Search Results: Rare Books (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 452 pp, plates, ills. An "excellent study" according to John Feather in A Dictionary of Book History. From the blurb: "Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed form of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. At their zenith in the later seventeenth century, they sold at a rate of 400,000 copies a year. They were read by many people who read little else, and the works of Shakespeare and Jonson, among others, have numerous references to them. Dr. Capp's fascinating book is the first to study their history in depth. It is full of vivid detail, and shows clearly how relevant they were to almost every aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, political. As well as being a powerful force in revolutionary times, they played a central part in spreading scientific progress and medical learning, and in the development of popular journalism and printing. Possessing some of the… Read More

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 452 pp, plates, ills. An "excellent study" according to John Feather in A Dictionary of Book History. From the blurb: "Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed form of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. At their zenith in the later seventeenth century, they sold at a rate of 400,000 copies a year. They were read by many people who read little else, and the works of Shakespeare and Jonson, among others, have numerous references to them. Dr. Capp's fascinating book is the first to study their history in depth. It is full of vivid detail, and shows clearly how relevant they were to almost every aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, political. As well as being a powerful force in revolutionary times, they played a central part in spreading scientific progress and medical learning, and in the development of popular journalism and printing. Possessing some of the… Read More

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 452 pp, plates, ills. An "excellent study" according to John Feather in A Dictionary of Book History. From the blurb: "Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed form of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. At their zenith in the later seventeenth century, they sold at a rate of 400,000 copies a year. They were read by many people who read little else, and the works of Shakespeare and Jonson, among others, have numerous references to them. Dr. Capp's fascinating book is the first to study their history in depth. It is full of vivid detail, and shows clearly how relevant they were to almost every aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, political. As well as being a powerful force in revolutionary times, they played a central part in spreading scientific progress and medical learning, and in the development of popular journalism and printing. Possessing some of the… Read More

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 452 pp, plates, ills. An "excellent study" according to John Feather in A Dictionary of Book History. From the blurb: "Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed form of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. At their zenith in the later seventeenth century, they sold at a rate of 400,000 copies a year. They were read by many people who read little else, and the works of Shakespeare and Jonson, among others, have numerous references to them. Dr. Capp's fascinating book is the first to study their history in depth. It is full of vivid detail, and shows clearly how relevant they were to almost every aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, political. As well as being a powerful force in revolutionary times, they played a central part in spreading scientific progress and medical learning, and in the development of popular journalism and printing. Possessing some of the… Read More

Faber and Faber, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 452 pp, plates, ills. An "excellent study" according to John Feather in A Dictionary of Book History. From the blurb: "Apart from the Bible, almanacs were the most influential and widely dispersed form of literature in Tudor and Stuart England. At their zenith in the later seventeenth century, they sold at a rate of 400,000 copies a year. They were read by many people who read little else, and the works of Shakespeare and Jonson, among others, have numerous references to them. Dr. Capp's fascinating book is the first to study their history in depth. It is full of vivid detail, and shows clearly how relevant they were to almost every aspect of life, social, intellectual, religious, political. As well as being a powerful force in revolutionary times, they played a central part in spreading scientific progress and medical learning, and in the development of popular journalism and printing. Possessing some of the… Read More

Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, London, sale dates: 13-14 June 1979 and 11-12 June, 1980. 2 vols, boards, small 4to,. 256 and 169 pp, numerous plates, some coloured. 553 lots. Lots are collated, provenances given, and many lots are extensively annotated. From the introduction to the Catalogue : "The collection is primarily of English literature, with emphasis on the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The few excursions outside that range are exceptional books and manuscripts. Almost all that Houghton acquired is of superlative quality and interest, frequently the kind of item that causes one to be astonished that it should even exist. For example, of just over seventy-five Short-title Catalogue books appearing in the first part of the sale, more than a dozen are either unique, or the only known perfect copy, or the only one yet remaining in private hands. Among many notable manuscripts are long runs of letters and manuscripts of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning...There are also… Read More

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. A trifle rubbed, otherwise near Very Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Very Good.

Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, first edition, 1937. Cloth, title-page in red and black, 8vo,. vii, 349, [3] pp. The standard bibliography on breviaries. Part I : Breviarum Romanum Part II : Orden (Canonici Regulares, Ordines Monastici, Ordines Mendicantium, Ordines Militares) Part III : Diozesen. Indexes by title, date, publisher or printer, and place of publication. Booklabels of J R Abbey and Lloyd Kenyon on the front pastedown endpaper, signed and dated by Kenyon in pencil on the front free endpaper, which also carries the small stamp "Bibliothek H. Klemm", old waterstaining to lower edge of textblock and many lower margins, with minor staining also to fore-edge of textblock and accasional fore-edge margins, agetoned, spine ends a trifle rubbed, otherwise Good.

Gale Research Co., Detroit, new edition, 1967 reprinting with additional material the 1864 edition published by H. G. Bohn.. 8 vols, cloth, spines decorated. 8vo, 23 cm,. over 3,300 pp. Approximately 50,000 entries. Still one of the most useful references for old books published in the British isles. An attractive reprint edition. "Arranged alphabetically by author, with many title and catchword entries. Lists about 50,000 works, giving for each: author, title, place, date, size, with occasional notes as to rarity, value, editions, reprints, etc., and often records of prices at various 19th-century sales. While the prices shown are now only of historical interest, and there are some inaccuracies, the work remains useful for other information. The title and catchword entries are sometimes helpful in verifying citations not easily located in other catalogs." - Balay An ex-library set with small numbers on the spines, library labels and dockets on the front endpapers and stamps on the… Read More

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Near Fine.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Old price-sticker on front pastedown endpaper, Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Very Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Covers a little rubbed, pencil notes on ront endpapers, otherwise Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1970 reprint of second edition, 1854. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 593 pp. Approximately 1,750 entries. Includes details of books circulated privately and not sold to the public. Spine slightly rubbed, otherwise near Very Good.

Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 25th and 26th November, 1974. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 170, [2] pp, numerous plates (including some folding). Lots 3086-3388. Among the highlights noted were the following: Thomas Ravenscroft's Pammelia, 1609 and Other Collections of Music; Chapman's Bussv d'Ambois, 1608; Dekker's the Magnificent Entertainment, 1604; the First and Second Shakespeare Folios; and a Prompt Copy of Shirley's the Maides Revenge, 1639; Anglieri's the Decades of the Newe World, 1555, and de Novo Orbe, 1612; Sir Richard Whitbourne's Discovery of New-Found-Land, 1620; and Thomas James's A Strange and Dangerous Voyage, 1633; Robert Recorde's The Whetstone of Witte, 1557; the First English Treatise on Algebra; Hugh Rhodes, Stans Puer ad Mensam, J. Redman, Before 1540, the Only Known Copy; Whittinton's Vulgaria, Wynkyn de Worde, the 1524 and 1533 Editions; Fitzherbert's The Booke of Husbandrye, c. 1555, the Only… Read More

Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 26th- 27th November, 1973. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 156 pp, numerous plates (including some folding). Lots 2222-2541. From the introduction: "The present catalogue introduces the first sale of the new series of printed books from the Phillipps collection... A few lots may be singled out for special mention: the only known copy of a broadside with ballads by Nicholas Breton and Thomas Deloney; the fine and complete copy of the 1532 Chaucer in seventeenth-century calf (lot 2383); the first edition of Endimion and Phoebe, perhaps one of only two complete copies to survive (lot 2446); the copy of Matthew's Bible, 1537, from which the Evesham Abbey were singing the Magnificat at Evensong on 20th January, 1539 when the royal commissioners interrupted the service to expel the monks and appropriate the monastic buildings and property; the leaves of copy for an edition of James I's verse translation of the Psalms, marked up by… Read More

Sotheby's, London, unillustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 24th & 25th November, 1975. Yellow printed wrappers, small 4to,. 86 pp, several facs. Lots 3557-3864. Among the highlights noted were the following: Literature, including Nicholas Breton, Englands Selected Characters, 1643; John Donne, Biathanatos, c. 1646; Abraham Cowley, the Mistresse, 1647; Richard Brome, Lachrymae Musarum, 1650; John Evelyn's Translation of Chrysostom, the Golden Book, 1659, and Robert Armin, the Valiant Welshman, 1663 Travel and Navigation, including Richard Boothby, a Breife Discovery of Madagascar, 1646 and J. A. Colom, Lighting Colom of the Midland-Sea, 1679 Americana, including Edward Johnson's a History of New-England, 1654 and John Locke's Copy of John Josselyn, an Account of Two Voyages to New-England, 1674; Miscellaneous Subjects, including Cressy Dymock, an Invention of Engines of Motion, 1651; John Dury, the Reformed Librarie-Keeper, 1650; John Hill, a Penny Post, 1659; a… Read More

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 24th & 25th November, 1975. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 86 pp, one plate, several facs. Lots 3557-3864. Among the highlights noted were the following: Literature, including Nicholas Breton, Englands Selected Characters, 1643; John Donne, Biathanatos, c. 1646; Abraham Cowley, the Mistresse, 1647; Richard Brome, Lachrymae Musarum, 1650; John Evelyn's Translation of Chrysostom, the Golden Book, 1659, and Robert Armin, the Valiant Welshman, 1663 Travel and Navigation, including Richard Boothby, a Breife Discovery of Madagascar, 1646 and J. A. Colom, Lighting Colom of the Midland-Sea, 1679 Americana, including Edward Johnson's a History of New-England, 1654 and John Locke's Copy of John Josselyn, an Account of Two Voyages to New-England, 1674; Miscellaneous Subjects, including Cressy Dymock, an Invention of Engines of Motion, 1651; John Dury, the Reformed Librarie-Keeper, 1650; John Hill, a Penny Post, 1659; a Discourse of the… Read More

Maggs Bros., London, bookseller's catalogue, 1930. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 256 pp, map, 20 plates, many ills. 113 items. Includes towns of: Austria, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, England & France. Folding map of 15th century printing places. Wrappers stained, head of spine worn with slight loss, acknopwledgement slip tipped-in.