Single sheet (approximately A4), written on both sides, on the letterhead of Charles Scribner's Sons, London, dated by hand Sept 13. 34. The letter, which is creased vertically and horizontally from folding, is within the original small stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed by hand to Firuski at his bookshop, in..... More
Pp. 196; post 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip fading to brown and slightly rubbed, with a few small splits or chips; bookplate of C. Dolkens (designed by Dutch graphic artist Pam Georg Rueter) on upper..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 6, No. 3, Autumn 1957. Pp. 217-328 (including advertisements), 10 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, a trifle canted, backstrip and bottom fore-corner of lower wrapper lightly creased, the backstrip also slightly faded and with a short horizontal split just below the..... More
Contained in The Sunday Times Magazine, March 8, 1980. Pp. 72(including advertisements and wrappers), illustrated in colour and black & white; roy. 4to; pictorial self-wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed; corners of several leaves a trifle creased, edges slightly browned, a little light soiling; Times Newspapers Ltd...... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 8, No. 2, Summer 1959. Pp. 117-232(including advertisements), 12 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff yellow paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; The Book Collector, London, 1959. *Carter's Note 110, on pages 182-3, in the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section contains..... More
An Outline History of Publisher's Binding in England 1820-1900. Pp. 48; small f'cap. 8vo; cream paper wrappers, lettered in red, stapled (staples rusted), slightly soiled and foxed, the upper wrapper and bottom edge of lower wrapper silverfished; a little light foxing; R. R. Bowker Co., New York, 1935. More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 12, No. 2, Summer 1964. Pp. 137-280 (including advertisements), 10 plates ; demy 8vo; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, lightly creased, the backstrip a trifle faded; text block slightly buckled; The Book Collector, London, 1964. *On pages 214-5 in the Bibliographical Notes & Queries..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 17, No. 3, Autumn 1968. Pp. 275-408(including advertisements), 8 plates, 2 text illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff red paper wrappers, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased; The Book Collector, London, 1968. *Carter's contribution to the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, on pages..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 1953. Pp. vi+91-168+vii-xiv(advertisements), 12 plates, 2 text illustrations (one full page); demy 8vo; printed stiff grey paper wrappers, edges and backstrip a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; The Book Collector, London, 1953. *Carter's contribution, on pages 158-9, is the..... More
![REPLY TO] NOTE 184 (AUTUMN & WINTER 1962). T. J. WISE AND THE TECHNIQUE OF PROMOTION. John Carter](/pictures/thumb/160022.jpg?v=1618916648)
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 12, No. 2, Summer 1963. Pp. 137-272 (including several full page advertisements), 20 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, edges slightly rubbed; The Book Collector, London, 1963. *Carter's contribution, on page 202, is the first entry in the Bibliographical Notes & Queries..... More
![REPLY TO] NOTE 184 (AUTUMN 1962). T. J. WISE AND THE TECHNIQUE OF PROMOTION. John Carter](/pictures/thumb/160020.jpg?v=1618916648)
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 11, No. 4, Winter 1962. Pp. 409-544(including advertisements), 12 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff blue paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip slightly faded and creased; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; The Book Collector, London, 1962. *Carter's contribution, on pages 480-482, is the..... More
Contained in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XXIV, No. 3, September 1969. Pp. 16+[187]-276, 2 plates, 2 text figures, 4 tables; med. 8vo; printed grey paper wrappers, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed; Bibliographical Society/Oxford University Press, London, 1969. *Carter's article on the different impressions of Verses, printed for private circulation..... More
Contained in Auction, Vol. 1, No. 3, December 1967. Pp. 16(including wrappers), illustrated; small demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled and slightly creased and chipped, with a small posting label addressed to Don Bloch on the lower wrapper; a little light creasing; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1967..... More
Contained in The Atlantic, Vol. 175, No. 2, February 1945. Pp. 38(The Atlantic Report on the World Today, and advertisements)+[43]-148, mostly printed double column, occasionally in red & black; tall cr. 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers, edges lightly worn, the backstrip slightly chipped; text block stapled; Atlantic Books, Concord, N.H...... More
An inside report. Contained in a Special Issue: The Pariser Sale of Wiseiana, AB Bookman's Weekly, January 22, 1968. Pp. [269]-364(including the wrappers), mostly printed double column, 3 text illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip torn around staples; contents detached; AB..... More
With an appendix of Wiseiana. [Scribner Book Store Catalogue Number 131]. Pp. 30; cr. 8vo; blue paper wrappers, stapled, (staples slightly rusted), lettered and decorated in black, the edges and backstrip faintly faded and a trifle creased; The Scribner Book Store, New York, 1945. *Bookseller's catalogue of an almost complete..... More
Catalogue of the exhibitions at The British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963. Organized in connexion with the eleventh Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition [cover title]. Pp. 128(last blank)+64(last blank), with one coloured and 32 black & white plates and an index in part I and..... More
Seventh edition. With corrections, additions and an Introduction by Nicholas Barker. Pp. 224; tiny snag to top fore-corner of upper board; dust wrapper; fore-edges of leaves faintly soiled; Werner Shaw, London, 1994. *Standard reference work, first published in 1952. This edition includes a new Introduction. More
Pp. 236(last colophon, verso blank); dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle & London, 2013. Eighth edition, reprinted. *Standard reference work, originally published in 1952. This new edition has been further revised and expanded, with a new introduction by Nicolas Barker. More
Preface by Sebastian Carter. Pp. xxii+416, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, notes, selective bibliography, checklist, index; tall demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE., 2004. First edition. Fleck 226. *'The first full length biography of one of the leading scholars and booksellers..... More
Preface by Sebastian Carter. Pp. xxii+416, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, notes, selective bibliography, checklist, index; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, 2004. First edition. *'The first full length biography of one of the leading scholars and booksellers of the 20th century.... John Carter is probably best known for exposing..... More
Second edition with an epilogue by John Carter and Graham Pollard. Edited by Nicolas Barker & John Collins. Pp. 10+xii+400+[11]-42(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bump to top edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Scolar Press, London, 1983. Second edition..... More
Second edition. With an epilogue. Edited by Nicolas Barker & John Collins. Pp. 10+xii+400+[11]-42(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, index; [together with] Barker (Nicolas) & John Collins. A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard. The forgeries of H...... More
Pp. xii+400, 4 plates, appendices, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine a trifle faded and slightly creased at extremities, joints tender; t.e.g., bottom edges uncut; lacking the dust wrapper; upper hinge starting, text block slightly browned; Constable & Co. Ltd, London, 1934. First edition. *The..... More
Pp. xii+400, 4 plates, appendices, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges chipped and split (heavier at backstrip extremities), the backstrip lightly faded and browned; text block slightly browned; Constable & Co. Ltd, London, 1934. First..... More