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New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1896. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. 12mo., green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt titles and decorative seal and gilt spine titles. Untrimmed fore edge. 213pp. including index. An anthology of poems about books. The author also wrote several other titles on books and book collecting. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright gilt. Spine gilt a bit less bright but very clear. Old bookseller's catalog entry on pastedown along with small bookplate. Pages show ususal browning from acidic paper. Very good plus to near fine..

New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth backed boards with gilt spine titles. xiv, 41, (3) 1 of 450 copies LIMITED EDITION. Very fine in the original glassine dust jacket. Jacket shows slight fraying at top of spine and light browning at edges. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. Scarce with the jacket..

New York: Orville A. Roorbach, 1852. Book. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition. 2 Volumes, thick octavo, black library buckram covered boards with gilt spine titles. Three volumes bound as two with the period from 1852-1858 bound together as one volume. pp. 652, 220, 162 plus ads. A general bibliography for books, periodicals, court reports and even prayer books. These volumes are gently ec-library with the markings limited to the first few pages. Otherwise they are very tight, sound and unmarked without tears, creases or stains. Some very light occasional foxing and touches of ancient library dust. Sticker remains on spine of Volume II. Very good..

London: Stanley Paul and Co., (1953). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 200pp. including index. An excellent study of the early history and development of the modern mystery novel. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with tiny bump to lower forecorners, else fine in a crisp, sharp, tight dust jacket with one short closed edge tear and faint dusting and light spine toning. Despite the catalogue of errors these are quite minor and this is a really well-preserved copy. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket..

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 304pp. including extensive index and bibliographical guide for collectors. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates from photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and apparently unread volume in a very tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless..

New York: G.P. Putnam, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black paper covered spine over red paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. 320pp. including appendices and bibliography. The very first edition of this distinguished guide to identification of modern collectible books which went through many printings and editions and was for years the vade mecum of booksellers. Apparently the first state, with the publisher's corrected spine title on a white parchment overlay on spine. A very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with minor fraying at very top of spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Pittsburgh, PA: Unknown, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo., hand printed color illustrated silk over boards. Unpaginated (8 pp. plus colophon). A "study in printing ink" dedicated to typographer and author Arthur C. Gruver and hand signed "Shertzer"(?). A probably one of kind a hand made book with elaborate red and green decorative swag borders and color initial capital. "Not only not copyrighted but we dare anyone to copy it" printed on the copyright page. A whimsical "letter to Santa Claus" apparently printed by one of Gruver's colleagues as a special Christmas gift, it is a fine professional and artistic work. The decorated silf on the boards is hand silk screened in brown and red. The original dust wrapper of tissue has a couple of closed tears but is remarkably still in excellent condition. The book itself is FINE, unmarked and undamaged. Very scarce and perhsps unique. A charming piece of ephemera in the tradition of printer's and… Read More

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1960. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards with white title and spine title. 90 pp. A very tight, clean, fresh bright, unmarked and unread volume. Flawless. FINE. (Without dust jacket)..

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. Small quarto with sand white cloth covered boards and red spine titles. Top edge stained red. 269 pp. including index and appendices. Very generously illustrated througout with over 800 reproductions and facsimile signatures. A tight, clean, bright volume with fresh white cloth and solid top stain, in a clean, tight, crisp, glossy dust jacket with one short closed edge tear, some minor soil to white rear panel and minor edgewear to top of spine. Fine in very good plus dust jacket..

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1953. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Octavo, pale beige cloth covered boards. 35 pp. plus 20 facsimile pages Second Limited Edition following the very limited first edition of the previous year. Copy #235/500 numbered copies. Very fresh, crisp, tight, with bright, unmarked, unblemished and unread. Fine without dust jacket (as issued). New old stock. AS NEW..

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: New Rivers Pr, 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown hardcover. 209 pp. SIGNED and dated BY AUTHOR ANNIE WILCOX on title page. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sparkliing, tight, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW. SIGNED..

New York: Columbia University Press, (1994)., 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth spine over red paper covered boards. 357pp. including index and extensive bibliography and notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. WARMLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. An excellent scholarly examination of the emergence of the popular magazine in American publishing and culture. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp sharp dust jacket. Very slight bump to top forecorners, else fine. Very near fine in very near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed..

New York: Peter Smith, 1929. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Tall octavo, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title. 37 pp. plus 2 page index. A tight, clean, crisp, stiff unread volume with bright gilt, very fresh cloth and unopened pages. FINE without dust jacket (as issued). AS NEW..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small squar quarto, blue cloth covered boards decorated with white lettering and black decoration. Illustrated endpapers. 120pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions of beautiful books, printing and illustration, from manuscripts through modern type. A very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a faint soft crease at top edge. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grolier Club, 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles in matching burgundy red cloth covered slipcase. 258 pp. including index. One of a LIMITED EDITION OF 600. A collection of essays on books and the activities of thie Grolier Club, one of the premier bibliophile clubs in America. Includes lists of publications and exhibitions by the Club over the first 100 years of its existence. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A beautiful copy with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt spine titles in a clean, fresh slipcase. Very inconspicuous traces of glue remains from a bookplate (about the size of a large postage stamp) in the lower inside corner of pastedown, else fine. Very near fine in fine slipcase..

New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries. A very tight, clean, fresh, internally unmarked and apparently unread volume with a solid top stain, in a crisp sharp, very tight, clean fresh remarkably well preserved dust jacket. A couple of small white spots to fron board, else fine. Near fine in a very fine dust jacket..

Seoul: Ministry of Culture South Korea, 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, red stiff wraps (paperback). 168pp. A history and analysis of the creation and development of the Korean national script in Korean culture, literature and daily life. Text in Korean and English. A very tight, square, fresh, bright, crisp, sharp, unread and umarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Scarce..

London: Charles Tilt, 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo. Cloth gold cloth covered boards All edges gilt. viii, 82, 6 (ads). A scarce compilation of engravings from the original plates of Cruikshank's popular satirical illustrations for Smollett, Fielding (including "Tom Jones") and Goldsmith. This copy lacks the very first plate. Otherwise complete the images are all unmarked and without creases or tears. Occasional light foxing or offsetting. 3 plates of the last 10- show dark browning around margins. The binding is painted with a soarse heavy gold color and the hinges have been reinforced (or this is a rebinding). The interior and images are very good to near fine. Uncommon..

La Jolla, CA: Green Tiger Press, 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong small quarto, brown cloth covered boards. 56pp. including bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with vivd tipped-in full color reproductions of noteworthy illustrations from children's books, along with black and white reproductions (not tipped-in). A very carefully and beautifully produced short work on the role of art and illustration in children's books. This copy is in pristine condition, very clean, fresh, bright, tight, unmarked and apparently unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, tight matte illustrated dust jacket (with a full color pasted on plate) with a couple of miniscule barely perceptible edge nicks. Very fine in fine dust jacket..

Vienna: Johann Thomas Trattner, 1795. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 1795-1796. Second improved edition. Two volumes in quarto, original full brown calf. Marbled paper endpapers and marbled edges. 293, 423 pp. With a folding plate (36 cm. x 36 cm.) at the rear of Volume I showing the classifications of knowledge in table form. Volume I is dedicated to "Bibliography" and Volume II (in two parts) to "Literary History" and book collecting. A fascinating early history of book printing and book collecting with reports on auction sales, printers, collectors, libraries and the great collections of the day as well as a history of the development of classifications of scientific knowledge and books thereon with a particular Viennese perspective on the development of book arts throughout Europe. A very tight, sound and generally very clean, bright and unmarked set with mostly very crisp, bright white pages with no tears creases etc. Gently ex-libary with blanked bookplates on… Read More