London: Chapman & Hall, 1910, First Edition. octavo, cloth. xviii, (491)pp. Chapman & Hall, 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 of English bookselling and publishing. Wherever I...... More
Athens: Ohio University Press, (1992), First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (xxvi), 253 pp. Ohio University Press, Aericana dealer extraordinaire who wrote interesting and witty letters to book collecting clients, in the main to Thomas Streeter, and colleagues. Very fine. More
New York: Henry Holt, (1996), Second Printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 584pp. Henry Holt, From the prospectus: "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...... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1951, First Edition. octavo, brown and black cloth in dust jacket. (265) pp. Little Brown & Co, Very minor chipping to top and bottom of jacket spine which is price clipped. A near fine copy of a book most often found in shabby condition... More
(London): The British Library, (1998), Originally published in 1994, now reprinted with a new introduction. octavo, printed wrappers. xiv, 326pp. The British Library, "This handbook will provide a basic reference source for anyone who is concerned with the provenance of printed books and manuscripts. More specifically, its aim is to..... 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, 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
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
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
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
New York: Merwin-Clayton Sales, April 12, 1911, octavo, printed wrappers. 32 pp. Merwin-Clayton Sales, Book auction sale no. 386. 449 lots. McKay 6966. A fine, clean, unchipped copy. More
London: Constable & Company, 1926, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. xii,311 pp. Constable & Company, Extensively illustrated. Ex-Library with bookplate and discreet stamping throughout. Foxing. Cloth soiled with shelf number at bottom of spine. More
New York: American Art Association, May 14, 1915, octavo, printed wrappers. not paginated. American Art Association, American Art Association sale 331 lots. Standard sets in fine bindings, Valentine's Manuals and first editions of Mark Twain and John Kendrick Bangs. McKay 7560. Mckay location symbols penned to the upper edge of..... More
London: Sotheby & Co, June 25, 1974, octavo, printed green wrappers. 154 pp. Sotheby & Co, 256 lots. From the Introduction, "The astonishing range of Sir Thomas Phillipp's collecting interests...has been amply illustrated in earlier sales, and the present catalogue provides further evidence.Besides the raw material of conventional political history...are..... More
New York: American Art Association, February 10, 1903, Limited to 500 numbered copies. octavo, boards covered in printed wrapper with original glassine. American Art Association, 105 lots including Millet, Courbet, Rousseau, Corot, Daubigny, J. M. W. Turner, Delacroix, Pierre Auguste Cott, and more. Illustrated with 52 full page photogravures. This..... More
New York: Bangs & Co., March 10-12, 1902; April 7-9, 1902, octavo, printed wrappers. (100); 91 pp. Bangs & Co., 1,869 lots. McKay 5431; 5449. Nearly all nineteenth-century publications with titles typical to the library of the period: Napolean, Shakespeare, Pierce Egan, Cervantes, Carlyle, a half dozen Samuel Johnson, etc...... More