Books and Bookmen

This is one of the rare "Large Paper" printings, published in 1886, marked #75 of 100. The boards are in very good condition with some minor soiling and bumps to corners. The two black 'B's' on the spine have faded. There is a ribbed spine. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers have some browning with age, otherwise the pages are bright… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). First pocket edition. Green cloth binding with gilt spine. Top page edge gilt. Small bump to lower edge of both boards, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. . Overall condition… Read more about this item

NY: George J. Coombes. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly toned and soiled.. 1886. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, numbered and signed by Coombes on limitation page. Light green paper-covered boards with printed spine label. Index. Illustrations. Many pages uncut. A collection of bibliophilic essays by the Scottish author and folklorist of The Blue (and… Read more about this item

Longmans, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The boards are worn and marked.Gift inscription to a well known Wits academic figure Ellison Kahn.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

NY: George J. Coombes, 1886 177pp, bound in blue cloth, binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout, with the frontispiece retaining the tissue guard. Light foxing to front cover and endpapers, insect nibbles inside back cover, bookplate for "William & Katharine Barbour". Includes *Literary Forgeries *Parish Registers *Bookmen in Rome *Bibliomania in France *Bookbindings … Read more about this item

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. Hardcover. Good. 1887. No edition remarks. 148 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover Presentation Copy (from the publisher), with scuffed but unbruised tips, foxed endpapers and embossed publisher's stamp at title page, unobtrusive; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Rough-cut page edges, and with learned and lively essays… Read more about this item

Ny, Coombes, 1886 First edition 177 pages. Illustrated. Contents include Literary Forgeries, Bookmen in Rome, Bookbindings, A Bookman's Purgatory, Parish Registers, Bibliomania in France, Elzevirs, Some Japanese Bogie-Books, A Ballade of the Unattainable. A very good copy with wear to the spine ends as shown, to small spots to the top edge of the front cover, interior clean and tight.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887.. 1st edition. Essays and verses. Contents: 1.Elzevirs; 2.Ballade of the Real and Ideal; 3.Curiosities of Parish Registers; 4.The Rowfant Books; 5.To F.L.; 6.Some Japanese Bogie-Books; 7.Ghosts in the Library; 8.Bibliomania in France; 9.Old French Title Pages; 10.A Bookman's Purgatory; 11.Ballade of the Unattainable; 12.Lady Book-Lovers. Pp.148, 18 illustrations, minor spotting to half-title… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1887. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 148 pages, green cloth, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, foxing; ex libris Katherine E. Wheeler, with her bookplate, and initials on half-title. This is the first printing, with the later-suppressed chapter, "Curiosities of Parish Registers". Includes "Ghosts in the Library", "Literary Forgeries"< "Lady Book-Lovers", "A Bookman's Purgatory", "Elzevirs",… Read more about this item

New York: George J. Coombes, 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt on blue covers. 8vo, 177 pages. Corners bumped and spine ends worn. Contents fine.

IndyPublish, 2002-01-29. Paperback. Good.

London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1887. Spine extremities frayed. Internally quite clean throughout. Full-page illustrations through the text. 148pp.. First English Edition. Green Cloth. Moderate Edge and Corner Wear./No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover. Good. 7x4x0. London and New York, 1892. Blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; edges worn heavier at spine ends; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown; spotting to endpapers; interior is clean and unmarked; 177 pages.

Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Second edition! :D The cover is worn and rubbed with each of the corner edges being slightly bumped. The top and bottom edges of spine are bumped. Inscriptions from previous owners on the front end page leaf and the half-title page, with a sticker on the back end… Read more about this item

Dodo Press, 2007-06-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

Book. Good. Binding see description. London/New York, 1892. x,177pp. 19 illus. Cloth.*Contains chapters like: Some Japanese Bogie-Books, Ghosts in the Library, Literary Forgeries, Bibliomania in France, Lady Book-Lovers etc. 0.

Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang: A New Edition. Hardback, 1892, illustrated, published by Longmans, Green & Co., London & New York, 177 pages + x. Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/8" by 5" by 5/8". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering and emblem to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Chipping to spine edges, tear at base of spine to rear outer… Read more about this item

London, England: Longmans, Green & Company. VG+/NONE. 1887. Hardcover. VG+, ffep has paperclip indentation and small abrasion that has left a hole in the paper. Bookplate of Louise Adams Easton affixed to front pastedown. Easton was a noted Northern Californian. ; Very nice copy. ; 8vo .

IndyPublish, 2002-01-29. Paperback. Used:Good.