Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill & Company, (1979), First American Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Lawrence Hill & Company, Minor foxing to top and bottom of text block. Minute scuffing to color at bottom of dust jacket spine, else a very fine copy in very fine jacket which..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1942, First Edition. octavo, red cloth with printed spine label, in dust jacket. (viii), 146pp. Little, Brown, One of 1060 copies printed. The first bibliography of the detective short story ever written. Many of the titles are annotated as to content. Cloth slightly faded at top, bottom..... More
Reykjavik: Landsbokasafn Islands, 1991, First Edition. quarto, printed rust-brown boards. (164)pp. Landsbokasafn Islands, Text in Icelandic and English. Small bookplate, otherwise a fine clean copy. More
(Cambridge): Brewer, (1988), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xii, 82pp. Brewer, With nine plates of illustrations. In 1598 Francis Trigge, Rector of Welbourne in Lincolnshire, arranged for a library to be provided in St. Wulfram's church, Grantham, for the use of the clergy and inhabitants of the town..... More
Zurich, Switzerland: Typographische Monatsblätter, December, 1934, quarto, printed wrappers. 387-403 pp. Typographische Monatsblätter , The twelfth issue of 1934. Dime-size chip from upper right corners, a few other very small chips to wrappers. More
London: Duckworth and Co., no date (circa 1915), Reprint of the 1897 first edition. square octavo, pictorial boards printed in black and brown. Duckworth and Co. , Illustrated by B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). 1/2" chip at top of spine, Mild weakness at hinge to some gatherings. Paper lightly..... More
New York: M. W. Hazen Co, 1888, octavo, red cloth stamped in black and gilt. (viii), 694 pp. M. W. Hazen Co, Hinge at titlepage weak. Bottom 2" of cloth at spine water stained. Scuffing to cloth, but not bad. More
Hurricane, WV: Force Five Press, (2004), First Edition, Limited to 18 numbered copies, this being #5, SIGNED by Sewell and Imholtz. octavo, printed wrappers with printed label on front wrapper. 22 pp. Force Five Press, Very fine and clean. More
Addressed to "Dear Mr Duthie" and stating that she regrets being unable to contribute to the Aberdeen University Labour Club journal on Women and the Labour Movement as "old age and delicate health makes it impossible for me to do these odd jobs - much as I should like to..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1995), First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth. xx, 348pp. Cornell University Press, Illustrated. The last of the literary genres to be incorporated into print culture, verse in the English Renaissance not only was published in anthologies, pamphlets, and folio editions, it was also circulated in manuscript..... More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1992, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xvi), 350 pp. The Scarecrow Press, Includes a reprint of Butler's "An Introduction to Library Science." With a checklist of Butler's writings. Faint horizontal scuff to front cover. Inscribed and signed "John" by the author. More
New York: Scribner's, (2001), First Edition. large thick quarto, original pictorial boards. lx, (738); (xviii), 830; (xviii), (876)pp. Scribner's, Illustrated. A study of American thought and culture throughout history examines the individuals and documents that revealed significant ideas, issues, and movements. A very fine, clean set. More
(Toronto): University of Toronto Library, (1989), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. viii, (376)pp. University of Toronto Library, Illustrated with photographs and with drawings in the taxt. Signed by Blackburn on the title page. A very fine copy. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1866, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 591 pp. Smithsonian Institution, "The present work is a catalogue of that portion of the library of the Smithsonian Institution which embraces the publications of Learned societies and other public bodies, as well as encyclopedias and periodical and serial works in..... More
Worcester (MA): American Antiquarian Society, 1978, First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth. (viii), (608)pp. American Antiquarian Society, Frontispiece portrait of Shipton. Introduction by Marcus A. McCorison. Very fine copy. More
(New York): Cosmopolitan, March, 1949, First Edition. quarto, original printed paper wrappers. Cosmopolitan, The Cosmopolitan Book-Length Feature. The film "Beau James", starring Bob Hope, was based on this book. Hand written annotation on front wrapper. This copy is inscribed and signed by Fowler at the beginning of the article: "Unfortunately..... More
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date (circa 1890), large octavo, pictorial boards. 94 pp. Peter G. Thomson, With twenty illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers. A good portion of the paper covering the spine is gone, corners scuffed and rounded. More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... More
Berlin: Preussische Staatsbibliothek, 1921, First Edition. quarto, original printed heavy paper wrappers. vi, (288)pp., sewn. Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Numerous photographic plates and reproductions in the text. Uncut, unopened. Wear, fading and chips to wrappers. Tiny chip to front free endpaper. Text block in fine, clean condition. More
Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1937, First Edition. quarto, original printed heavy paper wrappers. xxvi, (428)pp. Otto Harrassowitz, Leyh is considered one of the defining figures of the German library system in the period between the two world wars. In 1912 he pleaded in a fundamental essay, the dogma of the systematic..... More
Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, (1937), First Edition. quarto, original marbled boards and cloth, stamped in gilt on spine. (332)pp. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, With numerous chromolithographed plates (tissue guards). The library for Göttingen University is the state library for the German State of Lower Saxony. One of the largest German academic..... More
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1939, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. (92); (90)pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Two numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1937-1938, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 352pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Four numbers of this scarce quarterly devoted to the history of libraries. Text in French. No. 1 with a bump to the lower right corner. First two issues with..... More
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1936, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 96; 88; 79pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Three numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1935, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 64; 80; 76pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Three numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More