London: The Holland Press, 1962. Facsimile of an original 1913 work. Hardcover. Two large quarto (oversized) volumes in red cloth, with gilt lettering to a creme colored spine. Limited to 250 copies. Larger in size than other reprints. Light wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight soiling to spine..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in green binding without dust jacket. Some minor wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Light scuffing to the panels. 225 pages plus 148 black and white..... More
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, Pall-Mall East; and G.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1827. Fourth Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. 3/4 modern brown leather with gilt lettering and 5 raised bands to spine, with 4 ornaments. Dark cloth over boards. Imperial octavo (oversized). Boards are 117/8" by 8 1/2", paper is..... More
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Quarto ( oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dj. Spine of dj slightly faded. 34 p. w/ bibliography and additional pages of tables showing type use over time and by printer, with a further additional..... More
New York, NY: Burt Franklin, 1972. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. xii, 198 p. w/footnotes, index, and 13 appendices of various types of book produced in early Boston. A detailed history of the book trade in this important..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Blue boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Ex-library. Standard stamps and labels, pocket in back. Corners bumped. Missing dust jacket. xxi, 234 p. w/figures, tables, endnotes, bibliographical essay, index. A survey of the change in the..... More
Winchester, UK and New Castle, DE: St. Paul's Bibliographies / Oak Knoll Press, 1997. Second edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Some wear near bottom edge of first free endpaper. lxi, 877 p. w/index. A thorough and detailed bibliography..... More
Eugene OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014. First edition. Trade Paperback Original. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 179 p. w/ color illus., bibliography, several indexes. More
London: Henry Sotheran, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in case (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and jacket. Case has slight wear except for two bumped corners at top front and rear near the foredge. Limited edition 184/250 copiesin a hinged case with a felt covered..... More
New York, NY: Garland, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in red cloth with black lettering to spine. Slight wear to edges and corners. A bit of soiling to covers. Slight foxing to edges of text block. Upper corner of first few pages have a small stain. Small crease on p...... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slight soiling to spine of dj. xvi, 328 p. w/illus., endnotes, index. A study of the often boisterous debate concerning business and politics over the book trade..... More
Purdue University Engineering Experiment Station, 1947. First edition. Pamphlet. Good staplebound softcover with red wrapper. Wear and rubbing along edges and spine with some scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Tight binding. Clean text. Name of previous owner written on half-title page. 218 pages with various book lists..... More
Munich: K. G. Saur, 1995. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. A good number of pages have thin underlining in ink. Name of previous owner on top edge of textblock in ink. 302 p. More
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of board and dust jacket. xvii, 226 p. w/endnotes, index. A look at the development of the American book trade from early European colonialism through the early years of Publisher's..... More
London: Gregg Press Ltd. and the Archive Press Ltd., 1966. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Landscape octavos (standard size). 2 vols. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. An attractive reproduction of a 19th century printer's manual by Johnson (1777-1848), a prominent London printer. More
London: Butterworths, 1980. Hardcover. 1st edition. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of the boards. Dj is scuffed and worn on edges with heavier scuffing on corners and edges of dj. Spotting and scratches on back dj cover. "Review Copy" stamped in red ink on..... More
Eugene OR: Pickwick Press, 2011. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 250 p. w/ bibliography, indices. More
Philadelphia: the author, 1923. Second edition. Paperback Original. Thin. Slight wear to edges and corners of covers and pages. Slight creases to corners of covers. 82 p. w/ order blank page and additional 6 pages of ads. Covers are brownish grey with cursive text on front. Lea worked in the..... More
Paris: Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales, 1936. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Text entirely in French. Paper covers browned and a bit brittele at edges and corners. Some wear and small tears at edges and corners as well. Small stain on spine. Former owner's name stamped discreetly on cover..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1898. First edition. Hardcover in green-blue cloth. Quarto-sized. Light wear to edges of boards with minor scuffing to covers. Pages are lightly browned and a little stiff but not brittle. Jagged fore-edges of pages with some minor tears. 615 pages with illustrations and index..... More
New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover in green cloth binding. Octavo. Both books have lightwear to edges of boards. Bumping to heel of spine of volume 1. Some scuffing to covers of both books with slight bubbling to front cover of volume 2. Page eges of both..... More
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1937. First edition. Oversized softcover with additional paper dust wrapper. Thick quarto (slightly oversized). in blue paper dustwrapper. Head of dustwrapper spine missing a 2 inch by 1.5 inch piece. Faded slightly, more so at edges and spine. Very small tear in..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. A couple old coffee stains to foredge of textblock. Dust jacket has a substantial wrinkle to upper right front. Spotting to flaps of dust jacket. xii, 270 p. w/footnotes..... More
London: Studio Vista, 1973. Photographs by Gabriel Monro. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto-sized (oversized). Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and some light spotting to back cover. Dj has some wear and rubbing along edges with some minor tears and light..... More
St. Gall, Germany: Zolliker and Company, 1948. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Thin squarish ocavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket which has light chipping at edges. Boards slighly bowed. Name of former owner on flyleaf in a calligraphic hand. Bookseller ticket on..... More
