New York: Putnam, 1995. First edition, 8vo, as new in the jacket. By the authors of Collected Books: The Guide to Values. This volume updates an earlier edition, and while the bulk of the volume is an extensive price guide to author's first books, it also contains an essay on..... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1969]. First edition, 4to, pp. xliv, 187; 80 illustrations; near fine in original gray cloth, dust-jacket. 63 manuscripts catalogued. The first catalogue of Abbey's Italian manuscripts. More
[New York]: Prestel, [1995]. First American edition, large 4to, pp. 272, [2]; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. Issued in conjunction with the joint exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art, London and the Pierpont Morgan Library..... More
London: Philip Allan & Co., [1922]. Second edition, revised and limited to 500 copies, 8vo, pp. 275; frontispiece, black & white photographic plates; beige cloth-backed paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt; extremities worn and soiled, inscription on front free endpaper has been eradicated, overall a good copy. More
New York: published for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1947. First edition, 8vo, pp. xx, 236; near fine in original maroon cloth. With a two page foreword by Thomas W. Streeter. Besterman III, 5199. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 437, [1]; extensively illustrated with American bookplates; original blue cloth, gilt title on spine and upper cover; spine a touch faded and spotted, ownership stamp of C. R. Hathaway on front free endpaper; generally very good. More
[Washington D.C.]: Engineer Agency for Resources Inventories, 1970. 4to, pp. [14], 288; extremities a bit creased and soiled, 'CORDS information center' stamped on upper cover with a number in ink; very good in original grey printed wrappers. More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1981. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 290, [2]; illus.; fine in original blue cloth, dust jacket with light edgewear. Review copy with slips laid in. More
New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold Company, [1969]. 4to, pp. 75, [3]; Reprint of The Allen Press limited edition; near fine in original decorated brown cloth, in worn and chipped dust jacket. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., [1969]. 4to, pp. 75, [3]; printed in blue and black; 10 illustrations plus other decorations and initials; near fine in original pictorial brown cloth, without the dust jacket. Reprint of The Allen Press limited edition. More
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1963. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 82, [2]; frontispiece and 34 illustrations in the text, many being full-page facsimiles of printed or manuscript materials; near fine in original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Descriptive entries and biographical essays to..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1975. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 711-1107; fine copy in original purple cloth, gilt spine. Part of Philological Quarterly, Volume 54 - Number 4, Fall, 1975. More
New York: AMS Press, 1981. 8vo; pp. [10], 318; fine copy in original green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
[Toledo & Kent, OH]: University of Toledo & Kent State University, 1986. Edition limited to 500 copies, 8vo; pp. [52]; title-page within decorative border ala Morris; a near fine copy in original gray wrappers printed in black, marred only by a few scuff marks. An exhibition catalogue and bibliography describing..... More
Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1907-1909. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. xi, [5], 402; [4], 487; plain text illustrations and maps; later half dark brown calf over cloth, gilt spine in 6 compartments, original printed wrappers bound in; edges a bit scuffed, some foxing and discoloration, most heavily to last few..... More
Bradford: for the author by Ernest Cummjns, [1967]. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xvi, 277, [1]; very good in original blue cloth. With annotations, collations and locations. Vol. IV in the compiler's great Bibliography of the English language ... to the year 1800. More
Leeds: Privately printed, 1965. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, [2], 29; printed from typescript; original blue printed wrappers in blue cloth string-tied chemise, upper cover lettered in gilt; discrete manuscript note on upper wrapper, small spot on title page, else about fine. First appeared in 1964 as a typescript catalogue of..... More
Leeds: printed for the author, [1965]-2011. A complete set of one of the finest bibliographical undertakings in the last half century. 4to, 21 volumes in 40 (all published -- volume XXII, Indexes, was meant to be forthcoming, however since the passing of Robin Alston on June 30, 2011 it may..... More
London: Bibliographical Society, 1966. Reprint, 8vo, pp. [181]-191; original olive printed wrappers (a bit soiled), edge worn from handling, bottom right-hand corner of upper cover chipped and dog-eared. Offprint from The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XXI, no. 3, September, 1966. More
Worcester: [1969]. 8vo, pp. 137, original tan wrappers printed in orange, numerous facsimiles throughout. Handsome exhibition catalogue printed at the Stinehour Press detailing rare and early examples of Americana. More
New York: American Art Association, 1938-9. 4 vols., large 8vo; illustrated throughout; original cream wrappers; spines a bit darkened and rubbed, some creases at the corners, overall a very good set with sporadic pencil notations. Rosenbach led the bidding at the sale which included the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible..... More
New York: A.I.G.A., n.d., [1949]. 8vo, pp. [36]; original printed wrappers; slight waterstain at top margins, else very good. The 27th annual "50 Books" awards, this year to such productions as as Calder's Selected Fables, and Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe. Introduction by Merle Armitage. More
London: printed for the Bibliographical Society, by Blades, East & Blades. December, 1899. Small 4to, pp. [4], 77, [1]; later brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; ex-James J. Hill Library, St. Paul, with perforated stamp on title page (withdrawn stamp on verso) and accession numbers on spine. Good and sound. The preface..... More
London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society by Blades, East, & Blades, 1899. First edition thus, 8vo; text printed in double columns; original grey printed wrappers, yapp edges; covers unevenly toned, chips and tears along edges, the largest measuring 1 1/2 inches, none affecting text; interior unopened, near fine. "Printed from..... More
London: The Holland Press, 1963. Reprint of the scare 1909 first edition, pp. xvii, [3], 417; illustrations throughout; near fine in original red cloth, dust-jacket. "This survey of Hebrew books is of fundamental significance to the study of Jewish history, stating as it does the degree of culture, the scope..... More
