Horatio Alger Books: Published by Twelve Small Alger Publishers by Chase, Bradford S - 2001

581 pages with facsimile imprints and index. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. This edition edited by A Millares Carlo. Limited to 2000 copies this is a reprint of the 1886 edition.The pride of Hispanic American scholars and collectors in the work of the sixteenth-century press of Mexico has found its reflection in a group of special bibliographies and bibliographical monographs of which one customarily speaks in superlatives. Without in any sense lessening the degree of praise accorded the other, it can be said that the greatest among them all is the Bibliografiamexicana del siglo XVIof Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, first published in a splendid volume in 1886. That book declared itself on every page to be one of the most distinguished bibliographical works of the century, a noble tribute to the press whose work it recorded. Its historical discussion of the origins of the press in Mexico move the whole question into the… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 161. Introduction by Thomas Huzella. Sparsely illustrated with a few line drawings. Bound in orange cloth with lettering stamped on spine. Slight offsetting to ffep, else Fine in Fine dust jacket. A birght copy. A chance excerpt: "Yoga is not a religion; it is crystallized truth." An uncommon book.

London / Liverpool: David Nutt / The Liverpool Booksellers' Co., 1899. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. 41 Pp. The Original Printing,1899 Date On Title Page, On Laid Paper, Lacking The Brown Paper Covers But Still String Bound. Lightly Used, Almost No Wear, No Names Or Marks, Short Split At Bottom Of Spine. George Holbrook Jackson (1874 - 1948) Was A British Journalist, Writer And Publisher. He Was Recognised As One Of The Leading Bibliophiles Of His Time. He Was Born In Liverpool. Around 1900 He Was In The Lace Trade In Leeds, Where He Met A. R. Orage; Together They Founded The Leeds Arts Club. At That Time Jackson Was A Fabian Socialist, But Also Influenced By Nietzsche. Later They Separately Moved To London As Journalists. In 1906, Shortly After Arriving In The Capital, Jackson Suggested Founding A Similar Group To The Leeds Arts Club, The Fabian Arts Group. This Eventually Led To A Split From The Fabian Society, Whose Interest Was Economic And Political. In 1907,… Read More

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of America, 1980. hardcover, dust jacket. 6 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 568 pages. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bibliographical Society of America, this retrospective collection of articles seeks to represent, in the broadest possible way, the diverse contributions of the members of the Society to its Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. The pieces demonstrate to the highest degree of excellence - articles of critical importance that have moved forward the art of bibliography. This volume contains 39 articles that strongly suggest that the practice of bibliography in America during the past three-quarters of a century cannot be easily categorized. Instead, the articles range over the entire spectrum of the world of books. An interesting characteristic of the selection is the preponderance of articles concerned with the relationship between books and people - especially with collectors rather than with those… Read More

Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition. Two volumes, cloth bound in near fine condition, spine edges slightly bumped and half titles somewhat browned, but an extraordinarily clean and bright set.. Laid in is a slip stating 'With the Compliments of the Trustees and Family of the late Dr. James Young of Kelly'; xxi, 487 and 598 pages.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 161. Introduction by Thomas Huzella. Sparsely illustrated with a few line drawings. Bound in orange cloth with lettering stamped on spine. Slight offsetting to ffep, else Fine in Fine dust jacket. A birght copy. A chance excerpt: "Yoga is not a religion; it is crystallized truth." An uncommon book.

London: Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Small ink mark on one page. Else fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 136. Index. The Soho Bibliographies. With postcard and invoice signed by the author loosely inserted, as well as a letter to "The Times" asking for help.

London: Mathews & Marrot, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Edges and end-papers foxed, else very good copy/very good. Hand-colored cartoon (as frontispiece) by Max Beerbohm. 8vo. Green cloth. Pp. xiv, 276. Frontispiece portrait. Facsimiles. Index. Hand-colored cartoon (as frontispiece) by Max Beerbohm.

New York: Macmillan, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/frayed and torn. Four 8vo volumes. Blue buckram. A wide-ranging bibliography of all writers up to the beginning of the 20th Century.

New York: Arrow Editions, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Slip-case darkened. Else near fine copy/frayed glassine. 8vo. Paper boards with linen back-strip and printed label. Pp. (ii), 96, (ii). Slip-case. Limited to 500 copies.