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597 Fifth Avenue, New York.: Scribners., 1937. No date; advertised elsewhere 1937.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Spine ends and corners bumped, w/ fray to boards. Minor surface blemishing. Age-toning to page borders.. 1 52 p. Black cloth over boards with mid-cover horizontal gold overlay front and back decorated title box. 28 cm. B&W half-tone prints, facsimiles. Clean "Memoranda" pages at back. A retail catalogue for collectors with prices included for offerings, good at date of publication. Works include authors, composers: Agricola, Browning (both), Bach, Beethoven, Boyle, Brooke, Bryant, Carroll, Cellini, Conrad, Cook, Copernicus, Curtis, Darwin, Donne, and others.

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1994. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Varied Illustrators.. 1 Cloth over boards. Gold Spine titles. 74 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. Annually for Children's Book Week, the story of children's books in America is retold in a recognition poster, and each year the poster is designed by one of the illustrators whose profession it is to bring stories for children to life visually with their drawings, paintings, cartoons. Represented here is their artwork.

Stratford-on-Avon / New York.: Shakespeare Head Press / Houghton MIfflin., 1927. Printed in Great Britain.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Small chip from top of spine, wear to edges; piece of marbled paper missing as from a prior sticker. Inside very nice.. 1 22 p. Paper covered boards, cream and red / cream marble; deckled edges right and bottom; A Biographical Note on the Author, Pages v-x, by whom is not clear, "V M D"; followed by the lead title (first appearing 1807). Specimen of the Art begins on Page 11: "L'Allegro, A Poem. By John Milton". Edward Copleston was a rector's son, born 1776, a scholar at Oxford, then a tutor, professor of poetry, provost, dean, (various schools) and Bishop of Llandaff. He died in 1849. His "Advice" piece utilized wit in an era when reviewers were being especially cruel (biographical notes).

Boston.: Atlantic Monthly Press., 1919. Author copyright 1918. "Preface to the Second Edition" 1919.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Sturdy. Top block gilt dulled. Spine soiling. Corners bumped. Pages clean.. 1 373 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Ribbed light brown cloth over spine; brown paper over boards. Paste-on title box, spine. Color frontispiece caricature: Thackeray, Dickens. Early 20th century volume with varied illustration plates and facsimiles. Primarily text. "Essay Introductory" by author at "Oak Knoll", Daylesford, Pensylvania, April 7, 1918. Contents: Book-Collecting abnropad and at home; Old catalogues, new prices; "Association" Books and First Editions; and more. Numerous authors noted in text.

New York / London.: R. R. Bowker., 1972. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Few library markings.. 1 Lime cloth over boards. Gold titles, front, spine. 471 p. 24 cm. General/trade. 1972: Ardizzone; Bemelmans; Brown; Bulla, Burton; Carlson; Clark; Cleary; Coatsworth; De Angeli; De Jong; De Trevino; Duvoisin; Emberley; Ets; Foster; Gates; Geisel (Seuss); Gramatky; Hader; Hamilton; Haywood; Henry; Holling; Hunter; Judson; Keats; Konigsburg; Krauss; Lawson; Lenski; Lester; Lewis; Lindgren; Lionni, McCloskey; Milhous; Norton; O'Dell; Politi; Prieto; Rey; Sendak; Seredy; Tunis; Ward; White; Wildsmith; Wojciechowska; Yates.

Columbus OH.: Charles E Merrill Literary Texts / Bell & Howell., 1970. 3rd printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Vertical front cover creasing. Minor cover and page block soiling. Half-inch closed tear, top spine.. 1 Trade paperback. 610 p. Audience: General/trade. African American Studies / American Studies / Anthology. Contents by category of writing and by author within style groupings: Essays; Poetry; Fiction; Drama. In 1970 when this was first published, many colleges and some high schools had begun offering Black Studies and this collection was a resource. General readership also had a lot of catching up to do. Selections are by numerous authors. Editor Turner was from the University of Michigan.

Stanford CA.: Stanford University Press., 1999. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Page block moderate soiling. Clean text pages.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Audience: General/trade. Literarature series tandem, setting two texts by two authors on facing pages, to be read. Influenced by the end of the Cold War, by globalization, advances in communication technologies, and shift in funding from federal government to transnational corporations. Richart, Mabel (Translated by).

New York.: Book League of America / Blue Ribbon Books., 1942. Dedications: Thackeray 1852.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Lower spine minor damage: Cooper, Plato. Light reading wear. Nice shelf appearance.. 7 7 volume set. 442-521 p. Black cloth over lightly flexible boards; silver titles and floral spine decoration; front blind-stamped publisher icon. 20 cm. Deckled side page block. Favorite Works: Cooper, James Fenimore (The Last of the Mohicans, The Spy); and, Dickens, Charles, with 1868 Preface by (A Tale of Two Cities, The Cricket on the Hearth, American Notes); and Plato w/ Jowett, B, translated into English by, and Whitman, Willson, Preface by (Best Known Works: The Republic, The Symposium, and many famous passages); and Poe, Edgar Allen, Preface by (The Best of the Famous Tales and Poems); and, Scott, Sir Walter (Including Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, The Lay of the Last Minstrel. and other poems); and Thackeray, William Makepeace, Author Dedication 1852, (including The History of… Read More

New York.: Avenal / Crown Publishers., 1981. This, 1st print, "a" in print line. 1950 Farrar, Straus Co. ©.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light blemishing, as a useful and entertaining book should have.. 1 First edition. Red durable vinyl over boards. 668 p. Indexes. 24 cm. Audience: General/trade. Acquisition and preservation of books for some is a thirst, a fever, a lifelong pursuit in which some volumes are even read and reread. This is a thorough examination of books, of bibliomania, of the pleasures and challenges in reading, its history. And for some, permission as in the sport of fishing, to "catch and release", this bookseller's fervent activity. There is much to learn herein about books, no matter what one's collecting activity.

Cambridge: The Harvard College Library: Distributed by the Harvard University Press, 1992. Wraps. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor sun-fade lines on back cover. Gray-brown card stock covers w/ stamped silver and black titles.. Stinehour, Roderick (Design and production), and Stafford, Rick Photography by).. 0 1 v. (unpaged); 31 cm. B&W photos of books and pages. 2, 550 copies of the book have been printed at the Stinehour Press, in the Northeast Kingdom, at Lunenburg, Vermont.

New York / Dublin.: H. W. Wilson Company., 1996. 17th edition.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Near very good. No dust jacket as issued. Library markings, lower spine, and 1st free end paper, from which top right 2x4-in section cut away; Library ink stamps remain.. 1 Red cloth over boards. Silver titles, spine & front. 1373 p. Standard Catalog Series. 26 cm. Comprehensive list of fiction and non-fiction books and magazines for children preschool through grade 6, with review sources and professional aids for children's librarians and school media specialists. Annual supplements followed this edition.

Oxford University Press. Illustrated.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. nice neat copy. 0 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 136 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

New York.: The Typophiles / The Princeton University Library., 1964. One of 2100 copies, 750of which were for this publisher.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Interior fine. Light surface blemishing, front lower cover. Minor top page block soiling.. 1 First edition. Bound in black cloth; stamped in gold; brown cloth shelfback, stamped in gold. Sepia photos and facsimiles. 114 p., 19 cm. Typophile chap books; 39. Typophile Chap Books; 39.. Collectible Limited Edition Memoir. Pynson Printers. Working title: "Elmer Adler: Apostle of Good Taste". He was "a proud, modest man", a self-taught printing perfectionist who never learned to set type. He was a teacher, educator, collector, printer, publisher, editor, curator, held in high esteem. Reprinted here: Elmer Adler's informal talk "On Books and Book Collecting, " delivered at colleges during his 1953 western tour.

Hanover NH.: Howe Library Corporation., 2003. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Trade paperback. 194 p. B&W photos. Color photos, artwork, back cover. Front photo portrait: Emily Howe, 1885. Audience: General/trade. Local Hanover, NH, public library history on its 100th year, noting long lists of librarians, trustees, and responsive community service. Emily Howe had become the 2nd wife to Hiram Hitchcock, hotel proprietor, who had earlier established the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in memory of his 1st wife. Emily Howe's father, Benjamin P Howe, had owned a bookstore and bindery in Hanover. Author Patricia Wood Eckels had been Howe Librarian 1967-1987. Hanover is the home of Dartmouth College in west central New Hampshire along the Connecticut River.

Pleasantville NY.: Reader's Digest Association., 1972. First edition. Edition not stated.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light reading and handling wear.. 1 Brown vinyl material over spine with off-white buckram cloth over boards. Jacket in red, white, blue. 799 p. 24 cm. Each story is formatted with a red title, the author's name and country (mostly American and British), a bold facsimile author signature, and the text following with a red drop cap. Nine of the selected stories have been condensed because of their length, as listed on copyright page. Text is readable and well-spaced between lines. Biographical Notes are near the book's end, alphabetically. The order of the titles seems random but titles are easily found using the Contents list. The durable volume is of higher quality materials, well-bound, with a serviceable light protective jacket.

New York.: George W. Stewart., 1940. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Bookplate: Presented to the Free Public Library, Watertown, by the Personal Book Shop, April 1940.. 1 Blue cloth over boards. Black spine titles. 64 p. 20 cm. Pen&Ink artwork. Stitched binding. A short, compact book about books. Dedication: "To those who have a book and want more". Resourcefulness in book storing, displaying, shelf sizes, bookplates, bookends.

New York.: A.C. Armstrong and Son., 1891. 4th edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. On 1st free end paper: "Ellen P. Jones, Smith College, Oct. 3, 1890". Page borders damp stain to Vol. II. Sturdy. Tight.. 2 2 volume set. 445 and 446 p. Brown pebbled cloth over boards. Darker brown sealed spine title boxes, gold titles, "Literature of Europe". Single column text format. 2-col. contents and footnotes format. Index, Vol. II. Volume I and Volume II w/ Preface to the First Edition plus shorter Advertisement to the Fourth Edition, "different editions in the years 1842, 1847, 1853". Originally 4 vol. set. Including: pre-15th c., materials, printing, literacy, universities, languages used, theology, poetry, philosophies, political philosophies, sciences, drama, etc.

Berkley Prime Crime., 1998. 2nd printing.. Trade paperback. New. Remainder mark.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 358 p. Audience: General/trade. Mystery Fiction Reference / Pop Culture: Subtitled, "The best mystery writers cross-referenced by your favorite books, movies, and TV shows". Some special sections: Cops; Private Eyes; Legal Thrillers; Psychological Suspense; Historical Mysteries; Romantic Suspense; Capers & Criminals; Amateur Sleuths; Reporters, Writers, Filmmakers; Sci-Fi / Horror Mysteries.

Garden City NY.: International Collectors Library., 1946. Publisher's Series.. Hard cover. Fine.. 1 356 p. Blue-green leatherette covers over boards, decorated w/ gold graphics, front and spine. 22 cm. Five Books in a single volume, first published in 1834. Bulwer-Lytton was a 19th century author of novels, plays, and poetry.

New York.: Oxford University Press., 1943. Likely 1st; Publisher's "Holiday Greetings" card tucked in.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Slipcase slightly blemished, but sturdy.. Chapman, Frederick T. (Illustrated by).. 1 First edition. Buckram tan cloth over boards w/ brown titles, decorations. Near fine dark blue paper-clad slipcase w/ paste-on rear title box. 95 p., [8] leaves of B&W photo plates: detailed Pen&Ink drawings, end paper maps; 22 cm. An account of early World War II bombings of England's literary landmarks. Excellent quality materials, include near sepia-toned B&W photos.