Census of Venture into Verse by Henry Louis Mencken
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1972. Second edition; 8vo; pp. 22; fine copy in red paper wrappers. Detailed census of the then 42-known copies of H. L. Mencken's rarest book. More
Books on Books
An informal talk by…
[Los Angeles: printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at The Plantin Press], 1953. First edition, 16mo, pp. [2], 44, [1]; original cream cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper spine label; fine. The first annual public lecture on books and bibliography. More
Bookbinding: a living art
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. Oblong 4to, (approx. 9" x 12"), pp, 48; photographic text illustrations; original tan paper covers, bookplate of John Howell - Books, original printed wrappers; generally fine. In a brown cloth clamshell box lettered in gilt on spine. A catalogue for an exhibition of..... More
Bookbinding: a living art
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. Oblong 4to, (approx. 9" x 12"), pp. 48; photographic text illustrations; original tan paper covers, original printed wrappers; generally fine. A catalogue for an exhibition of the same name featuring 139 items, 29 of them with full descriptions and biographies of the artists..... More
Book collecting
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
The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J.R. Abbey.
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
The painted page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550
[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
The book-hunter at home
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
Arkansas imprints.
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
American book-plates. A guide to their study with examples
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
Vietnam subject index catalog. Research files of the engineer agency for resources inventories and Vietnam research and evaluation information center bureau for Vietnam
[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
Popular French romanticism. Authors, readers, and books in the 19th century.
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
Printing with the handpress
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
Printing with the handpress. Herewith a definitive manual...to encourage fine printing through hand-craftsmanship
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
W. S. Gilbert: an anniversary survey and exhibition checklist with thirty-five illustrations.
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
The eighteenth century. A current bibliography for 1974.
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
The eighteenth century: a current bibliography. n. s. 3 - for 1977.
New York: AMS Press, 1981. 8vo; pp. [10], 318; fine copy in original green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
Charles Clinch Bubb and The Clerk's Press.
[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
Archivo de Marinha e Ultramar
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
Spelling books
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
A catalogue of books relating to the English language in Swedish libraries
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
Bibliography and historical linguistics
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
The first six years of the James Russell Wiggins Lectures
Worcester, Mass. American Antiquarian Society, 1984-88. 6 volumes, 8vo, all in original printed wrappers of varying color; generally fine throughout. From the library of Kim Merker On Native Ground: From the History of Printing to the History of the Book, by David D. Hall; American Printing: The Search for Self-Sufficiency..... More
A society's chief joys: an exhibition from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society.
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
The Cortlandt F. Bishop Library.
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
