New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. octavo, blue boards and black cloth. 160 pp. Oak Knoll Press, A. Edward Newton (1864-1940) was a major figure in the book-collecting world of the early twentieth-century not only for his extensive library (some 10,000 volumes) focusing on the 18th and..... More
(New Castle, DE; London): Oak Knoll Press; British Library, 2012, First Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. (xviii), 382 pp. Oak Knoll Press; British Library, The essays in this collection trace texts from their creation and printing through to their publication, dissemination, and collection. In doing so, they show..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2016, Ninth Edition, completely revised and reset. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, With additional information and illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
Norman: Univ of Oklahoma, 1994, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 184pp. Univ of Oklahoma, A detailed analysis of forgery detection in the field of historical letters and documents. Based on Kenneth Rendell's 35 years of experience in buying, selling, and authenticating letters and documents, the book shows in..... 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
Henley-on-Thames: Aidan Ellis, (1991), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 176pp. Aidan Ellis, A history of the library told through the highlighting of its acquisitions during five different periods from its Beginnings, 1320-1598, to Two Great Catalogues, 1665-1700, when acquisitions from the age of exploration included Oriental masterpieces as..... More
Houston: Book Hunters Club of Houston, 2021, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 232 pp. Book Hunters Club of Houston, "My essays and escapades span over thirty years of rare book hunting--an exciting journey that is ongoing. Many of my friends are rare book people, and much of my free time..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2004, First Trade Edition. quarto, blue and green cloth in dust jacket. 208pp. The Grolier Club, Published to accompany an exhibition of Grolier Club Library treasures running from May 12 through July 31, 2004, this is the first detailed illustrated overview ever attempted of the..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 318pp. Harry N. Abrams, From the dust jacket, "The extraordinary range of objects housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is revealed for the first time in this sumptuous volume. Treasures of the Library..... More
New Caste, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2006, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 352 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Less well-known of Grey is that we he..... More
London: Studio Vista, (1971), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 144pp. Studio Vista, Beginning with the earliest printed books, Quayle discusses novels and romances, poetry, drama, science and medicine, travel, natural history, early children's books, detective fiction and a miscellany of specialized fields. There is a chapter on..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1987, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. vii, (70)pp. Library of Congress, Limited to 1,500 copies. Part of the Engelhard series sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Originally presented on October 2, 1985 as an Engelhard Lecture on the Book. Ward..... More
Washington, D.C. Center for the Book, Library of Congress, (2000), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. ix, (3), 155 pp. Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Preface by John Cole. Arranged in three major sections: Introduction on the field of book history; How to Locate and Use Sources including information..... More
(Exeter): University of Exeter, 1972, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (56)pp. University of Exeter, Illustrated. Leofric was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. He was a bibliophile, and collected many manuscripts; some of these he gave to the cathedral library, including a famous manuscript of poetry, the Exeter..... More
Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1966, First Edition. duodecimo, wrappers. 24pp. Peacock Press, Thompson reflects on his autograph collecting. Very fine. More
London: British Library, 2005, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Based on the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library in November 2004, this book looks at the impact of women's educational projects on female reading and book collecting in the royal courts of the 18th century. With..... More
London: British Library, 2004, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xxxvii, 266pp. British Library, Benjamin Disraeli was of the opinion that he was born in a library. The library was reputed to have held about 25,000 tomes, and belonged to his father, Isaac D'Israeli, a prolific and popular author..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1974, First Edition. One of 500 copies printed. octavo, wrappers. 48pp. New York Public Library, Illustrated with four photographic plates of title pages and Ornamental vignettes from various books. A lawyer and CEO of General Electric, Young was collecting in the 1920's, "Young built..... More
Concord, NH: The Century Co., April, 1921, large octavo, pictorial wrappers. The Century Co., In this article Arnold discusses his love of association copies and describes his favorites from his library. Wrappers dusty, 3" tear to corner of front wrapper repaired on verso with tape, bottom inch of spine chipped..... More
Tucson: Univ of Arizona Press, (1986), Second printing. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 95pp. Univ of Arizona Press, "John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflect the man and his intellectual passions." The quotations are grouped..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, small octavo, wrappers. (viii), (293)p. Oxford University Press, First Printing of this Edition for which Julian Symons has provded an Afterword in which he considers what A.J. might have done had he survived after the war. A most entertaining biography of this founder of the..... More
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ Press, (1993), First Trade Edition, wrappers issue. quarto, wrappers. (xiv), (150)pp. Texas Christian Univ Press, David Farmer chronicles Marcus' early fascination with books during his Harvard years, his founding of the Book Club of Texas, his friendship with J. Frank Dobie and his working relationship..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1968, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 22pp. New York Public Library, An exhibition catalogue commemorating the gift of Quinn's correspondence and other autograph material given to the New York Public Library after Quinn's death by his niece and goddaughter, Mary Anderson Conroy. The catalogue includes..... More