A bibliographical introduction to the study of John Locke.
New York: Burt Franklin, [1968]. Reprint of the 1930 edition, 8vo, pp. 134; spine slightly faded, else fine in original cloth gilt. More
Bibliographies
Lijst van Nederlandse woordenlijsten en woordenboeken gedrukt tot 1600
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1974. 8vo, pp. 104; Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica Volume IV; fine in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Reprinted from De Gulden Passer 1971. 355 items listed--chiefly polyglots--with collations, locations and notes. More
Lijst van Nederlandse woordenlijsten en woordenboeken gedrukt tot 1600
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1974. 8vo, pp. 104; Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica Volume IV; fine in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Reprinted from De Gulden Passer 1971. 355 items listed--chiefly polyglots--with collations, locations and notes. More
Bibliographisches verzeichnis der deutschen vokabulare und wörterbücher, gedruckt bis 1600
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1977. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 256; text printed from typescript; original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; fine. More
Nathaniel Hawthorne: a descriptive bibliography.
[Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, 478, [1]; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; very minor rubbing to extremities, otherwise fine in original blue cloth. More
Travels in the new south. A bibliography.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1962]. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 267; xiii, [1], 301; 8 illus. in text; a very fine set in dust-jackets. Volume I: The Postwar South, 1865-1900: An Era of Reconstruction and Readjustment; Volume II: The Twentieth-Century South, 1900-1955: An Era of Change, Depression..... More
The first Paris press. An account of the books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472.
London: printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1898 for 1897. First edition, 4to, pp. vi, 100, [1]; frontispiece illustration, ornamental headpiece and initial, 10 full-page facsimiles in the text, and printer's device at the end; a fine, uncut copy in somewhat later natural linen over tan paper-covered..... More
Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library at Wormsloe, Isle of Hope Near Savannah, Georgia.
Mansfield: Maurizio Martino, n.d., [2000]. Reprint limited to 150 copies of the privately printed catalogue of 1931; 3 vols., 8vo, frontispieces and a few facsimiles in the text; orig. green cloth, gilt lettered spines; fine set. The most important existing collection of historical and literary material relating to Georgia as..... More
A sinologist's handlist of Sino-Tibetan lexical comparisons
Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 1986. First edition, 8vo, pp. 186, [4] ads; fine copy in original printed green wrappers. More
A bibliography of the works of Ernest Hemingway.
New York: Random House, 1931. Edition limited to 505 copies, this one of 500 numbered copies; 8vo, pp. 116; folding facsimile frontispiece, full-page facsimiles throughout text; very good in original moiré-patterned black cloth-covered boards, light wear to extremities, lettered in gilt on spine. More
Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode. Description des suites, recueils, séries revues et livres français et étrangers relatifs au costume civil, militaire et religieux, aux modes, aux coiffures et aux diver accessoire de l'habilement, avec une table méthodique et un index alphabétique
Paris: Librairie René Colas, 1933. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 2 volumes, large 8vo; title-page vignettes; a handsome copy in contemporary black morocco spines with raised bands and blue marbled paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt on spines, t.e.g., the original printed wrappers and spines bound in; some light wear..... More
A bookman's catalogue. The Norman Colbeck collection of nineteenth-century and Edwardian poetry and belles lettres in the special collections of the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1987. First edition; 2 volumes; 8vo; pp. xxxii, [2], 502; viii, 1059; fine in original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. More
A bookman's catalogue. The Norman Colebeck Collection of nineteenth-century and Edwardian poetry and belles-lettres in the Special Collections of the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Press, 1987. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxxii, [2], 502; viii, 503-1059; portrait frontispieces, very fine in orig. blue cloth gilt. Bibliographical descriptions and collations, some with extensive annotations, on the works of nearly 400 poets and literati of the period. Compiled, with a...... More
George Gissing: A bibliography.
Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, [c1975]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 129; near fine in the dustjacket. Gissing's oeuvre in 2 parts: titles published during his lifetime and those published after his death; each entry with detailed publication and bibliographic information. More
George Meredith: a bibliography.
University of Toronto Press: 1974. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 290-[292], fine copy in the jacket. Supercedes that of Buxton Forman of 1922-24. More
The annual of bookmaking.
[New York]: The Colophon, 1928. 4to, pp. [10], plus 25 unpaginated sections of varying length produced by 25 different printers; decorative title-p. designed by Rockwell Kent and a profusion of facsimiles and illustrations throughout; a very good, bright copy in original half light blue cloth stamped in black and silver..... More
Johnson's dictionary. Bibliographical survey, 1746-1984. With excerpts for all entries
[Terre Haute, Indiana]: Dictionary Society of North America, 1984. First edition, first printing, slim 8vo, pp. xiii, 97; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original red printed wrappers, decorative border; top of spine very lightly chipped, else a fine copy. Bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian..... More
Currier & Ives prints: an illustrated check list. Updated by Colin Simkin.
New York: Crown Publishers, [1975]. Revised edition, second printing; 8vo; pp. xx, 300; illustrations throughout; very good copy in original dust jacket with some crease tears. More
Bibliography of the writings of Charles Dickens, with many curious and interesting particulars relating to his works.
London: Frank Kerslake; and Paisley: J. & J. Cook, 1879. First edition, thin 8vo, pp. 88; frontispiece illustration and frontispiece vignette; contemporary pebbled maroon cloth, black morocco label on spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g.; extremities worn with corners showing and spine ends chipped away, the covers a little scuffed, the..... More
Mystery fanfare. A composite annotated index to mystery and related fanzines 1963-1981.
[Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1983]. First edition, 4to, pp. [4]; very good in original red cloth-backed blue cloth. Review copy with slip laid in. More
Vermont imprints before 1800: an introductory essay on the history of printing in Vermont with a list of imprints 1779-1799.
Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1937. First edition; 8vo; pp. xxxii, 133; fine in original green cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine. More
A catalogue of the Altschul collection of George Meredith in the Yale University Library. With an introduction by Chauncey Brewster Tinker.
Privately printed: 1931. Edition limited to 500 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, tall 8vo, xvii-[xviii] & 195-[197]pp., complimentary slip tipped in at front free endpaper; original quarter black cloth over marbled boards, top of spine cracked and slightly frayed, corners bumped and rubbed; a good, sound..... More
Il "Dyskolos" di Menandro: un saggio e una bibliografia
Siracusa: Instituto Nazionale de Dramma Antico, [1963]. 8vo, pp. 69, [3]; text in Italian; gray printed paper wrappers; corner lightly bumped, wrapper edges a bit sunned, very good. The Dyskolos is Menander's only play. No copies in the US, five in Europe in OCLC. More
American medical imprints, 1820-1910. A checklist of publications illustrating the history and progress of medical science, medical education, and the healing arts ... Foreword by James Tait Goodrich
Totowa & Fairview, NJ [and] London: Rowman & Littlefield [and] Junius-Vaughn Press, 1985. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 2 volumes, 4to, pp. 860; 25, [1], 861-1654; fine in original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. Standard bibliography. Bookplates of Jacob Chernofsky. GM..... More
Bibliotheca Indosinica. Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a la peninsule Indochinoise
New York: Burt Franklin, [1967]. Large 8vo, 5 volumes in 3, reprint of the 1912 first edition, 8vo; near fine in original maroon cloth, spines gilt. More
