The RISE Of ROBERT DODSLEY. Creating the New Age of Print.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (1996). 1st edition. ix, [3], 339, [1] pp (including index). Frontispiece. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
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Tavistock Books is on vacation from May 20, 2022 to May 30, 2022. The shop will be closed from 3 pm Saturday May 12th through Monday, May 17th, while we are on a short family holiday. Orders during that period will be promptly addressed on our return, May 18th.
A ROUGH LIST Designed as the Basis of a More Complete CATALOGUE Of The LIBRARY Of SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW, Compiled by James Osborne Wright. Americana, 1477 - 1799.
New York: 1885. 1st Edition. #78 / 100 cc printed. 220 printed pages, interleaved with blue-lined paper. Small folio: 12-3/16" x 8-1/4". Bespoke brown half-sheep over flexible pebbled leather boards. Marbled eps. The finished catalogue would be issued in the year of Barlow's death, 1889. More
VOLUMES In FOLIO.
London / New York: C. Elkin Mathews, At the Sign of the Bodely Head, in Vigo Street, W., 1889. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1063). Limited to 250 cc. [10], 89, [3] pp. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 5. Original publisher's parchment backed blue paper boards. Printed paper title label to spine. The..... More
DICKENS and DICKENSIANA: A Catalogue of the Richard Gimbel Collection in the Yale University Library.
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
The LOCALIZATION Of BOOKS By Their BINDINGS.; Reprinted from The Library (N. S.) V-2, 1901 by E. A. Thompson.
Santa Barbara: E. A. Thompson, [1974?]. 1st separate printing (presumed). SIGNED PRESENTATION copy from Thompson to Dorothy Hutchinson. [25] - 38, [2] pp. Colophon annotated as to the piece coming from the "Bibliographical Society of London Transactions, v. 8, Oct. 1905 - Mar. 1906, pp. 25 - 38. Printed in..... More
A CHECK LIST Of ALABAMA IMPRINTS 1807 - 1870.
University of Alabama Press, 1946. 1st printing. 151, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Printed red stiff-stock paper wrappers. More
ONE HUNDRED YEARS Of PUBLISHING 1837 - 1937.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1937. 1st Edition. [10], 83, [3] pp. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Tan dj printed in black, orange rule and flourishes. More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 14 No. 2 April 1988.; The Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1988. 1st Printing. 52 - 97 pp. with slips. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, card stock wrappers, printed in pale yellow, orange and black. Stapled. With a mail-in subscription envelope, an announcement about discounted back issues and an 8 page leaflet with advertisements and events... More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 8 No. 4 October 1982.; A Review for the Arts of the Book. Focus on Calligraphy
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1982. 1st Printing. 122 - 159 pp. with slip. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, paper wrappers, printed in pink, lavender and black. Stapled. More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 8 No. 3 July 1982.; A Review for the Arts of the Book. Eric Gill Centenary Issue.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1982. 1st Printing. 82 - 119 pp. with slip. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, paper wrappers, printed in red and black. Stapled. With an 4 page leaflet containing advertisements & events. More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 8 No. 2 April 1982.; A Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1982. 1st Printing. 42 - 79 pp. with slip. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, paper wrappers, printed in orange, green and black. Stapled. With an 4 page leaflet containing advertisements & events. More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1982.; A Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1982. 1st Printing. 39 pp. with slips. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, thin card stock wrappers, printed in yellow and black. Stapled. With an 6 page leaflet containing advertisements & events. A one page erratum correcting the new address for the magazine. More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 7 No. 4 October 1981.; A Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1981. 1st Printing. 114 - 150 pp. with slips. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, thin card stock wrappers, printed in red, orange and black. Stapled. With an 6 page leaflet containing advertisements & events. A one page erratum correcting an image that originally printed upside down..... More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 9 No. 1 January 1983.; A Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Sandra Kirshenbaum. 1983. 1st Printing. 39 pp. with slip Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, paper wrappers, printed in red, blue and black. Stapled. With an 4 page "classified advertisements" More
FINE PRINT. Vol. 16 No. 1 Spring 1990.; The Review for the Arts of the Book.
San Francisco. Pro Arte Libri. 1990. 1st Printing. 50 pp. Illustrated. 12" x 9". Printed, thin card stock wrappers, printed in red and black. Stapled. With an 8 page "calendar of events" More
The LIBRARY Of EDWARD HERRILL. PART II, With Additions.; Literature & History - Modern Firsts & Signed Editions - Illustrators & Illustrated Books.
San Francisco & Los Angeles. California Book Auction Galleries. 1979. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 666 items up for auction. One slip. Black and white illustrations. 9" x 6". Bright orange, paper wrappers, printed in black with a black illustration to upper wrapper. Stapled. More
The LIBRARY Of EDWARD HERRILL.; Fine Press Books & A Limited Editions Club Collection.
San Francisco & Los Angeles. California Book Auction Galleries. 1979. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 777 items up for auction. One slip. Black and white illustrations. 9" x 6". Bright orange, paper wrappers, printed in black with a black illustration to upper and lower wrappers. Stapled. Slipped in is a "Prices..... More
LIBRARY Of AUGUST W. SCHATRA - PART II.; Thursday, March 23, 1989.
San Francisco/Los Angeles. California Book Auction Galleries. 1989. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 500 items up for auction. Black and white photographs of item up for auction. 9" x 6". White cardstock wrappers, printed in black, stapled. More
LIBRARY Of AUGUST W. SCHATRA - PART I.; Thursday, February 23, 1989.
San Francisco/Los Angeles. California Book Auction Galleries. 1989. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 500 items up for auction. Black and white photographs of item up for auction. 9" x 6". White cardstock wrappers, printed in black, stapled. More
A GUIDE To The Manuscript Collections Of The Bancroft Library.; Volume II - Mexican and Central American Manuscripts.
Berkeley and Los Angeles. Published for the Bancroft Library by the University of California Press. 1972. 1st Edition. 294 pp. 10-1/2" x 7". Blue cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip, in dust jacket. More
A GUIDE To The MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Of The BANCROFT LIBRARY.; Volume I - Pacific and Western Manuscripts {except California}.
Berkeley and Los Angeles. Published for the Bancroft Library by the University of California Press. 1963. 1st Edition. 379 pp. 10-1/2" x 7". Blue cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip, in dust jacket. More
BOOKS On ARCHITECTURE. And On FURNITURE - SCULPTURE - IRON WORK - GARDENS - COSTUME - TAPESTRIES And OTHER SUBJECTS.; The Important LIbrary of John Vredenburgh Van Pelt, A.D.G., F.A.I.A. Sold By the Order of Mrs. Margaret Van Pelt Villas.
New York. Parke - Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1946. 1st Edition. viii, 1-71 pp. 9-1/4" x 6". Gray wrappers, white leaves. Stapled. More
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS.; Collection of Buzz Bunin - Thursday, April 12, 1990.
San Francisco/Los Angeles. California Book Auction Galleries. 1990. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 147 items up for auction. Black and white photographs of some items 9" x 6". White cardstock wrappers, printed in black, stapled. More
The COLLECTION Of MRS. W GEORGE PARKS Of ROBERT FROST.; Public Auction Tuesday October 1 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
New York. Park-Bernet Galleries, Inc (Affiliated with Sotheby & Co. London). 1968. 1st Printing. vi, 1-66, [2] pp. Few black and white photographs of items for auction. 9-1/4" x 6". Tan wrappers, printed in brown, leaves are semi glossy paper. Stapled. More
Pi. A Hodge-Podge of Letters, Paper, Addresses, Written During a Period of 60 years.
Cleveland & New York. The World Publishing Company. 1953. 1st edition. (stated). 185 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding stamped in gilt. Lacks Jacket. More