1951. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. 8vo, viii, 338pp. Original black buckram stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip. Some very slight bumping to top and bottom of backstrip, light bumping to lower right corner, gift inscription in red pencil to front free endpaper. Very good to near... More about The Scholar Adventurers
1622. London: by W. Stansby, and William Barret, 1622. Folio, [vi lacking initial blank but including portrait and woodcut title], 248 pp. Fine engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne, title within elaborate woodcut border of columns, strapwork, and scrolling vines, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, tex=-0 t within... More about The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry The Seventh
1947. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1947. 8vo, 309, [1]pp. plus color frontispiece and 24 plates in black and white. Original blue buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip, original cream illustrated and printed dust jacket, top edge blue; color frontispiece and 24 plates in black and white at the... More about John Martin 1789-1854: His Life and Works
1945. London: MacMillan & Co., LTD, 1945. 8vo, x, 146, [2]pp. plus frontispiece and 15 plates in black and white. Original black cloth titled in gilt to backstrip; frontispiece from an engraving, with 15 black-and-white plates. Some staining and rubbing to boards, slight bumping to bottom right corner. Signed by... More about The Life of Jonathan Martin, Incendiary of York Minster with some account of William and Richard...
1962. London: Association of Assistant Librarians (Section of the Library Association), 1962. 8vo, [8], 387, [1]pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of black-and-white facsimiles within the text. Owner inscription to front pastedown. Very slight staining to top board, a few passages underlined in... More about An Introduction to Historical Bibliography
1953. London: Association of Assistant Librarians, 1953. Thick 8vo, xii, 370, [1]pp. Original maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of facsimiles within the text. Slightly shelf-cocked, some spotting to edges, uniformly browned. Very good. § First edition. Discussion of the history of printing divided... More about An Introduction to Historical Bibliography
1967. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. Small 4to, xiv, 236pp. Original black cloth stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip, original slate gray dust jacket printed in black and crimson, slate gray endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Jackson and 18 facsimile plates from photographs, drawings... More about Records of a Bibliographer. Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson
1967. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. Small 4to, xiv, 236pp. Original black cloth stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip, original slate gray dust jacket printed in black and crimson, slate gray endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Jackson and 18 facsimile plates from photographs, drawings... More about Records of a Bibliographer. Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson
1968. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem for The Book Club of California, 1968. 4to, 128pp. Original quarter green cloth with decorative paper-covered boards, paper label affixed to backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of facsimiles in sepia tone within the text from drawings and photographs. Original prospectus loosely inserted, bookbinder’s stamp to base... More about Behind the Scenes: Glimpses of Fin de Siècle San Francisco
1899. London, Paris, New York, and Edinburgh: Goupil & Co., Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co., 1899. Folio, [10], v, 216, [6] pp., with a color frontisportrait and facsimiles of two letters on three pages, and 42 photogravure plates many with brown or peach printed borders, all with original captioned... More about Oliver Cromwell
1705. London: Printed by R. J. for T. Newborough, at the Golden Ball, J. Knapton, at the Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and R. Burrough, 1705. 8vo, [xxiv], 621, [10(index)] pp. Contemporary panelled calf, long ago rebacked, with original backstrip laid down, and corners restored, four black morocco backstrip labels... More about An Introduction to the History of the Kingdoms and States of Asia, Africa and America, Both...
1910. London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1910. Thick 8vo, ix, [1], 283, [2]pp. plus frontispiece and 16 color plates. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip, dark brown endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; frontispiece and illustrated throughout in color by means of facsimile... More about Annals of the Parish Or The Chronicle of Dalmailing during The Ministry of the Rev. Micah...
1981. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1981. Thick 8vo, xi, 428pp. Original green buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip, green pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped); illustrated throughout in black and white by means of 56 facsimiles within the text. Near fine in very good dust jacket. § First edition. Fascinating life... More about The Gates of Memory
1771. London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, in the Strand, MDCCLXXI [1771]. 4to, (viii), 291, (9), (1, ads) pp. Original mottled calf, rebacked preserving much of the elaborately paneled backstrip and black morocco label, marbled endpapers. Calf worn, title page foxed, but the whole sound and the... More about An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland
1965. Berkeley: The Friends Of The Bancroft Library / University Of California, 1965. 8vo, xiii, 119pp. plus frontispiece and 9 plates in black and white and 1 in color. Original red cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, with gilt decoration to top board (Hammond’s initials as he wrote them), untrimmed;... More about An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library
1965. Berkeley: The Friends Of The Bancroft Library / University Of California, 1965. 8vo, xiii, 119pp. plus frontispiece and 9 plates in black and white and 1 in color. Original red cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, with gilt decoration to top board (Hammond’s initials as he wrote them), untrimmed;... More about An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library
1746. London: Printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXLVI [1746]. Small 4to, tp, v-vii, [viii], [1]-72. Stab-sewn, becoming disbound, remnant of lower wrapper present, considerable edgewear not affecting text. A fragile pamphlet, unusual to find untouched by later binders. § First edition, a second edition appeared in 1749 printed... More about The Case of Abraham and Melchizedeck, The History of Esau and Jacob, And the Story of Balaam,...
1996. Winchester: St. Paul’s Bibliographies and Delaware: Oak Knoll, 1996. 8vo, 117pp. Original printed paper-covered boards (illustration to top board), as new. § Reprint of the 1988 first edition published by St. Paul’s Bibliographies. A useful historical survey of bibliography in Europe from a conference on Bibliography. Includes an essay..... More about Pioneers in Bibliography
1961. Chicago: The Coverdale Press, 1961. Large folio, xvi, 263pp. Original faux red morocco, lettered in gilt to backstrip and decorated in gilt and gray and gilt to to board, in red morocco slipcase; decorated endpapers (maps showing the locations of known copies of the Gutenberg Bible), illustrated throughout from... More about The 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible
1975. Aptos, California: Grace Hoper Press for the William James Association, 1975. Bifold, printed in red and black, with ornamental border surrounding the text. Near fine. § First edition thus. Limited to 1000 copies printed by Sherwood and Katherine Grover at their Grace Hoper Press in Aptos, California. More about A Virginian Comes Home (A Diary Fragment of Samuel Shepard, 1776
1749. London: Printed for J. Osborn, in Pater-noster-Row, and A. Millar, in the Strand, 1749. 8vo, 80pp. plus numerous blank leaves at end. Later quarter calf binding with gilt edging to covers. Last page of text (p. 80) heavily restored, a working copy only. § First trade edition, preceded by... More about The Regicide: Or, James the First of Scotland, A Tragedy
1939. Chicago: Packard and Company, 1939. 8vo, xii, 191pp. Original dark blue buckram, stamped in gilt to backstrip. Some rubbing to top edge of backstrip, else near fine. § First edition. A very useful bibliography with suggestions in a variety of fields, including general bibliography, paleography, typography, learned journals, drama... More about A Bibliographical Manual for Students of the Language and Literature of England and the United...
1984. Metuchen, New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984. 8vo, v, 272pp. Original red buckram stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip. Fine. § First edition. No. 6 in ‘The Great Bibliographers Series’ from the Scarecrow Press, Inc. Includes a commentary and and Index. Bradshaw (a native... More about Henry Bradshaw 1831-1886
1906. London: Editorial Publishing Offices [Pall Mall Magazine], 1906 Thick 8vo, 2-768pp. Blue buckram with gilt lettering stamped to top board and backstrip, decoration stamped in black to top and bottom boards; illustrated in black & white throughout with reproductions from paintings, drawings and photographs; includes a list of contributors... More about The Pall Mall Magazine. Vol. XXXVII; January to June 1906
