J. M. Synge. A Bibliography of Criticism.
Totowa: Rowmand and Littlefield, (1975), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 214pp. Rowmand and Littlefield, With 2,500 items listed. More
Totowa: Rowmand and Littlefield, (1975), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 214pp. Rowmand and Littlefield, With 2,500 items listed. More
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. More
Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1973, Facsimile edition. octavo, heavy paper wrappers in printed paper dust jacket. (xxviii), (256)pp. G.E.C. Gads Forlag, With one folding plate. Text in Danish. Study of public libraries and library science. Very tiny chip from wrapper at top of spine, otherwise a fine copy. More
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, (1995), First Edition. quarto, brown boards. xxxviii, 251 pp. D. S. Brewer, The library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contains the largest collection of medieval manuscripts of any college in Great Britain, and one of the most important in the world. A number of known Middle English..... More
Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1887, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. viii, 380pp. Ernest Thorin, Name inside front wrapper. Front and back wrappers in near fine condition. Spine wrapper worn and with a 3" chip missing at the bottom. Wrappers and preliminary pages printed on acidic paper and therefore..... More
London: The British Library, 2004, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 199 pp. The British Library, In the Publishing Pathways Series. Eight essays on different aspects of "sharp practices" are covered. The authors included are: Alastair J. Mann, Maureen Bell, Christopher de Hamel, Bill Bell, Anthony Hobson, Helen Berry..... More
Columbia, MO: International Library Center, 1969, First Printed Edition. thick quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xiv), 371printed pp. International Library Center, A doctoral dissertation for Columbia University (mimeographed). With two maps and one plan. Bibliography. Index. Printed prospectus and autograph letter, signed from the author laid. Name inside front wrapper..... More
Los Angeles: Univ Research Library, UCLA, 1992, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xxii), 273pp. Univ Research Library, UCLA, followed by (x) of plates. A scholarly attempt to date and order Aldine Press publications through a study of internal evidence, and when this fails, to fall back to Renouard because "we are..... More
Madison, Wisc. Univ of Wisconsin Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (300)pp. Univ of Wisconsin Press, Mathews' career in publishing "coincided with the transition from Victorian to modern literature, a period which literary historians date from about 1880 to 1920...what makes Mathews unique is the role he played in..... More
London: British Museum Press, 2002, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 256pp. British Museum Press, The British Museum holds the world's largest collection of bookplates, but only the British and American ex-libris have so far been published. This catalogue, written in German, describes, lists and reproduces over five hundred..... More
(London): British Library & Oak Knoll, 2000, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. x, 182pp. British Library & Oak Knoll, The third volume in the series The Bible as Book examines aspects of the bibles produced during the Reformation period, which marked a time of crisis and of blossoming..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971), First Printing of the Second Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 294pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, The complete and fascinating story of writing characters. "He has enlivened this history with thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altamira wall paintings; the strange letter to..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1994), Reprint. quarto, cloth. xii, 160pp. Maurizio Martino, Limited to 150 copies of the 1933 edition. Parrish's collection of " Victorian Lady Novelists" was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs..... More
New York: Putnam's, (1939), First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (xvi), 315 pp. Putnam's, Primary binding of red cloth. "...it is the story as exciting as the investigation of a murder, as intricate as a problem in chess - the life story of a self-made man who amassed a fortune and..... More
(New York): American Printing History Association, 1994, First Edition, Limited to 200 copies. folio, broadsides in an oatmeal cloth clamshell with leather label on front with title in gilt. American Printing History Association, Table of contents leaf and (4) page introductory material, twenty-nine broadsides, each designed and printed by an..... More
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1972, Second Reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1866. thick octavo, blue cloth. (xii), (940)pp. De Graaf, Text block fine and clean, light shelf wear to binding. More
(London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1957), First Off-Print. quarto, printed self-wrappers. 6pp. Royal Institute of British Architects, Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, March 1957. Folded once for mailing, otherwise fine. More
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, (1998), First Edition. octavo, blue boards. (xii), 418pp. D. S. Brewer, This bibliography is intended for all those interested in Old English wisdom poetry and the works associated with it, both within and outside English studies, and provides a guide to the scholarly literature. It is..... More
New York: The Harbor Press, 1930, First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth with printed paper label on cover, in printed dust jacket. (10), (62)pp. The Harbor Press, Winner of the Harbor Press Poetry Contest. Very fine, clean copy. Jacket slightly faded and with wear and a small chip to head..... More
London: Batsford, (1989), Reprint. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xiv, 228pp. Batsford, Illustrated. Listing the binders alphabetically, Ramsden in brief notes gives addresses, dates, details of apprenticeship and partnership, and specification such as gauffer, as French binding assigns forwarding to one binder and finishing to another. Very fine. More
West New York NJ: Mark Batty Publisher, 2003, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 392pp. Mark Batty Publisher, This is the first of a planned series of hardcover anthologies drawing on the sum and substance of the respected and renowned journal MATRIX, produced for over 20 years by John..... More
British Library, 2007, First Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. 208pp. British Library, Sacred is the official catalogue of the groundbreaking British Library exhibition bearing the same name, which presents many of the world’s most beautiful religious texts for the first time. Illustrations from rare and exquisite examples of..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942, First Edition. quarto, original printed paper wrappers. (x), (182)pp. Government Printing Office, No. 5 in Studies of the A. L. A. Committee on Library Cooperation with Latin America. Quite an extensive reference. Wrappers dusty and scuffed, light wear to spine. More
Milan: Olivetti, (1988), First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (50)pp. Olivetti, Illustrated. An interesting discussion in the introduction on the use of watermarks for help in dating old master drawings from the sixteenth century, or help, in fact, in ascribing a drawing to an artist. The dictionary reproduces watermark, location and..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1905), First American Edition. quarto, green cloth stamped in gilt. xl, (365) pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Illustrated. Part of the Connoisseur's Library. Small spot of wear at bottom of spine. Cloth slightly faded as is gilt stamping. Contents clean. More