New York: Basic Books, (2008), Second printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 528 pp. Basic Books, Illustrated. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. Jacket not price clipped. More

London: Shaw and Elkin, 1986, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Shaw and Elkin, Illustrated with photographs. Indexed. In this sequel to her husband, Percy H. Muir's Minding My Own Business (1956), Barbara Kaye Muir continues the lively and entertaining story of one of the most influential bookmen of..... More

London: Lund Humphries, (1971), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 184pp. Lund Humphries, Appleton 374. With numerous illustrations printed in colors. Moran endeavors to assess Morison's contribution objectively against the background of typographical developments both in the United States and Britain, and it conssiders among other matters Morison's..... More

New York: Holiday House, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (x), 126 pp. Holiday House, A young readers biography. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1970), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Simon & Schuster, Remainder mark along bottom edge, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More

New York: Henry Holt, (2010), First Edition. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. (xxviii), 419 pp. Henry Holt, In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates..... More

New York: Weathervane Books, circa 1975, Reprint. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xxii), 650pp. Weathervane Books, Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the Second Edition. Originally published in 1810, this history was based on Thomas's own collection which became the foundation of the American Antiquarian Society library which Thomas founded..... More

New York: Harper & Row, (1989), First American Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (xiv), 254pp. Harper & Row, Illustrated. Founding editor of "Horizon", Connolly presided over one of the most successful small magazines in British publishing history. Its success after WWII caused so much work that he discontinued publication so as..... More

(London): The British Library, (2000), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 128pp. The British Library, An introduction to the life and work of Byron and an examination of his poetry in the context of his short, eventful life. His position as toast of society was eclipsed by public disgrace and he..... More

(New York): Viking, (2004), First Edition. quarto, black cloth and red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xxxiv), 906pp. Viking, This edition marks the centenary of one of the 20th centuries most important literary figures. Bringing to a close the life of Greene the author follows him, still an agent for..... More

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., (2000), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 278pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., Ross was a writer, critic, art dealer, and administrator, and a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his premature..... More

(London): Hodder & Stoughton, (2000), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. x, 374 pp. Hodder & Stoughton, "Only yesterday I was being lectured (by a Frenchman) and told that unless I 'did something' I would go down to posterity as an appendage of the Wilde affair! It is true..... More

London: Edward Arnold, (1956), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Edward Arnold, Spine of jacket lightly faded with some soiling but no wear or chipping to jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers. More