(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
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
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
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
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
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 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: 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
Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1972, Facsimile. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (92)pp., plus ads. Oxford Bibliographical Society, With an introduction by Graham Pollard. A facsimile of the copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. A fine copy. More
New York: Walpole Galleries, 1915, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. (40)pp., stapled. Walpole Galleries, This is the first book auction catalogue of The Walpole Galleries, November 12, 1915. 300 lots offered. McKay 7603. Vertical fold through center. Wrappers dusty and with two tiny chips to back wrapper, penciled notation..... More
London: Sotheby's, March 30-April 1, 1993, quarto, pictorial boards. Sotheby's, Sammlung Rudolf von Gutmann : including Chinese School watercolours in two albums containing fine landscapes and interiors (c. 1790), Melchior Pfintzing 'Teuerdank' printed on vellum (1517), and the Talman Albums c. 1720. Illustrated in black and white and a few..... More
New York: House of El Dieff, (1971), quarto, printed wrappers. House of El Dieff, Lew David Feldman rare Book Catalogue containing 71 items each described in detail and illustrated. Very fine. More
London: Sotheby & Co., August 18-19, 1941, quarto, printed green wrappers. 97 pp. Sotheby & Co., Sotheby rare book and manuscript auction catalogue. Thompson's library contained more than his well-known collection of illuminated manuscripts. This sale upon the death of his wife, contains fine early illustrated books, superb 16th and..... More
Boston: C. F. Libbie & Co., March 8 - 10, 1898; March 29-April 4, 1898, octavo, both parts bound together in boards and cloth with the blindstamp "Mercantile Library Co." along the side. viii, 182; 211 pp. C. F. Libbie & Co., 4,153 lots. McKay 4754; 4762. "Although he never..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2009, small quarto, black boards in dust jacket and slipcase. Gibbs Smith, A celebration of bookselling in paintings and with independent voices. The Art of the Bookstore is romantic, poetic, charismatic, and enduring, and independent booksellers around the world thrive on creating this unique culture..... More