More burs under the saddle. Books and histories of the west.
[Norman, OK]: [University of Oklahoma], [1979]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 182; fine copy in dust jacket. More
Bibliographies
The American controversy. A bibliographical study of the British pamphlets about the American disputes, 1764 - 1783.
Providence: Brown University Press, 1980. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxx, 536; [8], [537]-1102; original red cloth stamped in gilt on spine; fine set. More
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
H.L.M. The Mencken bibliography.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, [1961]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 367; 8 illus. on rectos and versos of 4 plates; jacket slightly rubbed, else fine. 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
European Americana: a chronological guide to works printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1776. Volumes 1 and 2 only
New York: Readex Books, 1980-1982. 2 volumes, 4to; original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, some shelf wear. This set spans the years 1493-1650. At head of title page: The John Carter Brown Library. More
Dakota imprints, 1858-1889
New York: for the Bibliographical Society of America, by R.R. Bowker Co., 1947. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 221, [1]; fine in original green cloth. Bibliographical accounting of 773 titles, indexed and cross-referenced. Includes books printed in both North and South Dakota. 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
N. C. Wyeth: the collected paintings, illustrations, and murals. With a foreword by Paul Horgan and an introduction by Richard Layton.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. 4to; pp. 335; illustrations throughout in color and b/w; very good copy in pictorial jacket. 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
W.S. Gilbert. An anniversary survey and exhibition checklist with thirty-five illustrations
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Bibliographic 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; Inscribed by Allen to Herbert Cahoon, with compiler's insciption on front free endpaper, typed letter from..... 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
The eighteenth century. A current bibliography for 1973
Iowa City: The University of Iowa, 1974. 8vo, pp. 445-851; Philological Quarterly vol. 53, number 4; extremities lightly soiled, else a very good copy in original beige printed wrappers. 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
Notes on printers and printing in the provincial towns of England and Wales
Oxford: printed for private circulation by J. Vincent, 1878. 8vo, pp. 12; self-wrappers; ex-Harpur College Library with withdrawn stamp on front, an accession slip removed from inside on the final blank, rubberstamp marked withdrawn on the last page of the text, and a small hole in the last blank; all..... More
English grammars written in English and English grammars written in Latin by native speakers.
Leeds: for the author by E.J. Arnold & Son, [1965]. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 4to, xxviii & 118-[120]pp., stain on endpaper; very good in orig. blue cloth. With annotations, collations and locations. Vol. I in the compiler's great Bibliography of the English language ... to the year 1800..... 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
A bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800. Volume three (part two). Punctuation, condordances, works on language in general, origin of language, theory of grammar
Menston, Leeds: printed for the author by Scolar Press, [1971]. Edition limited tyo 500 copies, 4to, pp. xii, 66; near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
A bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800. Volume eighteen, part III: Military & Naval, Arts & Sciences
Otley: published for the author by Smith Settle, 2005. First edition limited to 500 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, fine in original blue cloth, gilt. The second volume consists of facsimiles. One of the more useful of the later volumes. The entire work 21 volumes in 40, including supplements and the..... More
A bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800. A systematic record of writings on English, and on other languages in English, based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world.
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
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
Education and language-teaching
Leeds: Printed for the Author by The University of Leeds, [1972]. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xii, 75; numerous facsimiles; light wear to extremities with some scuff markings, else a very good sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Ten in the compiler's great "Bibliography of..... More
