(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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1992, First Edition. octavo, boards. 178pp. Oak Knoll Press, In this collection of essays, leading scholars investigate the interaction between authors, publishers, booksellers, readers, and regulatory bodies in England and France across three centuries, and show the key role that the book trade --..... More
Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, (1993), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 227pp. Cornell Univ Press, From the jacket: "A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to the office of court censor himself, Ben jonson embodies the contradictions..... More
(London): Fontana Press, (1997), octavo, wrappers. (xxiv), 440pp. Fontana Press, "Robert Darnton's work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past. His latest book vibrates with the strange political and literary energies of ancient regime France. The..... More
Boston: Godine, (1992), First printing of this edition. octavo, wrappers. (xxii), (324)p. Godine, In his preface Perrin defines bowderlization as the practice of leaving things out to make books "decent", and lists a host of distinguished text- cutters: Noah Webster, Bulfinch of the Mythology, Brewer of the Supreme Court, Meilson..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970), Reprint. octavo, cloth. xii, 390pp. Burt Franklin, Illustrated. A history of censorship in England particularly as it was applied to the dramatists and literary figures of the 16th and 17th centuries. Very fine. More