Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books, 1992, First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (320)pp. Smithsonian Books, With color plate illustrations. A survey history of the book as the conveyer of the intellectual history of man, focusing on the physical object as a work of art. With chapters on Illuminating the..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1997), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 215pp. St. Martin's Press, The first in the Goldstone's well-received books on book collecting, book selling, and the people involved. Very fine. More
(Exeter): University of Exeter, 1972, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (56)pp. University of Exeter, Illustrated. Leofric was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. He was a bibliophile, and collected many manuscripts; some of these he gave to the cathedral library, including a famous manuscript of poetry, the Exeter..... More
Cambridge, MA: Crimson Printing Company, 1951, First Edition Limited to 750 copies. octavo, paste paper wrappers with printed paper label on front cover. (24)pp., stapled. Crimson Printing Company, Foreword by Philip Hofer. With illustrations. Three very small, and not at all nasty, closed tears to lower right wrapper. More
Leipzig: 1997, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (x), 274 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Back upper corner bumped, else fine. More
Leipzig: 2000, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (xv), 291 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Lower corner bumped, else fine. More
Leipzig: 2003, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (xii), 346 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Lower back corner bumped, else fine. More
Leipzig: 2006, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (xii), 319 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 2009, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. x, 352 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 2012, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. x, 353 pp. Directory of catalogs of European book auctions and private libraries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 2014, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (vii), 364 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Minor scuff to top of front cover, else very fine. More
Leipzig: 2011, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (viii), 373 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 2008, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (iv), 371 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 2005, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (viii), 366 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Mild bump to lower corner, fine and clean. More
Leipzig: 2002, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (viii), (315) pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 1999, First Edition. octavo, plain wrappers with printed label on front cover, linen spine. xii, 328 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Very fine. More
Leipzig: 1995, First Edition. octavo, plain wrappers with printed label on front cover, linen spine. 317 pp. Directory of catalogs of book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries. Very fine. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2002, First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. octavo, boards and cloth. 320pp, plus 20 plates. The Grolier Club, Mary Hyde Eccles' book collecting accomplishments are renowned in American and Britain alike. She and her first husband, Donald Hyde, formed remarkable collections of Samuel Johnson and..... More
Hamburg; New York: Dr. Ernst Hauswell & Co.; R. R. Bowker, (1966), First Edition. folios, cloth with leather spine labels. ( xxvi), 126pp. with 317 text illustrations and 2 facsimiles; (x), 256pp. with 258 plates and 2 facsimiles. Dr. Ernst Hauswell & Co.; R. R. Bowker, Text in English, French..... More
New York: The Grolier club, 1984, First Edition, Limited to 600 copies. quarto, red cloth in matching slipcase. (259) pp. The Grolier club, Designed by Stephen Harvard. Printed by The Stinehour Press. The Grolier Club centennial seal was designed by Jerry Kelly. Includes the Allen Asaf checklist of Exhibitions and..... More
Paris: Christie's, 2019, large quarto, decorated boards. (311) pp. Christie's, This superb collection of illustrated editions & art books includes Albercht Dürer's L’Apocalypse, considered to be the first “Painter’s book”. Includes an exceptional collection of fine bindings. One item with price realized noted, else a beautiful catalogue in as new..... More
Detroit: Gale, (1994), First Edition. large quarto, blue cloth. (xx), 431 pp. Gale, The lives and works of 48 individual collectors. Each monograph is preceded by a list of catalogues of the collections, publications authored by the collectors and biographical memoirs. Illustrated. Two notations on Contents page for year of..... More
Detroit: Gale, (1994), First Edition. large quarto, blue cloth. xviii, 408 pp. Gale, The lives and works of 42 individual collectors. Each monograph is preceded by a list of catalogues of the collections, publications authored by the collectors and biographical memoirs. Illustrated. Very fine. More
Winchester, Eng: St. Paul's, 1996, First Edition. octavo, boards. 176pp. St. Paul's, This collection of essays include those by David Pearson on "Scholars and bibliophiles: book collectors in Oxford, 1550-1650," Mirjam M. Foot on " Scholar-collectors and their bindings," Robin Myers on "Dr. Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1713-1785): pioneer of Anglo-Norman..... More
London: British Library, 2005, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 248pp. British Library, Reading, and the manifold signs of reading, have become one of the most dynamic areas of research in book history. The reader as consumer and owner, as well as participant in the construction of new meanings..... More