Censorship from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937 8vo (20.5 cm), 207, [1] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, top edge painted (dj clipped and slightly stained at the spine). First edition of an account of works by reputable authors which have been suppressed as obscene. The cases of Ulysses, The Well of Loneliness, Bessie Cotter, and The Sexual Impulse are among… Read more about this item

London : Elliot Stock, 1892 12mo (18 cm), XII, 206, [6] pp. Publisher's cloth gilt over bevelled boards, bottom and fore-edge untrimmed (binding stained, toning of endpapers). A history of book burnings in England from the 16th to the 18th Century.

The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1962 8vo (25 cm), VII, 110 pp. Publisher's cloth-backed boards (ownership entry on the front free endpaper). Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications, New Series, Volume X.

Paris: Pillet fils ainé, 1850 12mo (17.5 cm), [4], IV, 202, [2] pp. Contemporary morocco backed marbled boards (binding slightly rubbed, occasional foxing inside). A total of 604 books, periodicals, prints, and drawings are described, organized chronologically into four parts.

Paris: Librairie des Publications Législatives, 1874 8vo (21.5 cm), [4], 112 pp. Printed wrappers. Broché.

Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz, 1903 8vo (22.5 cm), PP. 444-456. Cloth backed marbled boards. An account of 16th century indexes of forbidden books by Josef Hilgers (1858-1918), a German Jesuit who wrote two books on papal censorship. The article from "Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen", Vol. 20, 1903.

New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1899 8vo (24 cm), front, viii, 156 pp. Cont. cloth (minor shelf-wear). Inscribed "With complements of the author" on the front free leave. A rare first edition of William Popper's study on the censorship of Hebrew books. Popper (1874-1963), a prominent figure among American Orientalists, contributes significantly to the field.

Münster: Bernard Raesfeld, 1666 In-12, [2] ff, 230 pp, [1] ff. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt (leather rubbed and slightly chopped off at the tail of the spine, manuscript verso of the front free leaf). Jacques Boileau (1635 - 1716), a theologian at the Sorbonne and brother of Nicolas Boileau, was described by Voltaire as "un esprit bizarre qui a… Read more about this item

Sankt Petersburg, 1890 8vo (25.5 cm), 58 pp. Cloth-backed boards. From the library of the Cabinet of the Minister of the Second Polish Republic. In Russian. The statutes of censorship and printing in the Russian Empire.

Bonn: Verlag von Max Cohen & Sohn, 1883 2 volumes in 3, 8vo (24 cm), XII, 624 pp; XI, 876 pp; IV, PP. 877-1266. Later cloth, original wrappers bound in (binding slightly rubbed, some foxing inside). A classical monograph exploring the history of the Index of Forbidden Books. Uncommon.

's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1914 8vo, XII, 140 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers.

Bonn: Verlag von Max Cohen & Sohn, 1889 8vo (24 cm), [4], 44 pp. Con. cloth backed boards. Rare.

Amsterdam: P. N. van Kampen, 1948 12mo (18 cm), 171 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1955 12mo (18 cm), xix, 172 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket.