A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COMPANION.
Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1989. 1st edition. 298 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. More
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ENGINES Of INSTRUCTION, MISCHIEF, And MAGIC.; Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1989). 1st pb edition. xiv, 304 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Black glossy paper covers. More
THREE HUNDRED YEARS Of The AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. Essays.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. 1st Printing. [6], 363 - 463, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Printed paper wrappers. More
NOVELS And NOVELISTS. A Guide to the World of Fiction.
London: Windward, 1980. 1st Edition. 288 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Yellow dust jacket. More
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOKS A Subject Catalogue.; Extracted from the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books.
Kent, England: Dawson, (1979). 1st Edition. 4 volumes; 4000+ pages. Vol 1: Generalities, Philosophy & Religion. Vol 2: Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology, the Arts. Vol 3: Language, Literature. Vol 4: Geography & History. Imperial 8vo. 12" x 8-3/8". Quarter bound with maroon cloth spines over grey linen boards. Gilt..... More
FICTION For The WORKING MAN 1830 - 1859. A Study of the Literature Produced for the Working Classes in Early Victorian Urban England.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 1st Edition. xiv, 226 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Pink dust jacket with red title lettering and illustration printed to front panel. Blue with red title lettering printed to spine. More
A BOOK For A SIXPENCE. The Circulating Library in America.
Pittsburgh, PA: Beta Phi Mu, 1980. 1st Edition. xiv, 194, [4] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth over green marbled paper boards. More
CHARLES A. MURDOCK. Printer & Citizen of San Francisco: An Appraisal.
Berkeley: Tamalpais Press, 1973. 1st printing. Limited to 310 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, from Harding to George E. Fullerton. x, 83, [3] pp. Royal 8vo. 10-3/4" x 7". Original brick-red cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. From the preface, "Murdock was the first [printer] in California..... More
DARLEY. The Most Popluar Illustrator of His Time.
Brooklyn: Theo. Gaus' Sons Inc, 1964. 1st Edition. [12], 156 pp (including Index). Illustrated with plates. 8vo. White cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Brown dust jacket with blue title lettering printed to front panel and black title lettering printed to spine. More
SAN FRANCISCO'S LITERARY FRONTIER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 1st Edition. xii, 400, xxv, [5] pp including index. Untrimmed. 32 b/w photographic plates. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Green cloth binding with blind stamp to front board and gilt title lettering to spine. Maroon top stain. Dust jacket. More
CONFESSIONS Of A LITERARY ARCHAEOLOGIST.
New York: New Directions, (1990). 1st edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 190 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Blue dust jacket. More
ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS. History. Technique. Production.
New York: Watson - Guptill Publications, (1963). 207, [1 (blank)] pp (including Bibliography & Index). Illustrated, with some in color. 4to. Sky blue cloth. Dust wrapper. More
STEEL-ENGRAVED BOOK ILLUSTRATION In ENGLAND.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. 1st US edition. 263 pp (including Index). illustrated, Tall 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
EARLY PRINTED BOOKS.
London: Kegan Paul et al, 1893. 1st Edition. xii, 219, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Brown linen cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
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
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 ed. 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
OLD BOOKS, RARE FRIENDS.; Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion.
New York et al: Doubleday, (1997). 1st Edition. xii, 275 pp. B/w illustrations in text. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Quarter brown cloth and brown paper covered boards, backstrip stamped in gilt, and original pictorial dust jacket. 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