Publishing Then and Now 1912-1964.
New York: NYPL, 1965, Second Printing. quarto, wrappers. (24)pp. NYPL, Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting memoir by this influential publisher. Very fine. More
New York: NYPL, 1965, Second Printing. quarto, wrappers. (24)pp. NYPL, Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting memoir by this influential publisher. Very fine. More
New York: Random House, (1974), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Random House, Two tiny tape mends to inner jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Remainder mark neatly removed from botton edge of text block. More
Austin: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, (1976), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (206) pp. Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Extensively illustrated and with a detailed index. Spine sunned, else clean. More
Austin: Humanities Research Center, Univ of Texas, (1984), First Edition. octavo, rebound in black buckram with original wrappers bound in. (188)pp. Humanities Research Center, Univ of Texas, Illustrated. "...we have leaned heavily on the large groups of letters in our collections." Fine. More
London: The Bodley Head, (1987), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (vii), (366)pp. The Bodley Head, Illustrated with title pages and frontispieces from various publications by the firm, and with photographs. Founded by John Lane in the nineties, and publishing the notable figures of that time, The Bodley Head..... More
Chicago: [The Newberry Library], 1922, First Edition, Limited to 500 copies multigraphed. octavo, grey wrappers. (viii); 115pp. [The Newberry Library], Pamphlets in the main body of the list are all political, published during the period 1750-1786, and are in bibliographical form. With an Index of Titles. Short tears to yapp..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll, (1981), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xx, (271)pp. Oak Knoll, Reprint of the 1943 edition. Checklist compiled by Joseph W. Rogers. Illustrated throughout. Spine slightly faded, else fine. More
New York: Award Books, (1971), First Edition. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. Award Books, Novel upon which the movie of the same name was based. A very fine copy. More
(Chapel Hill): Algonquin Books, 1984, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xii, 158pp. Algonquin Books, "An account of the life and works of Mason Locke Weems patriot, pitchman, author and purveyor of morality to the citizenry of the early United States of America." Historians have written off Weems..... More
New York: Knopf, 1980, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Knopf, The second in the novel-series Canopus in Argos: Archives. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
(London): Collins, (2008), First Paperback Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. x, 374pp. Collins, This book was first published under the title: On a Wing and a Prayer. Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of World War I took. This oral history conveys the perils of..... More
(New York): Collier Books, (1970), First Colliers Book Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers. xii, (332)pp. Collier Books, Lewis presents a well-written account of his activities in World War I by describing his RFC training in 1915 and subsequent work in various squadrons: Nos. 1, 9, 56, 44, 61, and 152. A...... More
London: Humphrey Milford, n.d. (1941), Offprint from "The Proceedings of the British Academy" volume XXVII. octavo, wrappers. (x)pp. Humphrey Milford, Black and white frontispiece of the item under discussion. More
(London): Geoffrey Cumberlege, (1946), Third Impression. large octavo, printed paper wrappers. 20pp., sewn. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Off-print from The Proceedings of the British Academy. Vol. XXXI. A fine copy. More
London: British Library, 2005, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Based on the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library in November 2004, this book looks at the impact of women's educational projects on female reading and book collecting in the royal courts of the 18th century. With..... More
St Paul's Bibliographies, 1992, First Edition. octavo, blue boards. xvi, 296 pp. St Paul's Bibliographies, Two corners very lightly bumped, else a very fine, clean copy. More
[London]: Review, (2003), Second printing of paperback issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (320)pp. Review, In 1450, all of Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to no more than a few thousand. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in the millions. This because of the invention of the movable type by..... More
(London): The British Library, (2000), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 112pp. The British Library, Cuthbert became, upon his death in 687, one of the most important medieval saints and a key figure in the religious and political life of Northumbria. Upon the assassination of Thomas Becket..... More
Jackson: University Press of Mississi, (1988), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, (246)pp. University Press of Mississi, Illustrated with photographs taken by Welty. The collection given to the university by Welty includes her manuscripts, professional correspondence and the many photographs she took of a changing Mississippi in the..... More
New York: Vamguard, (1983), First Edition Uncorrected Proof copy. octavo, printed paper wrappers. Vamguard, Very fine copy. We have hundreds of Advance and Review copies in stock. More
(New Castle): Oak Knoll Press, (2004), First Edition. octavo, boards. xvi, 224pp. Oak Knoll Press, One of the Print Network Series. British provincial book history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries covered by eighteen experts in the field: Caroline Archer, Maureen Bell, Iain Beavan, Margaret Cooper, Diana Dixon, John Feather..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth dust jacket. (xvi), 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, A typographical autobiography of the author as a book and magazine designer who played a central role in British graphic design from the 1940s to the 1980s, who edited and designed..... More
Metuchen, NJ: Privately Printed, 1934, First Separate Edition. Limited to 200 copies. octavo, wrappers. 8pp. Privately Printed, Fine. More
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1933, First Separate Edition. Illustrated. octavo, wrappers. 7pp. Privately Printed, More
Chicago: Chicago Club... 1940, quarto, wrappers. 11pp. Chicago Club..., Being notes prepared for the information of Chicago clergymen inpreparing sermons or lectures relating to the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention. Fine and clean. More