English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
Santa Barbara, CA; Sharon, MA: Pepper & Stern Rare Books, (1985), small octavo, printed wrappers. (27) pp. Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Pepper & Stern rare books catalogue of this impressive Sherlock Holmes collection. The collection was offered en bloc. Twelve full page illustrations. Staples slightly rusted, else a very..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997), First Edition. octavo, boards. 121 pp. Chronicle Books, The chapters of this book are broken into genre: Funnies, Space, Adventure, Movies, Crime, Wild West, and Aviation. Extensively illustrated in color. Very fine copy. More
Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, (1993), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 227pp. Cornell Univ Press, From the jacket: "A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to the office of court censor himself, Ben jonson embodies the contradictions..... More
Evanston: Northwestern University, 1961, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 255pp. Northwestern University, Classified, part chronological, part alphabetical arrangement of works, manuscripts, ephemera, ana, etc., with discursive collations, locations, and bibliographical notes. Fine. More
Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (188)pp. followed by 32pp. of photographic plates. Univ. of California Press, Edited by R. H. Rouse. These manuscripts in the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, include psalters, books of hours, collections of sermons and law books..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of..... More
University Park: Penn State University Press, (1979), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 333pp. Penn State University Press, This study examines the personal and business relationship between Tennyson and his publishers, Kegan Paul, and later Alexander Macmillan. Illustrated. Very fine. More
(East Linton): Tuckwell Press, (2001), First Edition. small octavo, pictorial wrappers. (xxiv), 130pp. Tuckwell Press, A book about the experiences of four men who worked at Thomas Nelson and Sons, one of the largest printing and publishing houses in Edinburgh. They speak of their work practices, techniques, customs and traditions..... More
Norman: Pilgrim Books, (1984), First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth. (xvi), 160pp. Pilgrim Books, This edition is in two parts: first, the annotated transcription of the English glosses and then an alphabetical index of the English words and phrases which also includes proper names. It provides a modest increase in..... More
Cambridge, England: Oleander Press, (1978), First Edition. octavo, boards. 64pp. Oleander Press, Street literature here includes almanacs, broadsheets, ballads, chapbooks, posters, handbills and any ephemeral piece found in poorer homes, and which Ward terms "the ambassadors of literacy" to a wider population. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of items. Fine..... More
Forest Hills: Battery Park, 1978, Reprint. octavo, maroon cloth. 72pp. Battery Park, An interesting, although subjective, monograph. Very fine. More
New York: NYPL, 1962, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (56), (vi)pp. NYPL, Catalogues all works by Turgenev published in English translation, including collected editions, selections and individually published works. Another section lists stories, prose poems and other works of Turgenev which were published in anthologies and periodicals. Also included is a...... More