London: Bertram Rota, 1941, First Edition. small octavo, printed paper wrappers. (34)pp., stapled. Bertram Rota, Catalogue of literary first editions from Bertram Rota. From Bertram Rota's introduction: "The books in this catalogue are blasted only in the sense that many of them have felt the fury of the barbarian's bombs..... More
(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Kallistos Press, (1983), First Edition, Limited to 200 copies signed by the printer, John Kristensen. octavo, blue heavy stock wrappers, stitched, printed wrappers. 16 pp. Kallistos Press, This is the first Kallistos Press imprint. Printed at The Firefly Press. Printed presentation slip laid in. A very fine copy..... More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2001, Facsimile edition. small octavo, cream cloth. 590 pp. Georg Olms, Fifteen catalogues in facsimile. Volume V of the Die Messkataloge des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts. Very fine. "The catalogues of the Frankfurt Book Fair, initiated by the Augsburg bookseller George Willer in 1564, represent the first international bibliographies..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2006, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 384pp. Oak Knoll Press, Published to mark the centenary of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, this is the first book to map out the history of the rare book trade in the 20th century, coinciding with the end..... More
Warboys, Cambridgeshire: Roger Gaskell, 1990-2014, 7 3/4 x 8 1/4" printed wrappers. various. Roger Gaskell, From Roger Gaskell's website, "I stock rare and important printed books and manuscripts in a range of scientific, medical and technical subjects, mostly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. As well as the books..... 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1928, First Edition Limited to 535 copies, of which 500 are for sale, in England and America. octavo, dark blue buckram over bevelled boards. (xii), 322pp. Chapman and Hall, "This is the definitive biography of one of the most diverting rogues of the eighteenth-century book trade."..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2004, First English language Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 402pp. Oak Knoll Press, A memoir by this Dutch antiquarian bookseller viewing the European trade from 1950 to the present. Illustrated. Very fine, clean copy, without flaw. More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1969), Reprint of the 1818 edition. octavo, cloth. 773 pp. Burt Franklin, A most important work of this 17th and 18th century bookseller, publisher, and writer. Fine. More
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (2002), First American Edition. quarto , maroon boards in dust jacket. 432 pp. Thames and Hudson, The definitive history of commerce in the middle ages. Includes 8 pp. on books and booksellers. Very fine in a fine dust jacket which is not price clipped... More
Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, (1995), First Edition. small octavo, pictorial boards. xiv, 188 pp. St. Paul's Bibliographies, In this collection of essays, nine leading authorities in the history of the book trade present the evidence to show that across many generations the men who set themselves up as booksellers (defined..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Riviington, 1889, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with author and title stamped in gilt, brown coated endpapers. xii, (342), (ii), followed by 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Riviington, "The first chapter addresses bookselling before Caxton. Little information is available about..... More
(London): The Bibliographical Society, 1977, large quarto, blue cloth. (346) pp. The Bibliographical Society, Four volumes reprinted in compact form in one volume. Unrevised reprint of the original volumes: 1577-1640, first printed 1910; 1641-1667, first printed 1907; 1668-1725, first printed 1922; 1726-1775, first printed 1932. Information pulled together from different..... More
London: British Library, 1993, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 206 pp. British Library, 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..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2007, Paperback reprint of the first edition, with corrections. octavo, printed wrappers. 324pp. Oak Knoll Press, The antiquarian book trade-- the last resort of the English eccentric--is rich in colorful and entertaining characters. Since 1991, Sheila Markham has been interviewing some of its most influential..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2007), First Edition. octavo, black boards and cloth in dust jacket. xviii, 493pp. Yale University Press, In 1450 very few English men or women were personally familiar with a book; by 1850, the great majority of people daily encountered books, magazines, or newspapers. This book..... More
Cleveland: World Publihsing Company, (1960), First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Wolf and Fleming. octavo, brown and black buckram over bevelled boards, in slipcase. (618) pp. World Publihsing Company, The fascinating biography of this important American bookseller written by two men who had worked for him. The..... More
Alabama: House of Collectibles, 1976, First American Edition. large octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. House of Collectibles, All contributors are, or have been, connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After the introductory sections, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters..... More
Boston: Houghton Miffliin Company, 1923, First American Edition. octavo, light green boards and dark gren calf. T.e.g. (xxxvi), 282 pp. Houghton Miffliin Company, The 1923 edition contains more illustrations than the editions of 1924 and 1927. Edited and with an Introduction by Thomas Moult. Illustrated with 16 colored plates after..... More
(London): Pushkin Press, (2016), First Edition. small octavo, maroon boards in dust jacket. 253 pp. Pushkin Press, A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic. In Browse, Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, (1970), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. viii, 632pp. Hill & Wang, Illustrated. The story of the auction houses that reflected the changing tastes in art, antiques, and books in America: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Parke-Bernet Galleries, and the larger-than-life personalities..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 220pp. Simon & Schuster, "Dr. Ettinghausen's memoirs are more than the story of an exciting and very long life; they are part detective sotry, part adventure, and all true. For his career and his passion have been..... More
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, (1995), First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. Oak Knoll Press, In "The Company We Kept" Barbara Kaye told the story of how the old established antiquarian Book firm of Elkin Mathews survived the war years after evacuation to rural Essex in 1939..... More
Montclair: Allanheld & Schram, (1978), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 209pp. Allanheld & Schram, Chapters on book hunting, book collecting, the books they caught and the ones that got away. Very minor foxing to jacket. More
New York: Henry Holt, (1996), Reprint. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 584pp. Henry Holt, "The passion to possess books has never been more widespread or popular than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness is an..... More