BIBLIOGRAPHY from Forest Books

Paris: Trois, 2000-03. 2 Vols., small 4to, 411; 91pp., limited to 350 copies, numerous illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, a nice set.

London: The British Library, 1994. first edition, 8vo, xiv, 390pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. lightly creased and faded. This is the standard reference work on the ways of recognising and identifying marks of ownership, and on placing that knowledge in a wider context. Topics covered include inscriptions; mottoes; bookplates, book labels and book stamps; armorials; sales… Read more about this item

Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1963. First edition, 12 plates, orig. cloth, a very good copy.

Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1907. First edition, royal 8vo, xlvii, [1], 408pp., numerous illustrs., label removed from front paste-down, cont. half calf, rubbed.

Paris: Damascène Morgand, 1896. First edition, small 4to, xxiv, 491, [5]pp., 269 reproductions of typographical ornaments and 87 printers' marks, cont. half morocco, rubbed, upper joint cracked, signs of label having been removed from upper cover. The largest Elzevir collection ever assembled. This catalogue contains 3,464 entries fully described by Rahir for the French bookselling firm of… Read more about this item

St Paul's Bibliographies. 1996. First Edition, orig. decorated boards. As the essays reveal, all - from the library cataloguers of medieval times to the dedicated scholar-librarians and historians of the recent past, researching the byways of book trade history - can truly be said to have been 'pioneers in bibliography'.

London: The British Library, 1978. 4to, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers.

Cambridge: University Press, 1952. First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth.

Cambridge: University Press, 1960. First Edition, frontis., 3 plates, orig. cloth.

Oxford University Press. 1925. 4to, [ii],67-153pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers Vol. I, Part II.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll, 1999. First edition, 4to, 312pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.

Lyon: Imprimerie Pitrat Aine, 1881. First edition, large 8vo, 13, [1]pp., presentation inscription to head of title-page, orig. printed wrappers. [A review of "Origines de l'imprimerie d'Alby en Languedoc," etc., by A. Claudin. Signed: H. B., i.e. H. Baudrier. Extracted from the "Revue Lyonnaise."]

Cambridge: The University Press, 1932. Second edition, 4to, 195pp., limited to 350 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth.

Oxford University Press. 1948. First Edition, 4to, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 20pp. Also includes: KRONENBERG (M.E.) A Printed Letter of the London Hanse Merchants (3 March 1526). FULTON (J.F.) Second Addenda to a Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 1, Fascicule 1.

Oxford University Press. 1927. First Edition, 4to, 7 plates, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 247-326pp. Includes: WILKINSON (C.H.) The Library of Worcester College. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers Vol. 1 pt. 4.

Oxford University Press. 1952. First Edition, 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, 42pp. Also includes: CRASTER (Sir Edmund) Co-Operation Between College Libraries. MADAN (Francis F.) Some Notes on the Bibliography of Francis Osbourne. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 4.

London: Douglas Cleverdon, 1977. First edition, 8vo, THIS BEING ONE OF THE 45 SPECIAL NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY KEYNES, this is number XXXIII, 39 full page facsimiles, orig. quarter morocco, uncut.

St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester. 1990. First Edition, frontis., author's presentation inscription, orig. cloth, d.w. Gives full details of first editions of all Bates work and adds comments from his autobiography and reviews. Short stories, poems, essays and articles are listed chronologically, with full details of the journals and collections in which they were published. … Read more about this item

St Paul's Bibliographies. 1985. Limited to 500 copies, 6 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. Second edition, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.