Books On Books from Thompson Rare Books

[No Place]: Xoanon, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Dust Jacket. Octavo, original colour printed wrappers. 24 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 250 hand-numbered copies. Illustrated in full colour. A catalogue of 96 items displayed at the special Xoanon Exhibition at the 2012 Esoteric Book Conference. A stunning exhibition catalogue, the display included original… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford: At The Clarendon Press., 1983.. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 712 pp., photographic frontispiece of Doyle. Issued as The Soho Bibliographies XXIII. A fine copy in a very slightly used dust jacket, small closed tear on rear panel. ¶ The standard bibliography for Doyle, including… Read more about this item

Tucson: Press of the Gigantic Hound., 1990.. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original rust-brown cloth titled in black on spine panel. 88 pp. 1,000 copies issued, this copy signed by the author [Hieb] on the limitation leaf. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The first published bibliography of the works of Hillerman, who… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957.. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original burgundy cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 179 pp, Frontispiece (Virginia Woolf, 1938, from a photography by Gisele Freund), 3 additional plates and two illustrations in the text. Issued as 'The Soho Bibliographies', Volume IX. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. An excellent… Read more about this item

Oxford & New York: Oxford Univerisity Press., 1997.. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled and with the Oxford seal in gilt on spine panel. 431 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶An encyclopedic guide to Edwardian Fiction, with over 800 author entries as well as articles on individual books, literary periodicals,… Read more about this item

New York: Burt Franklin., 1970. Reprint.. Reprint of the 1923 Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 351 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Burton. Index at rear. Upper rear foredge of cloth bumped, otherwise a fine clean copy. ¶ Includes a brief biography of Burton, a British soldier, diplomat, explorer, linguist, and expert on the Middle… Read more about this item

New York: Ben Franklin., 1969.. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint, first issued in 1897. Octavo, original cloth, 224 pp., Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations and facsimiles. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ With engraved frontis portrait, numerous illustrations and facsimiles. Buxton Forman, (1842-1917), a noted editor and bibliographer, was exposed in 1934… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1961.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Octavo, original blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, the boards stamped in black, the spine in gilt. 107 pp. Illustrated. 500 copies printed, published by the Zamorano Club and printed as a joint venture by Saul Marks at the Plantin Press; Gordon Holmquist… Read more about this item