350 black and white pages list discription and price for hundreds of the most popular books of 1932 , many with photo illustration. this origional catalog is a survey of books for all ages and the prices of that day View More...
Very nice, clean catalogues which together represent the eighth and ninth portions of a rare book auction held June 4, 1974 and March 25, 1975 in London. Not only are they hardcover and illustrated with photographs (both color and black and white) of the illuminated Hornby Manuscripts of the 9th to the 16th centuries -- a total of 68 in all -- but Volume I shows realized prices inked in, as well as notes that may well be of interest to the buyer. Major John Roland Abby was an important British collector who sold some of his manuscripts porior to his death in 1969. These, of course, were sold l... View More...
Verey nice book -- clean blue-green boards with no bumps and no interior markings, or names. Measures 6-1/2"x9-1/2" and has 85 pages. The auction was held March 22, 1960 in two groupings, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. Only fault is light foxing to reverse of back endpaper. 442 lots in all with books by Poe, Melville, Thomas Wolfe, Walt Whitman, and many other leading literary lights. The books' owner, Arthur Swann, had emigrated from England to work for an American auction house. Later, he organized the rare book and manuscript department for the American Art Assoc... View More...
Very nice catalog featuring pink and grey cover with strong graphic at face. Clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. Measures 6-1/4"x9-1/2" and contains 98 pages featuring 477 lots. Some photo illustration in black and white in addition to descriptions for each work. Sale was held January 26, 1954. Fine bindings were the order of the day, but collection also included illustrated art books of merit. Binders represented include Pierre Legrain, Jacques-Anthoine Legrain, Paul Bonet, Rose Adler, Therese Moncey, Madeleine Gras and Louise Leveque. View More...
ITEM # 8495 THE ANNUAL OF BOOK MAKING ,1938 BY MANY AUTHORS PUB 1938 BY THE COLOPHON 7 3/4 X 11 HARD BACK EACH SIGNITURE BY A DIFFERENT AUTHOR OR PUBLISHER , BINDING DESIGN BY W.A. DWIGGINS , TITLE PG DESIGN BY ROCKWELL KENT AND SO ON INCLUDES LIST OF 50 BOOKS OF 1938 OF NOTABLE DESIGN BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN BRIGHT , NO MARKS OR TEARS NOT EX LIB. COVER VERY GOOD , NO DJ AS ISSUED [ SKILLS ] View More...
A very clean three volume set of auction catalogs for one of the most outstanding book auctions in modern times. Absolutely a treasure trove of information with much description and photographs, including a fold-out. Best of all, these copies have the realized prices penned in beside each item by former owner for a total of 861 pieces! Impossible to list all, but a sampling includes Harry Crosby and the Black Sun Press, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Robert Frost, Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac -- the list goes on and on. Astounding depth and includes ephemera ... View More...
ITEM # 8451 THE COLOPHON A BOOKCOLLECTORS QUARTERLY PUB 1932 BY THE COLOPHON LTD. NY HARD BACK PART 11 OF A SERIES , CONTAINS II ARTICLES ON ASPECTS OF BOOK COLLECTING INCUDING , " THE EARLY WORKS OF BRICE ROGERS " " A PRINT COLLECTORS NOTES " " WRITINGS OF ETHAN FROME AND 8 MORE A LONG LIST OF EDITORS INCLUDE BELLA DA CASTA GREEN , DARD HUNTER , ROCKWELL KENT AND 19 OTHERS BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT COVER SHOWS SOME SOILING [ 3RD FL RM 1 ] View More...
Nice, clean magazine which t this time had a a print run of only 1500 copies per month. Great vintage ads. Includes articles about sci-fi author Otto Binder (with photos), an interview with John Goldwater, Leonard Darvin, & Dr. Frederic Wertham, Our Gang comics, a nostalgic look at the Pep Comics and more. View More...
Very clean soft cover -- no defect of note. Measures 8-1/2"x11" and has 133 pages. Provides a complete listing of Native Amercan books and resources in the library's collection for both children and adults, including fiction, nonfiction and reference, plus periodicals, pamphlets, microfilm, cassettes, filmstrips, films and videos. View More...
ITEM # 6493 A MAGNIFICENT FARCE AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK - COLLECTOR BY A EDWARD NEWTON PUB 1921 BY ALANTIC MONTHLY PRESS 255 PGS 6 X 8 1/4 HARD BACK THE STORY OF A LIFE TIME OF BOOK COLLECTING , THE PEOPLE , CHARACTORS AND BOOKS HE MET ALONG THE WAY . DECKLE FRONT EDGE , GILT TOP EDGE B&W ILLISTRATIONS TEXT BRIGHT COVER SHOWS MINOR WEAR OWNER BOOK PLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER [ 3 RD FL , ROOM 1 ] View More...
These little magazines are revered by collectors and members of the Miniature Book Society which was launched by Ruth Adomeit and other like-minded bibliophiles. Adomiet lived in Cleveland, Ohio and at her time was the largest collector of miniature books in the world. The collection was bequeathed to Indiana University upon her death in 1996. Here we have the coveted first year's output -- all four magazines. In these pages, which measure 3-1/4"x4", are many topics including: how to define a miniature book; Le Petite Oiseau Press; Japanese miniature books; books about miniature books; Life Ma... View More...
Two very nice, clean books, tightly bound with no names or writing. Designed without dustjackets. Onlt fault is slight darkening to outer side edge of front board on volume II. Comprises n extended bibliography based on the studies of Oswald Seidensticker and Wilbur H. Oda. Volume I covers the period between 1728 and 1807 and Volume II 1808-1830. 1245 pages. Reference material. [LIT ] View More...
ITEM 7745 THE PIONEER AMERICANISTS GRAFFANGINA , AUSTIN , PTOLEMY , DUNNIGAN 2017 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 10 1/4 X 13 1/4 HARD BACK BEAUTIFUL OVER SIZE BOOK NEW IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP [ANT. &COL .SHELF] View More...
Crisp, clean book with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Pristine inside and out, inc;luding jacket which shows one small tear to upper back and no price-clip. will arrive in brand new mylar. A fresh perspective on the historical progress scholars have made in determining the authentic text of William Shakespeare.Also shows the "radical and widespread revisions" in Shakespeare's prose and poetry by his earliest editiors in the 18th century.86 pages. [ LIT ] View More...
Very nice, clean book with just a touch of wear to upper front corner. Nice title box label on spine and the original bill of sale laid-in made out to the previous owner whose name is stamped on the front pastedown. He also stamped the date he bought it and then across the gutter on the front free endpaper he stamped the day he let it go. There's also evidence of an erasure there and a stamp on the title page which says Editioral Library Johnson Reprint Company. Book is a corrected and expanded second edition covering various subjects and from different countries. There are also indices at ... View More...
Very elegant booklet, designed with a simple beauty. Only 400 of these ran off the press in 1965, so they aren't turning up everywhere. What caught my attention is how relevant the subject is in today's resurgence of fine presses and small-run books and booklets. Blumenthal was the founder of The Spiral Press, a historian, a designer, and a fine printer. The booklet has a white card cover and its own grey dustjacket, both of which are pristine. It measures 5-1/4"x8" and has 19 pages of text. This is a wonderful addition to a collection of books about books. View More...
Collectors of Bessie Pease Gutmann will find this clean, atractive catalogue (no names or writing) very helpful for identifying her work and where it appeared. This includes her entire ouvre -- published prints, illustrated books, postcards, magazine illustrations, commercial (advertising) art, Christmas cards, and the "Gutmann Colonials." There's also biographical info, a collectors' checklist and more. Measures 5-1/2"x8-1/2" and has 74 pages including eleven illustrations in black and white. View More...
Crisp BRAND NEW book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. An illustrated study of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, a highly regarded English private press revered for the qaulity of its offerings. The author was able to access a "remarkable array" of images of the Printing House, many of which are newly discovered and never before studied. Surprisingly, much of Walpole's Printing House remains. View More...
Crisp, clean book which appears brand new. Oversized at 12-1/2" tall and 11-1/4" wide. Book is beautifully designed with a cut-out magnifying glass which shows the attractive blue boards beneath. Much illustration with saturated color throughout. Covers the beginning of the genre and Arthur Conan Doyle; pulp fiction, Dashiell Hammett and Erle Stanley Gardner; detective comics; Agastha Christie; Diletttante Detectives, Ellery Queen, and Raymond Chandler; Peepers and Mickey Spillane; and further suspects. 196 pages. View More...
ITEM # 6593 THE BOOKLOVER'S REPAIR MANUAL BY ESTELLE ELLIS , WILTON WIGGINS , DOUGLAS LEE PUB 2000 BY ALFRED KNOPF 117 PGS 8 1/2 X 10 1/2 HARD BACK A FIRST AID KIT FOR THE HOME LIBRARY EASY TO FOLLOW . DIRECTIONS FOR MANY COMMON REPAIRS ILLUSTRATED WITH 65 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BOOK IN AS NEW CONDITION . [ SKILLS SHELVES ] View More...
