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Strangeways & Sons, London, fifth edition, n.d. [but 1903]. Cloth, gilt cover-title within double border, small 4to,. vi, [2], 162 pp. Contents include: What is a good edition?--What is a fine copy?--Book values.--On the care of books.--The art of reading.--Common-place books.--Reference books.--Boudoir libraries.--Bookbinding.--Book hobbies.--Old country libraries.--Weeding out.--The catalogue.--Classification of books.--Bookcases.--Miscellaneous appliances.--The library annexe.--A librarian.--The library architecturally.--Munificent book-buying.--The Medici… Read more about this item

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1981. Cloth, 8vo,. 199 pp, plates. In light-hearted fashion - earnestness on this topic should be avoided, he feels - [Roy Harley Lewis] describes the field, reviewing the 'soft porn' of past centuries and our own, with extracts to show styles of writing and kinds of content. From Ovid to Henry… Read more about this item

British Library, London, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. vi, 340 pp, ills. Contents include: Francis Beaumont and Nathan Field: New Records of their Early Years, by Hilton Kelliher; 'As far from all Reuolt': Sir John Salisbury, Christ Church MS 184 and Ben Jonson's 'First Ode', by Mark Bland; The 'Running Masque' Recovered: A Masque for the… Read more about this item

Leo S. Olschki, first edition, 2006. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 147 pp. A collection of essays previously published between 1973 and 2003, with a bibliography of the works of Luigi Balsamo published 1996-2005. Contents: Premessa di Alessandro Olschki; Tecnologia e capitali nella storia del libro; Alberto III Pio e Aldo Manuzio: editoria a Venezia e Carpi fra '400… Read more about this item

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1976. Cloth, tall 8vo, 28 cm,. viii, 96 pp. From the blurb: "Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books… Read more about this item

Private Libraries Association, Pinner, first edition, 1976. Cloth, tall 8vo, 28 cm,. viii, 96 pp. From the blurb: "Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books… Read more about this item

British Library, London, first edition, 1994. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. x, 326 pp, ills, facs. From the blurb: "This handbook will provide a basic reference source for anyone who is concerned with the provenance of printed books and manuscripts. More specifically, its aim is to help researchers who are either (a) attempting to identify previous owners from inscriptions,… Read more about this item

The Book Collector, London, first edition, 1997. Cloth, 8vo,. 177 pp. From the blurb: "Among nineteenth century rogue antiquaries, William Stevenson Fitch (1792-1859) casts a long shadow...Fitch was .. a persistent and unrepentant thief of broadsides and manuscripts, who betrayed scholarly access and personal trust, enriching both his own shelves and those of other collectors at the expense… Read more about this item

Frederick Warne, London, first edition, 1976. Pictorial boards, 8vo, 24 cm,. 63 pp, 8 plates, ills (some colour), facs. The contents include the text of the first privately printed edition of Beatrix Potter's 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'. Contents: Introduction; The Picture Letter; The History of the Books; The Privately Printed Edition; Postscript. Very Good.

Collins, London, first edition, 1946. Printed boards, 4to, 23 cm,. 46, [1] pp, 29 ills including 8 colour plates. From the blurb: "Nobody in this country knows more about book production than Sir Francis Meynell. He is a skilled typographer but he recognises that the secret of producing a good book lies not only in the typography but… Read more about this item

Rare Books and Berry, Porlock, first edition, 2010. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 256 pp, colour plates. ;Columns reprinted from: Bookdealer. From the blurb - "For the past three years Nick Smith has written a column for Bookdealer magazine that - despite his commission to cover the inner workings of the book trade - often drifted from the beaten… Read more about this item

The Woodstock Press, and to be sold by Denis Archer, London, new and revised edition, 1933,. Limited edition of 750 copies, of which 720 were for sale. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 288 pp. ;. An unnumbered copy. Worn at spine ends, spine-titles faded, boards scuffed, contents slightly agetoned, otherwise Good.

G. P. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1964 reprint edition, . 4 vols, cloth, 8vo,. xlv pp, 1130 columns + 1360 + 1166 + 1410 columns; viii, [4], 1278, [1] + ???+ 1290, [1] columns. Tome I: A-D; II: E-L; III: M-Q; IV: P-Z. Volume I has a bruise and scuff to the rear board and a short… Read more about this item

English Association, [London], undated re-issue in one volume of pamphlets variously issued between 1925 and 1934. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. Approximately 250 pp in various paginations. Reissue in one volume of several English Association pamphlets, each originally published separately. Contents: Fanny Burney, by E. J. Morley; Ruskin and Others on Byron, by R.W. Chambers; Shakespeare politics and politicians,… Read more about this item

C. Johnson, London, published on behalf of the Keats Shelley Memorial Association, fourth edition, 1970. Cloth, 8vo,. 75 pp, 10 ills. From the blurb: "Most of these studies by distinguished writers were specially written for this book, while the rest have been carefully chosen from among the less familiar writings and translations of the past. They have been… Read more about this item

Comune di Milano, Milano, first edition, 1978. Cloth, large 8vo,. 175, [5] pp, colour ills. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper and a plain card slipcase.

William Heinemann, London, first edition, 1922. Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,. xv, 328 pp. From the introduction - "These chapters for the most part, are reprinted from Lafcadio Hearn's 'Interpretation of literature,' 1915, from his 'Life and literature,' 1916, and from his 'Appreciations of poetry,' 1917. Good.

Book Club Associates, London, reprint edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 288 pp. From the blurb - " 'In Bloomsbury' Leon Edel once told himself lightheartedly, 'there are nine characters in search of an author.’ Those nine characters are Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Desmond MacCarthy, Roger Fry, Clive Bell, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant… Read more about this item

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co., London, first edition, large-paper copy, 1893. Large-paper edition of 150 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper. Full navy morocco, gilt spine-titles, gilt filet on board edges, elaborate leather doublures with silk flyleaves, top edge gilt, (bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery), 8vo, 22 cm,. xv, 188 pp, viii leaves of plates. … Read more about this item

Elm Tree Books, London, first edition, 1977. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xiv, 252 pp. From the blurb: "'What's in a name' ? According to Marion Morrison, Lesley Hornby, Sophia Scicoloni, Cassius Clay, W. C. Dunkinfield and the other 3,000 people included in this book, quite a lot. Pseudonyms have been used by all races and professions ever since… Read more about this item