Booksellers' Catalogues from Wykeham Books

J.W. McKenzie, Ewell, bookseller's catalogues, undated but c.2013-2020. 19 vols, laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. some illustrations, sometimes including some in colour. Typically about 850-1250 items per catalogue. A good group of catalogues from the longest-established cricket specialist, principally offering books but with miscellaneous memorabilia also appearing. Several catalogues in the group are focussed on particular topics, such as Tours,… Read more about this item

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, January, 1905. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 109, [5] pp. 1125 items in main numbered sequence. Wrappers slightly darkened at edges, otherwise Near Very Good.

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1872. Printed self-wrappers, 8vo,. 8 pp. An uncommon survival of a separate catalogue devoted to books wanted. No other copy located of this one, although the Library of Congress appears to have otehrs similar and Quaritch catalogues of the period include mention of other Desiderata catalogues numbered '2' and '15'. … Read more about this item

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, March, 1905. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 56, [18] pp. 348 items in main numbered sequence. The selection from the library of H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge comprises items 250-348. Wrappers slightly darkened at edges, faint vertical crease to catalogue, otherwise Near Very Good.

Lucien Goldschmidt, New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1959. Illustrated self-wrappers, 4to,. 16 pp, ills. 68 items. Wrappers slightly creased, horizontal fold to catalogue, otherwise Good.

Maggs Bros, London, bookseller's catalogues, 1925. 2 vols, printed wrappers, small 4to, ,. 276 pp, frontispiece and 44 plates + 272 pp, frontispece and plates 45-88. 997 + 998-1948 items, Wrappers a little soile and creased, namestamp on front wrapper of Part I, contents Good.

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, January 1894. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 74 pp. 1152 items. Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn (1814-1892) was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician who was MP for Swansea for 37 years. Some minor spotting, slight loss to spine-ends otherwise Good.

Bernard Quaritch Ltd. London, bookseller's catalogue, July 25 1871. Printed self-wrappers, 8vo,. 16 pp. 242 items. Joseph Lilly was a leading London bookseller and major supplier of items to the British Museum. Following his death in 1870, most of his stock was sold in a series of lengthy Sotheby sales the following year; the first of these… Read more about this item

Bernard Quaritch, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 8th and 9th April, 1879. Printed self-wrappers, 8vo,. 58 pp. 715 lots. Faint vertical crease to catalogue and slight edgewear, upper fore-edge corners of last few leaves darkened (perhaps singed), spine-ends torn with slight loss, otherwise Good.

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, June, 1903. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 112, [2] pp. 297 items in main numbered sequence. Wrappers slightly darkened at edges, tiny closed tear to upper egde of first few leaves, contents otherwise Near Very Good.

Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, booksellers' catalogue, 1974. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 124 pp, numerous plates, colour frontispiece. 85 entries. Indexed. The first item is the Duke of Devonshire's copy of the Jenson Pliny, on vellum, 1472. Two small marks to wrappers, otherwise Near Fine.

Charles B. Wood III, Inc., So. Woodstock, bookseller's catalogue, 1972. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 44 pp. 393 items. Covers mildly duststained, otherwise Very Good.

Maggs Bros, London, bookseller's catalogues, Christmas 1925. Illustrated wrappers, small 4to, 21 cm,. 326 pp, 76 plates. 662 items. Italy provides roughly half the incunables, followed by Germany with about a quarter and a good number also from France. The bibliographies of incunabula comprise items 465-662. The illustrations are principally of the books but include also 5 full-page photographs… Read more about this item

Librairie Sourget, Chartres, booksellers' catalogue, 2000. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 4to,. 616 pp, many colour plates. 251 items. A minor bump to the upper fore-edge corner of the front board, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. List of prices laid in.

Bernard Quaritch Ltd. London, bookseller's catalogue, 1997. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 68 pp, ills (some colour). 44 items. An attractively-produced catalogue with interesting content. Good.

Robert H. Dodd, New York, bookseller's catalogue, February 1915. Printed wrappers, small 8vo,. 25 pp. Approximately 150 items. This catalogue follows an earlier (undated but 1913) catalogue issued by the firm of Dodd & Livingston and compiled by Luther S. Livingston, which offered a near-complete set of Swinburne's first editions and the autograph manuscript (of A Midsummer Holiday) for… Read more about this item

H. P. Kraus, New York, booksellers' catalogue, undated but c.1969. Illustrated printed wrappers, 4to,. 36, [2] pp, 68 ills (chiefly facs of title-pages). 70 items. Informatively annotated. With a subject index. wrappers slightly faded, otherwise Very Good.

Bernard Quaritch Ltd. London, bookseller's catalogue, 1998. Illustrated laminated wrappers, 8vo,. 80 pp, colour plates. 55 items. Upper fore-edge corners slightly creased, otherwise Good.

William H. Schab Gallery, New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1966. wrappers bound in, 4to, 29 cm,. 144 pp, numerous ills (some colour). 134 items. The highlights noted comprised: The Cronycke van Hollandt, 1517; Durer's 'Little' Woodcut Passion in bookform and his three theoretical works in first editions; A virtually unique Book of Hours printed by Pigouchet in Paris, 1504;… Read more about this item

Pierre Berès, Paris, bookseller's catalogues, n.d. [but 1955-1957]. 2 vols in 1, later blue cloth (original printed front wrappers bound in at end), gilt spine-title and top edge gilt, small 4to,. unpaginated catalogues, [180] + [248] pp, numerous ills. 691 + 345 entries. From the library of the bookbinding historian A R A Hobson (with 'Hobson' written… Read more about this item