The Selection of United States Serial Documents for Liberal Arts Colleges.
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. More
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. xii, 364 pp. H. W. Wilson Company, Ex-library with usual markings and pocket at back. More
Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1973, Facsimile edition. octavo, heavy paper wrappers in printed paper dust jacket. (xxviii), (256)pp. G.E.C. Gads Forlag, With one folding plate. Text in Danish. Study of public libraries and library science. Very tiny chip from wrapper at top of spine, otherwise a fine copy. More
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, (1995), First Edition. quarto, brown boards. xxxviii, 251 pp. D. S. Brewer, The library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contains the largest collection of medieval manuscripts of any college in Great Britain, and one of the most important in the world. A number of known Middle English..... More
Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1887, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. viii, 380pp. Ernest Thorin, Name inside front wrapper. Front and back wrappers in near fine condition. Spine wrapper worn and with a 3" chip missing at the bottom. Wrappers and preliminary pages printed on acidic paper and therefore..... 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
London: The British Library, 2004, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 199 pp. The British Library, In the Publishing Pathways Series. Eight essays on different aspects of "sharp practices" are covered. The authors included are: Alastair J. Mann, Maureen Bell, Christopher de Hamel, Bill Bell, Anthony Hobson, Helen Berry..... More
Columbia, MO: International Library Center, 1969, First Printed Edition. thick quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xiv), 371printed pp. International Library Center, A doctoral dissertation for Columbia University (mimeographed). With two maps and one plan. Bibliography. Index. Printed prospectus and autograph letter, signed from the author laid. Name inside front wrapper..... More
New York: Viking Press, (1983), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Viking Press, More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1986, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 101pp. Library of Congress, From the dust jacket: "In a remarkable feat of synthesis and historical imagination, Needham weaves together the stories of Wiliam Caxton..., of the broadside indulgence he printed, and of the institution he printed..... More
Madison: Univ of Wisconsin Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xiv), (300)pp. Univ of Wisconsin Press, Mathews' career in publishing "coincided with the transition from Victorian to modern literature, a period which literary historians date from about 1880 to 1920...what makes Mathews unique is the role he played in encouraging..... More
Madison, Wisc. Univ of Wisconsin Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (300)pp. Univ of Wisconsin Press, Mathews' career in publishing "coincided with the transition from Victorian to modern literature, a period which literary historians date from about 1880 to 1920...what makes Mathews unique is the role he played in..... More
London: HMSO, 1981, Public Record Office Museum Pamphlets No. 10. oblong quarto, wrappers. (16)pp. HMSO, A manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. A fascinating introduction to this important record. Illustrated. More
New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, (1997), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, (88)pp. Yale Univ Press, This book examines Blake's stupendous achievement by discussing and displaying some fifty works out of the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art. These include a number of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1934, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Little, Brown, Jacket dust soiled and chipped at edges: one small chip at top of front panel, chipping to top of spine not affecting the title, 2" x 3" chip out of back panel. Top edge of pages dusty..... More
London: Mansell, (1999), First Edition. large quarto, red boards with gilt lettering. (687)pp.; (627)pp. Mansell, Two volumes. Volume I: Alberta - Ontario (Toronto: Presbyterian Church in Canada). Volume II: Ontario (Toronto: United Church of Canada) - Saskatchewan Index. The author has researched and compiled a series of inventories of Asia-related..... More
London: British Museum Press, 2002, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 256pp. British Museum Press, The British Museum holds the world's largest collection of bookplates, but only the British and American ex-libris have so far been published. This catalogue, written in German, describes, lists and reproduces over five hundred..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1971), First Printing of the Second Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 294pp. Thomas Y. Crowell, The complete and fascinating story of writing characters. "He has enlivened this history with thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altamira wall paintings; the strange letter to..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1994), Reprint. quarto, cloth. xii, 160pp. Maurizio Martino, Limited to 150 copies of the 1933 edition. Parrish's collection of " Victorian Lady Novelists" was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs..... More
New York: Putnam's, (1939), First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (xvi), 315 pp. Putnam's, Primary binding of red cloth. "...it is the story as exciting as the investigation of a murder, as intricate as a problem in chess - the life story of a self-made man who amassed a fortune and..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 258pp. Princeton University Press, Wrappers issue. Illustrated with 44 plates. A reexamination of Cruikshank' s contributions to 19th century British Society, literary culture as well as political and social culture through satire. Front wrapper caricature of Cruikshank by Ronald Searle. New..... More
Boston: Godine, (1995), octavo, boards in dust jacket. Godine, Illustrated. Expanding ont he work of Evan Gill in The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill: An Inventory, this listing adds more than 180 new items. Notes give the locations, sizes, dates, architects and craftsmen. Appendices list Pupils or Assistants, 1906-1940; Locations..... 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
La Grange, IL: Colophon Book Shop, 1979, First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. octavo, wrappers. 54 pp. Colophon Book Shop, Material added to the Petersen collection in the five years following EACH IN ITS ORDERED PLACE. Illustrated. More
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1972, Second Reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1866. thick octavo, blue cloth. (xii), (940)pp. De Graaf, Text block fine and clean, light shelf wear to binding. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, Author's third book. More