FIRST With The NEWS. The History of W. H. Smith 1792 - 1972.
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1986. 1st edition. xiv, [2], 510, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Red dust jacket. More
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The STATIONERS' COMPANY. A History, 1403 - 1959.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1960. 1st edition. 321, [3] pp. Index @ rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Red topstain. Dust jacket. Tipped in at front, a sheet of grey stationery, at top, "To Dick Aldrich. A reminder from Reed of an evening at Stationers'..... More
ESSAYS And PAPERS.; Edited, with an Introduction, by Nicolas Barker.
London: Scolar Press, 1977. 1st edition. xiii, [1], 241 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding lettered in gilt. Beige dust jacket. More
PURITY In PRINT. The Vice-Society Movement and Book Censorship in America.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1968). 1st Edition. xxi, [1 (blank)], 362 pp (including Index). Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. Red cloth binding lettered in black. Blue dust jacket. More
MAX BRAND. The Big "Westerner".; A Biography of Frederick Faurst.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1970). 1st Edition book; 2nd printing jacket. 330 ppg (including Index). Color frontis + some inserted illustrations from photographs. 8vo. Lavender cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
UP & DOWN & AROUND. A Publisher Recollects The Time of His Life.
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, (1971). 1st Edition. xiii, [3], 272 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Orange cloth spine over black cloth boards. Orange dust jacket. More
The BROTHERS HARPER.; A Unique Publishing Partnership and Its Impact Upon the Cultural Life of America from 1817 to 1853. Introduction by Allan Nevins.
New York: Harper & Row, (1965). 1st Edition. xvi, 415, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Light blue cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. More
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
A COLLECTOR'S COMMENT On HIS FIRST EDITIONS Of The WORKS Of SIR WALTER SCOTT.
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1932. 1st edition. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NEW YORK In LITERATURE. The Story Told in the Landmarks of Town and Country.
New York: The Primavera Press, 1947. 1st edition. 272, [2] pp (including Index). 8vo. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
BOOKS in MANUSCRIPT.; A Short Introduction to Their Study and Use.
London: Kegan Paul et al, 1920. 2nd edition, revised. xv, [1 (blank)], 208 pp (including Index). Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Light brown cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. More
DR. JOHNSON'S PRINTER: The Life of William Strahan.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. 1st edition. xiii, 225 pp. inc. index. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5 cm. Blue pebbled cloth over boards. Dust jacket. More