New York: Arco, (1978), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 200pp. Arco, The state of modern antiquarian bookselling in England with chapters on collectors, a history of the trade, auctions, the book thief and trends and "fashionable interests." Illustrated. The back panel of the dust jacket reproduces Ronald..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1911, First American Edition. octavo, red cloth stamped in gilt. xviii, (491)pp. Little Brown & Co, With a bibliography by W. H. Peet. From the author's Preface: "My reason for offering this work is that no one else has attempted to write an adequate history..... 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 York: The Grolier Club, 2013, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 200 pp. The Grolier Club, Published in connection with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club March 28-May 24, 2013. Guglielmo Libri (1803-1869) represents an extreme form of bibliomania. He was born into one of the oldest families of..... More
London: Bibliographical Society, 2000, First Edition. large thick octavo, dark blue cloth. xlviii, (676)pp. Bibliographical Society, This dictionary attempts in nearly 2,200 entries to cover all workers in the various branches of the Dublin book trade until the Act of Union in 1800. All grades of workers from apprentice to..... More
Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1997, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. St. Paul's Bibliographies, A feschrift in honor of Robin Myers, book historian and editor. Includes a fascinating compilation of monographs on the history of the book: "A binding with the arms of the Stationers' Company" by David Pearson;..... 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
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (2007), First Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. x, 388 pp. Clarendon Press, Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without author's consent, and his taste for erotic..... 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
Ann Arbor: Arbor Libri Press, 1995, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 146 pp. Arbor Libri Press, If you've ever wondered about the people who run Ye Olde Bookshoppe or the guy who sells the fantastically expensive Audubon prints, you're likely to have some of your questions answered in..... 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
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
(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 Castle: Oak Knoll, 1991, Second Edition. octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 224pp. Oak Knoll, The story of the firm of Elkin Mathews, Antiquarian booksellers. "We read about the occasion when the notorious T. J. Wise found himself more forged against than forging; about Mr. Muir's disastrous libel..... More
(London): Sheila Markham Rare Books, (2014), First Edition Limited to 500 copies. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Sheila Markham Rare Books, 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..... More
(New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2001), First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (96)pp. Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Frontispiece and one other illustration. A terrific catalogue and a welth of information. Separately printed price list laid in. A very fine copy. More
Catalogues 7 and 8 from Joseph the Provider, Catalogue 82 from The Phoenix Book Shop, Parke-Bernet Galleries Sale 2247. The first three have a few annotations and markings by Margie. The P-B auction catalogue contains a set of tear sheets from another copy of this sale containing the William Faulkner..... More
Amsterdam;: N. Israel, 1963, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 348 pp. N. Israel, Henry Stevens of Vermont was one of the greatest booksellers of the nineteenth century. James Lenox and John Carter Brown were among his clients. He sold modern English books to the Smithsonian Institute and new..... More
May 21, 22, 23, 1928, octavo, orig. printed wrappers. 207pp. Anderson Galleries rare book auction sale number 2276 offering 1,439 lots. PART FOUR ONLY. Slight wear, dusty. More