Books about Books

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1963. Hardcover. VG+/VG. ...with an introductory essay by Stanley Morison and supplemental material by Kennth Day. Large 4to, black cloth, gilt titles, xiii, 66, 377 plates, index. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: dj has some lite edgewear, discoloring and rubbing to spine (in mylar) A must-have for your book arts collection.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine-. Two thousand sets of this book have been printed at the Riverside Press . . ." Tall, thick 8vo: xvi,[2],8-368; viii,423,[1]pp, with frontispiece, folding plate and 98 further full-page illustrations (chiefly facsimiles of title pages), many with tissue guards. Vol. I: Caxton to Johnson; voI. II: Gray to Kipling. Publisher's red buckram, spine stamped in gilt, covers framed in blind with double fillet; top edges gilt, others untrimmed; title page in red and black; tan typographic dust jackets lettered in black. About Fine (spine ends bumped), fresh, bright, unmarked and only lightly read; about Near Fine jackets (spine panels tanned, ends of which are lightly chipped). Discusses the high points of collecting English Literature, in an "attempt to show—chronologically, except for some pages on special subjects—which type of English book and, within strict limits, which books are today considered desirable by the book-collector; and, so far… Read More

First edition, four volumes, 1909-1920, Washington. Overall very good condition in original bindings. Notable for the complete absence of library or ownership markings. The only marking I can find is an old pencil note on the front blank of volume 3. Includes bound in errata slips and a promotional leaf for the series laid in. The boards have some dings to the corners. Volume 3 has the most condition issues: shows the most outer wear with some stains on the edges and wear on spine and boards (see scans). Bindings are all sound, which I expect can be an issue with this heavy set. A quite decent usable set. Please see scans of the books you will receive.

Lowestoft: Scorpion Press, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited, Numbered, Signed. Fine but for slightly shelf rubbed bottom edge, in a fine jacket. Number 37of only 50 numbered and signed copies. The first published study of C. P. Snow. Includes a bibliography by Bernard Stone..

330 pages, 165 tissue-protected illustrations, coated paper. The covering of the spine is partially detached, and there is some rubbing and bumping. The binding is tight, and all pages are intact and clean. Bears the bookplate of Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and Vernon Watney (presumably Vernon James Watney of the famous brewery, and thus probably from his library at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire).John Willis Clark (1833-1910), eminent Cambridge academic and polymath, wrote a groundbreaking study of the physical and technical characteristics of libraries from ancient times to about 1800, including the storage, care, protection, classification, regulation, retrieval, and provisions for the use of books, scrolls, documents, etc. The subject was, as he says in the preface, "entirely new" at the time.

J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1871. Book. Good+. Three-Quarter Leather. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Three three-quarter-leather hardcovers with gilt lettering and decorations to spines; 5 raised bands each; marbled boards and endpapers; outer edges of text block are marbled as well; slight foxing to pages just off the marbled endpapers; 1871 on title pages; 1870 on copyright pages of volumes I and II, 1871 on volume III; over 1000 pages each with total of 3140. Good plus condition: leather is mildly worn with a little loss; marbled boards are clean and bright with loss of paper to bottom edges of boards; all are straight and tight, clean and unmarked; no tears. Will require extra for shipping. Not available for international shipping..

Halifax: Press of J. R. Findlay, 1900. Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Abour fine but for darkened spine, and minor soiling to back cover. Very tight, apparently unread copy, 165 pages..

A Comprehensive and Refreshed Catalog for Collectors, Dealers and Scouts, near fine condition trade paperback 192 pages, illustrated. From a nonsmoking home.

New York: Broadman Library Foundation, 1948. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. White wraps with black title, 34 pages, 10 in tall. Illustrated with 3 photographs of Dr. Joseph Broadman, a physician, in his library of 500,000 documents, newspapers, newspaper clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, leaflets, books, cartoons, pictures, posters, official reports, etc.. Broadman published this pamphlet in an unsuccessful effort to place the collection in a university library. In 1966 he gave the collection to a newly established Quaker institution on Long Island, Friends World College. In 1990 FWC was sold to a new owner who tore down the buildings a few years later and "the collection passed into oblivion." ("What Ever Happened to the Broadman Library," a blog posted by Princeton University Library, 2008). Front wrap with edge tear and crease, and 2 minor staple punctures. A clean copy, internally fine.

Denver: Privately Printed, 1985. First edition. Very good condition.. Stapled booklet with Chrstmas card having color photo of the author in his library tipped on; 22 pages.

London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine. [8.75x5.5in]; Vol. I - xii, 476 pp., Vol. II - [1], 478-1179 pp., 5,594 entries, appendices and indices; Royal Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear, the bookplate of Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure and Exploration is on the front end paper of each volume. From the Preface, "... inclusion are histories, narratives, novels, and humorous works about yachting, boating, canoeing, and surfing, which tell of cruising, canoe tripping, racing, competitions, and just messing about...". A very comprehensive bibliography that also includes books about vessels, building boats, related nautical businesses, children's books, voyages of naval and merchant ships, exploration, and all other things relating to traveling on the seas. Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders and unique powered… Read More

Utrecht: Stichting De Roos, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Acht katernen ingenaad zonder omslag met archivalia van Stichting de Roos waarin de toegepaste technieken van drukken en binden zichtbaar worden gemaakt. In zuurvrije, kartonnen doos met lichte schaafplek aan onderzijde. Nummer 74 van een gelimiteerde oplage van 175 exemplaren. Met een originele prent uit een vroegere uitgave van de Stichting de Roos meegebonden in Zaans Bord. Dit exemplaar bevat een houtsnede van Bert Bouman voor Joseph Roth's 'Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker' (De Roos 74). Met aanbiedingsbrief van de uitgever. 128 pp. Onafgesneden. 33 x 23 cm. Fraai exemplaar. .

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and tattered.. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. xl, 360pp, illustrations, index. The former FBI Agent compiled a bibliography of 1,126 titles related to American murders, from a 1675 sermon directed at two servants who murdered their employer through titles published in 1900. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Bibliographical Society of America. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed.. 1988. Hardcover. 0914930125 . Red cloth binding with clear plastic jacket. References, illustrations. xxiv, 1078pp. Bibliography of the German publisher's publications. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .