Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1992, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (68)pp. Library of Congress, The story behind this public relations campaign to get the attention of mass market book publishers and attract new business. The Four American Books were Herman Melville's Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent; the Tales of..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2020, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 340 pp. The Legacy Press, Juliana Castro Varon — Cita: A Feminist Open-Access Digital Library and Print-on-Demand; E. Haven Hawley — Women’s Work in the 19th-Century Economy of Pornography; Karen Holmberg — Case Studies: How a Generation of Women..... More
Philadelphia: MacManus, 1979, First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. octavo, green cloth. xii, 179pp. MacManus, Fully illustrated. A fine bibliography of this important American publisher. With title page design by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. Very minor foxing to top edge, else a fine copy. 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
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1987), First Edition. octavo, green cloth. (x), 234pp. Little, Brown and Company, An informal account of Little, Brown and Company that records the highlights of their 150 years of publishing books and materials in the United States. Illustrated in black and white. Very fine... More
(Garant, 2010) , First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 233 pp. (Garant, A collection of articles on this Dutch poet, printer and editor. Text in Dutch. Extensively illustrated in black and white and in color. Fine. More
London / New Castle: British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2012, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224 pp. British Library / Oak Knoll Press, Next in the Publishing Pathways series, Publishing the Fine and Applied Arts examines aspects of the relationship between the business of print and the..... More
(New Castle/London): Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, 2010, First Edition. large octavo, dark green cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 144 pp. Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, This book is the first comprehensive (and long-overdue) bibliographic study of the London partnership of Field & Tuer and their publishing imprint, Leadenhall Press..... More
(Liverpool): Liverpool University Press, (2007), First Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. 360 pp. Liverpool University Press, Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press details the history of one of the most extraordinary—and controversial—publishing enterprises of the twentieth century. Publisher simultaneously of the infamous novels of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1987), First Edition. octavo, green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 234pp. Little, Brown and Company, An informal account of Little, Brown and Company that records the highlights of their 150 years of publishing books and materials in the United States. Illustrated in black and..... 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
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1996), Reprint of earlier edition. octavo, black cloth. (xxxvi), 347pp. The Pennsylvania State University Press, One in a series in Penn State Reprints in Book History giving second life to classic works in the field of publishing history. This reprint, with a new..... More
Denver: Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, 2005, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. xii, 480 pp. Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, Illustrated, with 26 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This eighth and penultimate volume focuses on..... More
Denver: Hermitage Bookshop, 2003, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), (464) pp. Hermitage Bookshop, Illustrated, with 32 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This first volume focuses on George Routledge. Topp's multi-volume..... More
London: The Athlone Press, (1999), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xii, 206pp. The Athlone Press, The letters collected in this book comprise an important chaper in the life of Waler Pater's literary career. They record in great detail the relations between The Victorian man of letters and his..... More
Denver: Hermitage Bookshop, 2003, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 414 pp. Hermitage Bookshop, Illustrated, with 32 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This sixth volume focuses on Longmans, Green & Co., C...... More
(West New York, NJ): Mark Batty Publisher, 2002, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xxii), 383pp. Mark Batty Publisher, From the prospectus: " Daniel Berkley Updike (1860-1941) has been described as 'the most distinguished American printer.' He was one of a handful of highly successful and influential book designers..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, Reprint. octavo, wrappers. 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas R. Adams and..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1958, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 211pp. New York Public Library, Printers, publishers, booksellers, auctioneers who sold books, binders, paper and press manufacturers are included. Very fine copy. More
Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 125pp. Univ of Chicago Press, "In this sophisticated application of modern Marxist thought, N. N. Feltes demonstrates the determining influence of nineteenth-century publishing practices on the Victorian novel. His dialectical analysis leads to a comprehensive explanation of the development of..... More
Toronto: Univ of Toronto Press, 1998, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 227pp. Univ of Toronto Press, The Kegan Paul imprint was created and its reputation for a distinguished list of titles established during a forty-year period from 1871 to 1911. Several publishers, and their firms, were involved in..... More
Edinburgh: University Press, (1987), First Edition. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. x, 154pp. University Press, "The 1829/33 version of the Waverley Novels made publishing history. Here, for the first time, Professor Jane Millgate gives a full account of the genesis, preparation, publication and subsequent influence of what Scott called..... More
New York: NYPL, 1965, Second Printing. quarto, wrappers. (24)pp. NYPL, Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting memoir by this influential publisher. Very fine. More
Denver: Hermitage Bookshop, 1999, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 469 pp. Hermitage Bookshop, Illustrated, with 32 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This fourth volume focuses on Frederick Warne and Sampson..... More
Denver: Hermitage Bookshop, 1995, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 456 pp. Hermitage Bookshop, Illustrated, with 32 color plates. Yellowbacks were an important branch of fiction publishing in Victorian England, inexpensive books designed to be sold in railway stalls. This second volume focuses on Ward & Lock. Topp's..... More