Book Trade from Wykeham Books

Pickering & Chatto, London, booksellers' catalogue, n.d. but c.1906-1908. Originally isued in parts, 100 copies subsequently issued as bound volumes. 15 parts in 1, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, skiver spine-label, small 4to, 25 cm,. 712 pp, 7 colour plates, several black-and-white plates (some folding), in total 676 ills. 5,721 entries. Much less frequently seen… Read more about this item

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1978. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 200 pp, plates. From the blurb: "In this book Roy Harley Lewis, author of The Book Browser's Guide, takes us on a guided tour of the realm of antiquarian books. With a wealth of intriguing information and often hilarious anecdotes, he introduces us to the literary… Read more about this item

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first editions, 1971 and 1977. Limited editions of 1500 and 2000 copies. 2 vols, cloth, oblong 4to, 19 x 25 cm,. 95 + 75 pp, plates. Contents of Vol 1: Reminiscence by Percy Muir; James Bain Ltd; Andrew Block; Louis W. Bondy; Stanley Crowe; H. M. Fletcher; Harold Mortlake & Co; Bertram Rota Ltd;… Read more about this item

Augustus M. Kelley, Clifton, 1972 reprint of 1885 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. xi, 373 pp, ills. From the preface: "John Newbery.. is a figure of some interest in the literary history of the eighteenth century. The first bookseller who made the issue of books, specially intended for children, a business of any importance, he brought before… Read more about this item

St Paul's Bibliographies Ltd, Folkestone, first edition, 1998. Illustrated laminated boards, 8vo, 22 cm,. xii, 158 pp, ills, maps. Contents include: Printers' Diseases: The Human Cost of a Mechanical Process, by Michael Harris; Pills and Print, by Peter Isaac; Mortality and the Mental Map of London: Richard Smyth's Obituary, by Vanessa Harding; Medical Incunabula, by Lotte Hellinga; Between… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxxii, 640 pp, plates, ills. From the blurb: This volume is the first of two (or possibly three) which will deal for the first time comprehensively and in detail with the history of the Oxford University Press. It begins with a brief account of publishing at Oxford before… Read more about this item

Gale Research Co., Detroit, 1968 reprint of 1898 first edition. Quarter-cloth and patterned boards, 8vo, 20 cm,. xliv, 241 pp. Lawler discusses the background to the first English book auction, in 1676, and the rapid growth of the auction market - by 1700, some 350,000 titles worth a quarter of a million pounds had been auctioned in England,… Read more about this item

British Library, London, first edition, 2004. Laminated boards, 8vo,. xvi, 224 pp. Papers from the Conference on the History of the British Book Trade (19th : 2001 : Worcester, England) Indexed. Contents: Peter Isaac: a Landmark Removed; Introduction; The History of the English Provincial Book Trade: a research agenda; 'For no text is an island, divided from the… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1975. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxxii, 640 pp, plates, ills. From the blurb: This volume is the first of two (or possibly three) which will deal for the first time comprehensively and in detail with the history of the Oxford University Press. It begins with a brief account of publishing at Oxford before… Read more about this item

Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, first edition, 1967. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 28 cm,. 271 pp, plates, ills. Contents include: An Early Papyrus Text of Isocrates: P. Yale Inventory 2082; The Binding of the Glazier Codex of the Acts of the Apostles (IVth or IV/Vth century); On the Illumination of the Glazier Codex; A Contribution to Early Coptic… Read more about this item

Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 2007. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xviii, 493 pp. From the publisher's description: "In 1450 very few English men or women were personally familiar with a book; by 1850, the great majority of people daily encountered books, magazines, or newspapers. This book explores the history of this fundamental transformation, from the arrival… Read more about this item

Book Collector, London, first edition, 1990. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. viii, 169 pp. The fascinating account of the operation of a "ring" (including most of the leading booksellers of the day) at a book auction held in 1919: the Ruxley sale realised a total of just over £3,714 for the vendor, but after the ring had completed its settlements… Read more about this item

Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, 1991 reprint of 1956 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo, 22 cm,. xi, 224 pp, ills. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Bernard Quaritch, London, first edition, 1868. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine titles, edges marbled, marbled endpapers, thick 8vo,. viii, 1130 pp. Over 14,701 entries. A wonderful catalogue. After the main catalogue of 933 pages, arranged by subject, comes nearly 100 pages of "latest purchases" which includes a "choice selection" from the stock of H G Bohn, Quaritch's great… Read more about this item

Pickering & Chatto, London, booksellers' catalogue, n.d. Later cloth (with all original printed wrappers -other than the front wrapper of Part I - bound in at end), leather spine-label, 8vo, 25 cm,. 364 pp, numerous ills,. 3752 entries. An important early example of a bookseller's catalogue using illustrations (of bindings, plates, title-pages etc) in support of the book… Read more about this item

Vangendt & Co., Amsterdam, first edition,1970. Edition limited to 700 copies. Printed wrappers with flaps, paper cover- and spine-labels, small 8vo,. 49, [1] pp, ills. Fine.

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1955. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 23 cm,. xxiii, [1], 90, [1] pp. Pendred's Directory, "The London and Country Printers', Booksellers' and Stationers' Vade Mecum", which is reprinted here with an informative introduction and additional material, included sections on: Letterpress printers; Letter-founders, &c.; Engravers, &c.; Copper-plate makers, &c.; Stationers, Bookbinders, Booksellers, &c; Goldbeaters, &c;… Read more about this item

Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, first edition, 1973. Cloth, 8vo,. xv, 405 pp, ills. This volume comprises "a classified and annotated selection of works, from the invention of printing to the present day" providing "for the first time a bibliographical outline of the book trade's history and workings". It is "mainly based on the library of the National Book… Read more about this item

Dawson, Folkestone, first edition, 1977. Cloth, 4to, 28 cm,. xxv, 257 pp, genealogical tables. A checklist with brief biographical details of some 4,000 members of the book and allied trades in the London area in the last quarter of the 18th century. Concentrates on the London and Westminster areas up to 3 or 4 miles from St Paul's… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, [London], first edition, 2007. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. 433 pp, ills. From the introduction: "This index gives detailed access to the entries in the three Court Books of the Stationers' Company which cover the period between 1679 and 1717, conventionally designated as Court Books E, F and G. The Court was not only the main regulatory… Read more about this item