, Simon Nowell-smith, A.L.P. Norrington and others. Spine slightly faded. Ink inscription in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about ESSAYS MAINLY ON THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PRESENTED TO SIR HUMPHREY MILFORD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23658
Paris: La Nouvelle Edition, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, wrap-around advertising band. 341, (3) pages. First French edition. Noted bibliophile Michael Sadleir's novel "These Foolish Things" translated into French by Jules Castier. Includes song "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" with music on page (9). Pages unopened. With Sadleir's pencilled note "1949" on front free endpaper. Wrap-around band slightly torn. Browned throughout and wrappers darkened, but a nice copy. READ MORE about BAGATELLES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 59739
Cambridge: National Book League, 1947. 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. First edition (Nowell-Smith A43). Important guide published by the League. Uncommon Sadleir title. Leaves browned as usual. READ MORE about BOOK COLLECTING, A READER'S GUIDE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 8074
London: Chaundy & Cox, 1922. 8vo. 8vo., cloth, dust jacket, top edge gilt, others uncut. vii, 240 pages. First edition. Sadleir provides a short essay and a bibliography of Anthony Trollope, Benjamin Disraeli, Frederick Marryat, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, G.J. Whyte Melville, Mrs. Gaskell and Herman Melville. With errata slip. Jacket chipped along edges with small piece missing along top edge of front cover. READ MORE about EXCURSIONS IN VICTORIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 25542
London: Constable, (1940). 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 490, (2) pages. Rare advance proof copy of this title. (Nowell-Smith A36). Heavily darkened and browned throughout due to the exceedingly poor paper used, wrappers and edges of some leaves creased and frayed and backstrip frayed at spine ends. READ MORE about FANNY BY GASLIGHT
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 59576
London: Constable, (1940). 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 490, (2) pages. First edition, second printing. (See Nowell-Smith A36). A novel by this books about books author. Wear at spine ends. READ MORE about FANNY BY GASLIGHT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 126964
Paris: Le Nouvelle Édition, (1947). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 522, (6) pages. First French edition (retaining the English title) and first edition of this translation. Browned throughout. READ MORE about FANNY BY GASLIGHT ROMAN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 59670
London: Constable, (1947). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages. First edition. A long novel by this bookman on the London underworld of the 1870s. The dust jacket and frontipiece were drawn by John Piper. Tear in jacket and chipping around edges. READ MORE about FORLORN SUNSET
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 10288
Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1947. (1946), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages. First Canadian Edition. Soiled and frayed dust jacket with piece of back cover missing at the top. Presentation from Sadleir on half-title "John Arlott from Michael Sadleir Dec. '46." READ MORE about FORLORN SUNSET
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 59578
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. 8vo. cloth. xi+(i), 339, (5) pages. First U.S. edition of this novel by the writer of essays of books about books (Not noted by Nowell-Smith). Contains an "Advertisement to the American Edition" by the author in four pages at the beginning. Spine and covers faded. READ MORE about PRIVILEGE, A NOVEL OF THE TRANSITION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 59658
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1980. 8vo. cloth. vi, 154 pages. First edition. In every area of study, a few names are recorded as those who transformed the world in which they worked. Michael Sadleir will always be associated with the bibliography and collecting of 19th-century books. This volume contains selections of Sadleir's works as well as a lengthy biography and checklist of his writings. Volume Five of the Great Bibliographer Series. READ MORE about MICHAEL SADLEIR, 1888-1957
Price: $18.50 Order nr. 10290
London: Constable & Co., 1928. 8vo. polished cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. xvi, 321, (3) pages. First edition, one of 500 copies. Although reprinted, this bibliography has never been revised. The small addenda issued in 1934 is not present. Some rubbing of covers and with abrased spot near top of front hinge. Scarce in first edition. READ MORE about TROLLOPE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 31971
London: Constable & Co., 1934. 8vo. parchment backed marbled boards. x, 144 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Volume 7 of the 10 volume Bibliographia Series edited by Michael Sadleir. A few facsimile title pages. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about POINTS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VERSE, A BIBLIOGRAPHER'S AND COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 7832
London: Constable & Co., 1934. 8vo. parchment backed marbled boards. x, 144 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Volume 7 of the 10 volume Bibliographia Series edited by Michael Sadleir. A few facsimile title pages. Covers rubbed. Foxed. READ MORE about POINTS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VERSE, A BIBLIOGRAPHER'S AND COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 21320
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 104 pages. First edition (Nowell-Smith A31(a)). Interesting talk on a bibliomaniac. Has a bibliography of Wrangham's writings. Light wear along front hinge. READ MORE about ARCHDEACON FRANCIS WRANGHAM 1769-1842
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 59581
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 104 pages. First edition (Nowell-Smith A31(a)). Interesting talk on a bibliomaniac. Has a bibliography of Wrangham's writings. Front cover detached. Spotted at bottom of front cover along hinge. READ MORE about ARCHDEACON FRANCIS WRANGHAM 1769-1842
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64210
