Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. xvii, 331 pp. 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" Full blue cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip. From the Ernst C. Krohn Musicological Library of Washington University, with their bookplate. More about A CENSUS OF AUTOGRAPH MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS OF EUROPEAN COMPOSERS IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES
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 about THE TRUTH ABOUT A PUBLISHER; An Autobiographical Record
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 about THE BODLEY HEAD 1887-1987
London: Virgin Books, (1981). xi, 259 pp. Illustrated in color and b/w. 8vo., 9" x 6" Stiff pictorial wrappers. More about THE BOOK OF PAPERBACKS; A Visual History of the Paperback. Translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter
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 about A SOCIETY'S CHIEF JOYS; An Exhibition From the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
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 about FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING AMERICANA for the Library of The American Antiquarian Society 1908-2958
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 about READING MATTER. A Rabid Bibliophile's Adventures Among Old & Rare Books
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 about LITERARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
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 about The MEMOIRS Of An EROTIC BOOKSELLER.; By Armand Coppens assisted by his tired wife Clementine and...
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 about THE PRINTED BOOK.; Revised and Brought Up-to-Date by John Carter and Brooke Crutchley
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 about ISSAC COLLINS A Quaker Printer in 18th Century America
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 about FORGING AHEAD.; The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book...
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 about LITERARY BLUNDERS. A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"
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 about BOOKS And The WESTERN WORLD. A Cultural History.; Translated from the German by William D. Boyd...
London: Methuen, 1954. xii, 172 pp (including index). illustrated, 8vo. Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More about WILLIAM BALSTON Paper Maker 1759 - 1849
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 about A STUDY Of RARE BOOKS.; WIth Special Reference to Colophons, Press Devices and Title Pages of...
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(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 about BILLHEAD FROM BAZIN & CHANDLER BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
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 about ARTHUR RACKHAM; His Life and Work
Boston: The Horn Book, 1951. 1st edition. 208 pp. Frontis. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. 8vo. Light green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More about WRITING And CRITICISM. A Book for Margery Bianco
London: Arlington Books, 1973. 1st ed. 177 ppg, illustrated, 8vo. Brown cloth with silver lettering to backstrip, in original pictorial dust jacket.Forgery. More about THIS SOLEMN MOCKERY. The Art of Literary Forgery
[n.p.]: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. 1st edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 246 pp (including index). 8vo. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. Powell the distinguished (prior) UCLA librarian. More about BOOKMAN'S PROGRESS. The Selected Writings of Lawrence Clark Powell.; With an Introduction by...
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 1st Edition. 314 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More about A HISTORY Of PRINTING In BRITAIN
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 about NEW YORK In LITERATURE. The Story Told in the Landmarks of Town and Country
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 about BOOKS in MANUSCRIPT.; A Short Introduction to Their Study and Use
Chicago: Canterbury Bookshop, 1974. Facsimile Edition. xii, 205, [2 ads] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Full blue cloth stamped in gilt to upper board and backstrip. This Limited Facsimile Edition is an unabridged reproduction of the original edition published in London, 1905, by George Bell and Sons. More about HOW TO COLLECT BOOKS
