Boston: Little, Brown, 1927, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 311pp. Little, Brown, The chapters include "Talking of Old Books," "A Million Dollar Bookshelf," "Sold to Dr. R!" "Some Literary Forgeries," "Among Old Manuscripts," " American Children's Books," "Old Bibles," "Why America Buys England's Books," and "The Collector's Best Bet." Good reading..... More
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
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, (1993) , First Edition. octavo, maroon boards in dust jacket. (xi), 244 pp. The Boydell Press, Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) — practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy —had a remarkable career, and was one of the first to make..... More
London: Alison & Busby, (1986), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 232pp. Alison & Busby, The pre- eminent publisher of Victorian times, and founder of The Dictionary of National Biography, Smith was friend and publisher of Thackeray, Mrs. Gaskell, George Eliot, John Ruskin and many others. Very fine copy..... 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
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 154pp. Scarecrow Press, Containing a biographical introduction, excerpts from the works and a checklist of the writings of Sadleir. The fifth volume in The Great Bibliographers Series. Cloth scuffed, contents clean. 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 Haven: Yale University Press, 2013, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 432 pp. Yale University Press, In this book John Radner examines the fluctuating, close, and complex friendship enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, from the day they met in 1763 to the day when Boswell published..... 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: 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. 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
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970, First Edition. octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 261pp. Harvard University Press, The author presents a fresh perspective on Sharp's varied career that he pursued under his own name and that of his female pseudonym. Illustrated. Dust jacket lightly scuffed with a...... 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): Oxford University Press, (2004), First American Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 128pp. Oxford University Press, One in the series of The British Library Writers' Lives. A revealing portrait of Charles Dickens from his early childhood, through his years as a parliamentary journalist and legal clerk, his magazine Household Words..... 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: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002), First American Edition, Sixth printing. quarto, cloth and boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xxxiv), (475)pp. Alfred A. Knopf, Although Pepys' diary is a remarkable record of his life, the author presents a unique and original biography illuminating his entire life from his childhood, transforming..... 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
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1989), First American Edition. quarto, cloth and boards in illustrated dust jacket. (xxiv), 342pp. W.W. Norton & Company, A thorough and intelligent biography of Dora Carrington. A portrait of a very talented woman. Illustrated. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, else fine..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1967, Book Club printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 511 pp. Atheneum, Fine in a fine jacket. 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
(Norfolk, England): Black Dog Books, (1999), Second edition. octavo, wrappers. xii, 292pp. Black Dog Books, This is an essential work for anyone interested in Bloomsbury. It fills many of the gaps in Virginia Woolf's biography of Roger Fry and weaves together the story of his life with an illuminating account..... More
New York: Farrar Straus & Co., (1991), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 216pp. Farrar Straus & Co., "Dear Miss Welty: John Woodburn of Doubleday's has suggested that I write to you to se if you might need the services of an agent. I suppose you..... More
Berkeley: Univ of California Press, (1989):, First paperback edition. octavo, wrappers. 301 pp. Univ of California Press, In her biography of Thomas Chatterton, Louise J. Kaplan, a clinical psychologist, presents her study of him as a fatherless boy, impostor and the 18th century atmosphere in which he lived. More