Shadows Of the Old Booksellers

LONDON : BELL AND DALDY, 1865 Publisher's Brown cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 205 x 135 mm approx. xvi + 320 pp. First Edition 1965. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- restoration work. The book has been re-backed by us. Spine cleaned off -re-glued with… Read more about this item

Nico Editions. Used - Like New. 1996. Hardcover. Cloth, octavo, 320 pp. Originally published in 1865 by Bell and Daldy, London. Fine. (Subject: Books on Books).

London : Routledge, 1908. First Edition in this form. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: The New universal library. Physical description: xi, 284p. ; 15cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling --… Read more about this item

Bristol : Thoemmes, 1996. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Single volume only. Series: History of the book trade. Collection 1, the British book trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Physical description: 320 pages. Subject: Publishers and publishing - Great Britain - History 18th century.

Bristol/ Tokyo; Thoemmes Press/ Kinokuniya, 1996., 1996. Hardcover. Reprint: Facsimile of 1865 edition. Large octavo. [4], Facsimile [v], pp vi-xiv, [4], pp 4-320. Book Condition: Near Fine. Publisher's bottle-green cloth with gilt titles to maroon panel to spine and maroon endpapers. A very clean copy indeed which appears unread; no annotation or inscriptions. Part of the "British Book Trade… Read more about this item

London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. original cloth. 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 320 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 389). Excellent sketches of Thomas Guy, John Dunton, Jacob Tonson, Thomas Gent, the Tonsons, Lintotts, Curll, Richardson, Edward Cave, Jack Lackington, etc. Front cover detached and part of spine covering chipped away. Internally fine.

KNIGHT, Charles. SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS. London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. xvi, 320 pages. First edition. Sketches of booksellers and publishers with chapters on Jacob Tonson, Samuel Richardson, John Newbery, James Lackington, and others. Rear hinge cracked b strong, bookplate, some minor edgewear.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 284 pages, no date, also published by routledge & Sons, Ltd. out of London, the book is rolled quite a bit, otherwise near fine condition.

Hardback. 1927. Pref: Stanley Unwin. 301pp 1927. VG .

Bristol: Thoemmes Press/ Tokyo: Kinokuniya, facsimile of 1865 edn 1996. hbk 320pp no dj as issued excellent as new

London : Peter Davis, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Type: Book pp XX, 281. 1st printing. DJ is grubby, with losses to head of spine. 2 edges untrimmed. Internally fine.

London, England: Bell and Daldy, 1865. 1st Edition. Initial letter of each chapter is illuminated in black and white. Previous owner has pasted ex libris label on paste-down endpaper. 299 pages + 21 pages of appendix and index. Title page is slightly darkened. All pages are otherwise clean. Brown cloth binding with gilt title… Read more about this item

Thoemmes Continuum. Used - Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf wear. Very Good. (Subject: History).

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Shadows of the Old Booksellers.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Shadows of the Old Booksellers.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.