ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES: MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, 1995.
Pp. x+246; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled; The Clique, London, 1995. More
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ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES: MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, 1989.
Compiled by Angela Campbell. Series Editor: Michael Cole. Pp. x+234, printed double column; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle sprung; The Clique, London, 1989. International Rare Book Prices series. More
OBSCENITY, BLASPHEMY, SEDITION.
Censorship in Australia. Pp. [xii]+196, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, index; lower corner of boards bruised; dust wrapper, lightly browned, edges slightly worn, the panels lightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, free endpapers offset, leaves slightly browned, lower fore-corners of first few slightly bruised; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, n.d.[c.1962]. First..... More
F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION.
Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. [ii]+viii+194+[4](last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index, med. 8vo; printed card wrappers, corners of lower wrapper a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Gaston Renard, Melbourne, 1965. *Leonard Joel auction catalogue, with the folding Prices Realised sheet loosely inserted. More
F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION.
Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. viii+196(last colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; bound in dark brown half leather, blue cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed; top and bottom edges red; the original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in, and folding prices realised sheet tipped-in..... More
THE COLLECTORS' DIGEST.
A broken run of 98 issues from Volume 9 to Volume 43, comprising: Numbers 108-118, 125, 126, 128-131, 133-155, 158, 161, 162, 168-182, 192, 200, 206, 250, 268, 276, 359, 360, 477-507, 516. Totalling over 3000 pages (averaging 24 pages in earlier issues, later issues usually 32 pages including wrappers..... More
FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES.
The career of John Payne Collier. Pp. xiv+454, 4 plates, text figures, appendix, notes, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the backstrip and part of front panel faded;Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1982. First edition. *In 1850, John Payne Collier was among the foremost scholars of his generation: the pre-eminent editor..... More
NOTES ON THE LIFE OF JOHN PAYNE COLLIER;
With a complete list of his works, and an account of such Shakespeare documents as are believed to be spurious. Pp. 67; printed paper wrappers, plus vegetable parchment wrapper, edges slightly chipped; uncut; occasional pencilled marginalia, a very little slight soiling, long inked annotation on last leaf; Elliot Stock, London..... More
THE HOUSE OF COLLINS.
The story of a Scottish family of publishers from 1789 to the present day. Pp. 304(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, bibliography, index; boards a trifle marked; Collins, London, 1952. First edition. *The Glasgow firm of Collins started publishing at the turn of the eighteenth century. More
SIXPENCE HOUSE.
Lost in a town of books. Pp. [vi]+250(last blank), endpaper map; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Bloomsbury, New York, 2003. First U.S. edition. *'Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh country-side - to move, in fact, to the..... More
ANTHONY COMSTOCK.
Roundsman of the Lord. Pp. 306+[2](advertisement, verso blank), 28 plates, bibliography, index; bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip browned, neat signature in green ink on front panel; bookplate on upper pastedown, a little light offsetting; Wishart & Company, London, 1928. First U.K. edition..... More
100 KEY BOOKS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT from England, France and America 1880-1950.
Pp. 160, bibliography, index; tiny bruise near bottom edge centre of both boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the front flap slightly soiled; text block lightly browned; Allison & Busby, London, 1986. New edition, with an updated Bibliography. More
THE MODERN MOVEMENT.
One Hundred Key Books from England, France and America, 1880-1950. Bibliography of English and French editions by D. D. E. Soar. Pp. [viii]+148; boards faintly scratched and a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, the laminate lifting slightly soiled at edges; Andre Deutsch/Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965. First edition. *Connolly's 'key' books 'best..... More
CHILDREN'S MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Their value to collectors. Pp. 336, 32 plates (8 coloured), indices (author and illustrators); dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; text block lightly browned; Macdonald Orbis, London, 1988. First edition. *With the Code of Values Bookmarker loosely inserted. More
COLLECTING MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Pp. iv+xii+176(last blank), 32 plates within pagination (8 coloured); cr. 4to; bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed; Studio Vista, London, 1977. First edition. More
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Their Value to Collectors. Pp. 344(last blank), 32 plates (8 coloured); med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1993. Fourth edition. *With loosely inserted 'Scale of Values' bookmarker. More
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Their Value to Collectors. Pp. 318, 32 plates (8 coloured); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, the back panel a trifle scuffed; text block faintly browned, a little light foxing; Orbis, London, 1985. Second printing. *With loosely inserted bookmarker with scale of values. More
BOOKBINDERS' FINISHING TOOL MAKERS, 1780-1965.
Pp. [iv]+xlii+302(last colophon, blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, bibliography, addenda & corrigenda, indices; demy 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; Oak Knoll Press/The Plough Press, New Castle, DE., 2002. First edition. *Lists hundreds of toolcutters and toolcutting firms, with brief biographies, from 1780 to 1965. More
THE BRITAIN OF BRIAN COOK.
By Brian Cook Batsford. Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, collectors' checklist; oblong 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed and bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; B. T. Batsford Ltd..... More
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F. R. S.
, Circumnavigator. Pp. xvi+894, bibliography, errata, addenda, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly flecked, the bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a little light..... More
A LIST OF FINE BOOKS FROM MODERN PRESSES.
With Some Notes. Exhibited at the Great Printing Exhibition, The Town Hall, Melbourne ... [cover title]. Pp. [20](last colophon); printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled, with red ink stain to bottom fore-corner of the lower wrapper and a couple of faint damp stains to the upper wrapper; uncut;..... More
ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 1860s.
Contexts & Collaborations. Pp. 228, 4 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page), appendices, select bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper; Private Libraries Association/The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, Pinner, Middlesex, 2010. First edition. *Study of the interrelationships between the various parties involved..... More
THE CORVINUS PRESS.
A history and bibliography. Pp. lvi+246(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and facsimiles, appendices, index; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Scolar Press, London, 1994. First edition. *Also includes a history and check-list of the Dropmore and Queen Anne Press books. The Corvinus Press, named after the Hungarian bibliophile Matthias..... More
FICTION GUIDES.
General: British and American. Pp. 126, indices; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; James Bennett, Sydney, 1967. First edition. Readers Guide series. More
COVENS & MORTIER.
A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866. Pp. 600, plus 100 pages on CD-ROM at end, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliographies, appendices (1 folding), index; roy. 4to; dust wrapper; last page slightly creased; Hes & De Graaf, Houten, 2009. First edition. Utrecht Studies in the History..... More