DROMKEEN. A Journey into Children's Literature.
New York: Henry Holt, (1987). 1st edition. 175, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Books - on - Books
ADVENTURE.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Single sheet, printed, in red, both sides. 6 cuts, 3 per side, accompany the text. 11" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The House of Harper has won the deserved reputation of having on its list..... More
BOOK COLLECTING As a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman.
London and Chesham: Gramol Publications Ltd., (n. d.). 98, [2] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Black card-stock covers. More
The VICTORIANS And AFTER. 1830 - 1914.; With a Chapter on Economics by Guy Chapman.
New York: Robert M McBride & Co., 1938. 1st edition. 371, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5" Grey cloth binding. Dust jacket. A survey of the literature of the time. More
![A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam]...](/pictures/thumb/47036.jpg?v=1558135421)
A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam] Miller.; Compiled from the Collection at Dormy House, Pine Vally, New Jersey. Exhibition at The LIBRARY COMPANY Of PHILADELPHIA February 17 to March 10, 1938.
[Philadelphia]: 1938. 1st printing (Gimble H356; Miller, p. 281). Unpaginated, though 18 pp (including wrappers). 7" x 4-3/4". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Housed in a custom maroon cloth chemise; gilt stamped black leather title label to spine. The catalogue provides a chronological list of Dickens' works, as found in the Parrish..... More
The POPULAR BOOK. A History of America's Literary Taste.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. 1st Edition. [12], 351, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS And The SPREAD Of LEARNING 1478 - 1978. An Illustrated History.; With a Preface by Charles Ryskamp.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. 1st edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 332 pp. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Blue patterned paper eps. Dust jacket. More
MAN COLLECTING. Manuscripts and Printed Works of WILLIAM FAULKNER in the University of Virginia.; On Exhibition in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Departments of the University of Virginia Library Charlottesville Virginia. Honoring Linton Reynolds Massey 1900 - 1974.
Charlottesville, Virginia: University Printing Office, 1975. 1st Edition. #87 of 100 hardback copies. SIGNED by the compiler, with her corrections throughout. With a PRESENTATION card laid-in. [6], 142, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" Original publisher's green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Crane was the UVa curator of the..... More
STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume Sixty. 2018.
Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 2019. 1st printing. 310 pp. 8vo. Grey cloth binding. More
The PRINTED BOOK In AMERICA.
Boston, Massachusetts. David R. Godine - Publisher (In Association with the Dartmouth College Library). (1977). Reprint. xvi, 250 pp (including index). Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Mustard yellow dust jacket, black lettering. 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. Dust jacket. More
KVP FANCY WAXED PAPER.
Kalamazoo, Michigan: KVP Company, (1931). 1st printing thus. Goodly number of sheets still present, all gayly colored in green, orange, blue, white floral design. Portfolio: 6-5/8" x 11-1/2". Sheet of Waxed paper: 13" x 11". Housed in the manufactor's portfolio. "Wax paper (also waxed paper or paraffin paper) is paper..... More
PKD. A Philip K. Dick Bibliography.; With Annotations by Steven Owen Godersky.
San Francisco & Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1981. 1st hardback edition. Limited to 300 cc. 158 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth binding, decorated in with magazine cover images, lettered with silver stamping. Red pictorial eps. Issued without jacket. More
PICTUS ORBIS SAMBO. A Publishing History, Checklist and Price Guide for the Story of Little Black Sambo.
Sun City CA: Pictus Orbis Press, 1998. 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author. #220 of 1000 cc. [1 (blank)], xxxiv, [1], 449, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated 4to. Black & white glossy paper covers. More
TOM SWIFT & COMPANY. "Boys Books" by Stratemeyer and Others.
Jefferson, North Carolina: Published by McFarland & Co., (1982). 1st Edition. viii, 183, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 4 page suite of book cover illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Issued w/o dj. More
CHEAP BOOK PRODUCTION In The UNITED STATES, 1870 - 1891.
Urbana: University of Illinois Library, 1937. 1st Edition. xi, [1 (blank)], 155, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
BOOK HISTORY. Volume 21. 2018.
Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. 1st Edition. vi, [2], 428, [4 (blank)] pp. The occasional illustration. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. More
SOTHERAN'S PRICE CURRENT Of LITERATURE. LOT Of 28 "ANNOTATED And CLASSIFIED" CATALOGUES, 1931 - 1962.; Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Etc.
London: Henry Sotheran Ltd, 1931. 1st printings. Catalogues range in length from 72 pp to 176 pp, most ~96 pp. 8vo. ~8-3/4" x 6". Printed buff paper wrappers. Decade breakdown: 1930s - 5; 1940s - 9; 1950s - 13; 1960s -1. Most catalogues with a thousand to two thousand entries..... More
A DIRECTORY Of PRINTERS and Others in Allied Trades. London and Vicinity 1800 - 1840.
London: Printing Historical Society, 1972. xxvii, [1], 234, [2, blank] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Blue cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. Light tan dj printed in black and red. More
LITERARY HISTORY Of The UNITED STATES. Vol. I & II.
New York. The MacMillan Company. 1948. 1st Edition. Vol. 1: xx, 636 pp. Vol. 2: vi, [637-638], 1422 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". navy blue cloth, stamped in gilt to upper board and back strip, in orginial dust jacket. More
OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, And CHARACTERS, Of BOOKS And MEN.; Arranged with Notes by the Late Edmund Malone, Esq.
London: John Murray, 1820. 1st edition thus. viii, 302 pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Period dark green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled red edges. From the extract affixed to the preliminary pages, it was speculated there were two mss of Spence's ANECDOTES, one used to print this edition..... More
The STORY Of STREET LITERATURE: Forerunner of the Popular Press.
Santa Barbara / Oxford: American Bibliographical Center--Clio Press, (1973). 1st Edition. ix, [1], 182 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Dark blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Black and white pictoral dust jacket with white title lettering printed to front cover and spine. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. The Enduring Book:Print Culture in Postwar America.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2009). 1st Edition. xvi, [2], 618, [2 (blank)] pp including Notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880 - 1940. Volume 4.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, (2009). 1st Edition. xvii, [1 (blank)], 699, [1 (blank)] pp including epilogue, notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. The Industrial Book, 1840 - 1880. Volume 3.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2007). 1st Edition. xix, [1 (blank)], 539, [1 (blank)] pp including notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More