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Alderson (Brian), Oyens (Felix de Marez) BE MERRY AND WISE. Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850. Pp. xvi+318, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, references, indices; med. 4to; top fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; Pierpont Morgan Library/Bibliographical Society of America/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, New York, London & New Castle, 2006. First edition. Add #088295 to Your Selection $175.00

Altman (Rochelle) ABSENT VOICES. The story of writing systems in the west. Pp. xii+364, title page vignette, text figures and maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index; post 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, 2004. First edition. *'The first book that examines writing systems in the full dictionary meaning of the word: a set or assemblage of things connected or associated so as to form a complex unity.' [wrapper blurb]. Add #088112 to Your Selection $98.00

Ardizzone (Edward), Alderson (Brian) EDWARD ARDIZZONE. A bibliographic commentary. Pp. 310(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 3 plates (1 double page), black & white half-title and title page vignettes, plus numerous text illustrations (some full page), appendices, sources, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, the upper wrapper a trifle soiled; Private Libraries Association/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, Pinner, London & New Castle, 2003. Add #076310 to Your Selection $130.00

Barker (Nicolas) THE PLEASURES OF BIBLIOPHILY. Fifty years of The Book Collector. An anthology. Pp. x+310, text illustrations; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 2003. *Articles chosen from the first fifty years of The Book Collector to convey 'the multifarious forms in which the joys of book collecting can be revealed' [wrapper blurb]. Add #082825 to Your Selection $110.00

Bartram (Alan) MAKING BOOKS. Design in British publishing since 1945. Pp. 160, numerous text illustrations; square 4to; plain paper wrappers; dust wrapper; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 1999. Add #073278 to Your Selection $70.00

Bassett (T. D. Seymour, editor) VERMONT: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY. Prepared by the Committee for a New England Bibliography. Pp. xxxvi+392(last blank), supplementary bibliographies and guides, index; demy 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 2005. Third edition, with minor corrections. Bibliographies of New England History Volume Four. *Originally published by G. K. Hall in 1981, then reprinted by the University Press of New England in 1983. Add #081888 to Your Selection $125.00

Bates (H. E.), Eads (Peter) H. E. BATES. A bibliographical study. Pp. xvi+224, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, index; gilt lettered navy cloth; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle & London, 2007. *Originally published in 1990. Includes f ull details of first editions of all Bates's work, with comments from his autobiography and reviews. Short stories, poems, essays and articles are listed chronologically, with full details of the journals and collections in which they were published. Add #094664 to Your Selection $120.00

Beckford (William), Millington (Jon) WILLIAM BECKFORD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Pp. 414(last blank), coloured frontispiece, chronology, double page family tree, indices, list of subscribers; dust wrapper; The Beckford Society, Warminster, 2008. First edition. *Annotated listing of all known publications of Beckford's work, including many contemporary reviews, plus material about other family members, and Beckford's famous gothic building, Fonthill Abbey. Add #102415 to Your Selection $140.00

Been (Anita Cavagnaro) ANIMALS & AUTHORS IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAS. A hemispheric look at the writing of natural history. With cataloguing records for selected titles prepared by Burton Van Name Edwards. Pp. xxvi+184+[4](last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece, plus coloured and black & white text illustrations, the title page printed in red & black, patterned endpapers, notes, bibliographies; narrow demy 4to; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, tiny bruise to top fore-corner of upper board; The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 2004. First edition. Add #083033 to Your Selection $70.00

Belanger (Terry) LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS. Pp. [iv]+24+[4](last blank), title page vignette, footnotes; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 2003. First edition, third printing. *The author, a librarian, discusses some of the many ways of arranging a collection of books, beginning with the premise that 'One promising method for detecting madness among book dealers, book collectors, and librarians is to examine the manner by which they arrange their books on their shelves.' Add #110333 to Your Selection $25.00

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