GREAT BOOKS And BOOK COLLECTORS.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1975). 280 pp [including index]. Prospectus laid-in. Illustrated. Folio. 12-1/2" x 9-3/4". Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
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BOOKSELLERS Of EARLY SAN FRANCISCO.; With a Biography of the Author by Robert G. Cowan.
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1953. 1st Edition. 111, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-11/16" x 5-3/4". Brown cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
SERIAL PUBLICATION In ENGLAND BEFORE 1750.
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1957. 1st Edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 391, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Orange cloth binding with goilt stamped spine lettering. Dust wrapper. More
CONSERVATION Of LIBRARY MATERIALS. A Manual and Bibliography on the Care, Repair and Restoration of Library Materials.
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press. 1967. 1st Edition. ix, [1], 405, [1 (blank)] pp. A few b/w half-tone photographic images 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" Original green publishers cloth, black lettering on backstrip. More
DECORATED BOOK PAPERS. Being an Account of Their Designs and Fashions.; Edited by Philip Hofer.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952. 2nd edition. xxxv, [1 (blank)], 171 pp (including index). 16 illustrations at rear. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Decorated eps. Dust jacket. More
Of MAKING MANY BOOKS. A Hundred Years of Reading Writing and Publishing.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. xxxiv, [2], 347, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 9" x 6". Photographically illustrated glossy paper covers. More
SERIAL FICTION. Aspects of Book- Collecting.
London: Constable 10 Orange Street, (n . d.). 1st separate appearance (?). [2], 247 - 277, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-1/2" x 5". Burnt orange paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
BOOKS. A Memoir.
New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. 1st pb printing. [10], 219, [3] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4". Color printed white glossy paper covers. More
DR. BOWDLER'S LEGACY. A History of Expurgated Books in England and America.; An Enlarged Illustrated Edition.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1992). 1st edition thus. 323, [1] pp (including Index). Illustrated by Marjory Wunsch. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Color printed glossy paper covers. More
EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS. A Collector's Guide.
London: David & Charles, (1983). 1st edition. 256 pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
BOOK HISTORY. Volume 12. 2009.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. 1st Edition. vi, [2], 357, [3] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. The occasional illustration. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. More
CALIFORNIA CLASSICS. The Creative Literature of the Golden State. Essays on Books and Their Writers.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1989). xviii, 393, [5 (blank)] pp (including index). Illustrated. 9" x 6". Beige wrappers, with b/w photographic image to front cover. More
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The TROLLOPE SOCIETY [Portfolio Cover Title].
Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton, 1934. 1st & 2nd editions (Fleck B.28A; B.28.B). 7-7/8" x 6-1/8". Custom blue cloth portfolio, with title gilt stamped to front cover. Containing: The Trollope Society [1934]; A Great Victorian [1935]; Trollope Society Postcard Annoucing Publication of The Kellys [addressed to Flodden Heron, cancelled March 30..... More
CHARLES EVANS. American Bibliographer.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. 1st Edition. xii, [2], 343, [3 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. Tan cloth binding with red graphic stamped to front board and red title lettering stamped to spine. Brown eps. Orange dust jacket with b/w title lettering and photographic image printed to front..... More
MEN And BOOKS.; Collected and Reprinted from the Canadian Medical Association Journal With an Introduction by Earl F. Nation, M.D.
Pasadena: Privately Printed at The Castle Press, 1959. 1st edition. Limited to 200 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED BY Earl Nation. [8], 67, [3] pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Linen cloth spine over tan marbled paper boards. Gilt stapmed spine lettering. More
PUBLISHING And BOOKSELLING: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.; With a Bibliography by W. H. Peet. Revised by F.A.M.
London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square, 1949. New & Revised Edition. 439, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Brown cloth binding. Cream dust jacket. More
SMALL BOOKS And PLEASANT HISTORIES. Popular Fiction and Its Readership in Seventeenth - Century England.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1982. 1st Edition. xxi, [1 (blank), 275, [5 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Greyish black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Red eps. Red dust jacket. More
F. W. HOWAY A Bibliography
Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1982. 1st Seperate Printing. Limited to 200 cc. Unpaginated. Frontispiece photographic image of Howay. 8vo. Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. More
The PAINTED PAGE. Italian Renaissance Book Illumination. 1450 - 1550.
New York: Prestel, (1994). 1st edition. 269, [5] pp. Bibliography & Index @ rear. Illustrated, with some color. Folio. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
ENGLISH COLORED BOOKS.; Introduction by James Laver.
London: Fitzhouse Books, 1990. 1st edition thus, a reissue of the 1906 edition. 340 pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-1/2". Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Some Achievements & Prospects.
Berkeley / Los Angeles: The University of California, 1961. 1st Printing. [4], 25, [3] pp. 8vo. Grey paper covers printed in white, stapled. The inaugural lecture for a series sponsored by 2 antiquarian bookseller firms: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge in Los Anglese; Warren Howell in Berkeley. The speaker the Librarian..... More
PAPER And LIGHT. The Calotype in France and Great Britian, 1839 - 1870.; With Roy Flukinger, Nancy Keeler, and Sydney Mallett Kilgore.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1984. 1st edition. 216 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The KLONDIKE & ALASKA GOLD RUSHES. A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1896 - 1905.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2021. 1st edition. Ltd to 500 cc. xxvi, [2], 652, [2] pp (including Index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Burnt orange cloth binding with gilt stamping. Plain white protective dust wrapper [issued by the publisher]. The definitive bibliographical reference on the subject, and while this..... More
SIR MAX BEERBOHM. Bibliographical Notes.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. 1st Edition. Limited to 400 cc. xiii, [1 (blank)], 121, [7] pp. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Light blue dust jacket. Useful reference for Beerbohm first editions, lists of contributed writings, uncollected & unpublished works, caricatures..... More
The SEAS Of GOD.
Lake Sherwood, California: Casa della Madonna. Done into type and privately printed by Dorothy and Frank Shields, San Francisco, 1951. 1st Printing. [10], 8, [2 (blank)] pp. Deckle edges. "Come let us build a little kirk," a poem by Thomas Lennon: p. [iv - v]. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8". Green paper..... More