MUCHED LOVED BOOKS.; Best Sellers of the Ages.
New York. Boni and Liveright. 1928. 4th Printing. [xiv], 461 pp. 8-3/4" x 6". Original brown cloth binding, paper onlay on upper board, faded gilt lettering on backstrip. More
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A COLLECTOR'S COMMENT On HIS FIRST EDITIONS Of The WORKS Of SIR WALTER SCOTT.
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1932. 1st ed. Limited to 400 cc (Heller & Magee166). [8], 156, [1] Frontispiece portrait, with 6 plates. 8vo. Cloth backed boards with printed paper label on cover and spine. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Included, TLs to Iolo Williams [author of ELEMENTS Of BOOK..... More
OLD BOOKS, RARE FRIENDS.; Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion.
New York et al: Doubleday, (1997). 1st Edition. xii, 275 pp. B/w illustrations in text. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Quarter brown cloth and brown paper covered boards, backstrip stamped in gilt, and original pictorial dust jacket. More
THE MOVING MARKET.; Continuity and Change in the Book Trade.
Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, (2001). 1st Edition. xiv, 201 pp. B/w illustrations in text. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 6" Glossy white paper covered boards printed in brown. More
The ILLUSTRATION Of BOOKS.
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1952. 1st US edition. 160 pp (including Index). Color frontis. B/W illustrations throughout text. 8vo. Pale yellow cloth binding with red stamping. Brown printed dust jacket. More
MOVABLE TYPE.; Biography of Legh R. Freeman
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1979. 1st ed. viii, 172 pp. Several b/w photo reproductions in text. 8vo., 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Orange cloth with lettering in black to upper board and backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. Biography of Legh R. Freeman, frontier printer. More
THREE CENTURIES Of CHILDREN'S BOOKS In EUROPE.; Translated and Edited by Brian W. Alderson.
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st English. xviii, 297, [5 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
The MAKING Of BOOKS.
London: Faber & Faber, (1973). 5th Revised edition. 554 pp (including Index). B/W illustrations throughout text, some from photographs. 8vo. Pale blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
NORTHWESTERN APPROACHES. The First Century of Books.
Victoria: The Adelphi Book Shop Ltd, 1969. 1st edition. LIMITED to 750 copies. 67, [1 (blank)] pp. Inserted b/w plates. 9-1/4" x 6". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and design printed to spine and cover. More
The HUMAN FACE Of The BOOK TRADE. Print Culture and its Creators.
Winchester / Delaware: St. Paul's Bibliographies / Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 1st Edition. x, 228 pp (including Index). 8vo. Glossy composition binding. More
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW And The PUBLISHER In The REIGN Of QUEEN VICTORIA.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. 1st edition. ix, [3], 109, [1 (blank)] pp. B/w frontis. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Navy cloth binding, gilt printed lettering to spine. Lavender DJ with navy lettering printed to spine and cover. More
THE TRUTH ABOUT A PUBLISHER; An Autobiographical Record
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition. 455 pp. Illustrated in b/w. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Full burgundy cloth stamped in silver to backstrip with facsimile of the authors signature stamped in silver to the upper board, and original pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author on the flyleaf..... More
THE BODLEY HEAD 1887-1987
London: The Bodley Head, (1987). 1st Edition. [viii], [365] pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 8vo., 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" Full red cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, original buff dust jacket printed in red and black. More
THE BOOK OF PAPERBACKS; A Visual History of the Paperback. Translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter.
London: Virgin Books, (1981). xi, 259 pp. Illustrated in color and b/w. 8vo., 9" x 6" Stiff pictorial wrappers. More
A SOCIETY'S CHIEF JOYS; An Exhibition From the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, (1969). 1st Edition. 137 pp. Illustrated. 4to., 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" Stiff buff wrappers printed in orange. Erratum taped to first endpaper. More
LITERARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1969). 3rd edition, revised, 7th printing. xxiv, 1511 pp (including index). Royal 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" Blue cloth with an orange dust jacket. More
The MEMOIRS Of An EROTIC BOOKSELLER.; By Armand Coppens assisted by his tired wife Clementine and her distant lover. Volume One.
New York: Grove Press, (1969). 1st ed. ARC. 222 pp. 8vo., 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Full orange cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, with original pictorial dust jacket. Advance review copy, with the slip taped to the first endpaper. More
THE PRINTED BOOK.; Revised and Brought Up-to-Date by John Carter and Brooke Crutchley.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1951. 3rd edition, revised. 142 pp. illustrated, 8vo., 7" x 4-3/4" Full buff cloth stamped in red to backstrip, original burgundy and blue dust jacket. More
ISSAC COLLINS A Quaker Printer in 18th Century America.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1968). 1st ed. [xiv], 241 pp. illustrated, 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Blue cloth stamped in gilt and white to backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. More
FORGING AHEAD.; The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1939). 1st ed. xv, 315 pp. B/w photos and facsimiles. 8vo., 8-3/4" x 6" Full red cloth lettered in gilt to upper board and backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. Story of Thomas Wise, good & otherwise. More
BOOKS And The WESTERN WORLD. A Cultural History.; Translated from the German by William D. Boyd & Irmgard H. Wolfe.
Jefferson NC: McFarland & Co., (1989). First Edition in English. xx, 531, [1 (blank)] pp (inclduding index). 8vo. Brick red cloth with white lettering. Issued without dust jacket. More
WILLIAM BALSTON Paper Maker 1759 - 1849.
London: Methuen, 1954. xii, 172 pp (including index). illustrated, 8vo. Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
A STUDY Of RARE BOOKS.; WIth Special Reference to Colophons, Press Devices and Title Pages of Interest to the Bibliophile and the Student of Literature.
Denver: The Clason Publishing Co., 1930. 1st ed. #770/1000 cc. SIGNED by the author. 572 pp (including index). Illustrated. 4to. Cloth backed boards. Red topstain. Title label to spine & front board. More
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[BILLHEAD FROM BAZIN & CHANDLER BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS]
(n. p.): (n. d.). C. 1862. One leaf printed to recto only, with ms hand. Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in upper left corner. Oblong format: 4-5/8" x 8-3/16" Self wrappers. One billhead dated "Boston, March 29, 1862, To Bazin & Chandler, Dr. Book and Job Printers, No. 37..... More
THIS SOLEMN MOCKERY. The Art of Literary Forgery.
London: Arlington Books, 1973. 1st ed. 177 ppg, illustrated, 8vo. Brown cloth with silver lettering to backstrip, in original pictorial dust jacket.Forgery. More