LIBRARIANS ARE HUMAN; Memories In and Out of the Rare Book World 1907-1970
Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1973. 1st Edition. 401 pp. B/w illustrations 8vo., 9-3/8" x 6-1/2" Full teal cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip. More
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ENGLISH BOOKS & READERS 1558 TO 1603.; Being A Study in the History of the Book Trade in the Reign of Elizabeth I.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1965. 1st Edition. [xviii], [320] pp. 8vo., 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" Full burgundy cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip. 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 MOST DANGEROUS BOOK; Tacitus's Germania From The Roman Empire to The Third Reich
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, (2011). 303 pp. B/w illustrations. 8vo., 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" 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
FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING AMERICANA for the Library of The American Antiquarian Society 1908-2958
Worcester, Massachusetts: 1958. 1st Edition. [i-xiii] 1-1855 pp. B/w illustrations. 8vo., 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Full blue cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, with orginal cream dust jacket. With author's compliments card slipped in. One of 1000 copies printed friends of The American Antiquarian Society. More
READING MATTER. A Rabid Bibliophile's Adventures Among Old & Rare Books.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 1st edition. x, [2], 189, [7] pp. 10 full color illustrations with b/w frontis of the author. 8vo., 9" x 6". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictoral dust jacket with yellow lettering. 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
PRINTING TYPES. Their History, Forms and Use.
Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1966. 3rd edition, 2nd printing. Two volumes, xlvi, 292; xix, 326 pp. Illustrated. 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" Maroon cloth with gold spine lettering. Yellow dust jackets lettered in maroon. More
INFINITE RICHES. The Adventures of a Rare Book Dealer.
New York: Paul S. Ericksson, Inc. (1973). 1st Edition. 274 pp. Illustrated 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Full yellow cloth stamped in black to backstrip. 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
BANNED BOOKS OF ENGLAND; Foreward by E. M. Forster.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (1937). 1st ed. 207 pp. 8vo., 8" x 5-1/2" Full grey cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, original grey dust jacket. More
LITERARY BLUNDERS. A Chapter in the "History of Human Error".
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. 1st edition. xi, [1], 226 pp (including Index). 12mo. Green cloth binding with beveled edges, gilt stamped lettering. Floral patterned paper eps. 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
The MEMOIRS Of A BOOKMAN.
London: James Murray, 1934. 1st Edition. xi, [3], 315, [5] pp (including Index). Publisher adverts last 4 pages. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Green topstain. Dust jacket. 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 Cornhill." More
ARTHUR RACKHAM; His Life and Work
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1960). [1-6] 7-181 pp. Numerous color and b/w plates mounted, and illustrations printed in text. 4to., 11-1/4" x 9" Original purple cloth with black vignette to upper board, backstrip with black title label stamped in gilt, original pictorial dust jacket. More
WRITING And CRITICISM. A Book for Margery Bianco.
Boston: The Horn Book, 1951. 1st edition. 208 pp. Frontis. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. 8vo. Light green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More