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 about 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 about MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
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 about BOOKBINDERS' FINISHING TOOL MAKERS, 1780-1965
, 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 about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F. R. S
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; red... More about A LIST OF FINE BOOKS FROM MODERN PRESSES:
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 about ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 1860s
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 about FICTION GUIDES
Pp. xiv+250(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, further reading list, index; small med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, edges a trifle rubbed; Miegunyah Press/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009. First paperback edition. *First published in 2007. More about THE WORLD OF THE BOOK
A sketch of the book-binding art. [Facsimile edition]. Edited with an introduction by Paul S. Koda. Pp. 88, frontispiece plus 4 full page illustrations, index; Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, Delaware, 1986. Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book. *Facsimile of the original edition published in Chicago in... More about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK
Including voyages, geographical descriptions, adventures, shipwrecks and expeditions. In three volumes. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [viii]+404+[vi]+592(last blank)+[xii]+732, errata et corrigenda, indices; small cr. 4to; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 2002. *Originally published between 1935-49, as part of the University of Washington Publications in Language & Literature series, Volumes 9 to 12... More about A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL
A pictorial anthology of Australian crafts. Edited by Joy Warren, designed by John Reid & Douglas Annand. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour and black & white, plus map of Australia, and a loosely inserted letter To the Reader from the President of the Crafts Council of Australia; demy 4to; hand-made... More about CRAFTS OF AUSTRALIA
A pictorial anthology of Australian crafts. Edited by Joy Warren, designed by John Reid & Douglas Annand. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour and black & white, plus map of Australia, and a loosely inserted letter To the Reader from the President of the Crafts Council of Australia; demy 4to; hand-made... More about CRAFTS OF AUSTRALIA
A study of the conception of literary obscenity. Pp. 244(last colophon, including upper endpapers), notes, bibliography, index; yellow cloth, blocked in black and lettered in gilt; top edges yellow; price-clipped dust wrapper, the back panel slightly soiled, edges a trifle browned; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; George Allen & Unwin... More about THE BANNED BOOKS OF ENGLAND and other countries
Pp. 244, 11 plates, pictorial title page, numerous text illustrations (many full page), index; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; text block slightly browned, edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Bracken Books, London, 1984. *Originally published in 1896. More about OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW
With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a frontispiece after G. F. Watts. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 60, frontispiece portrait, index; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 2002. Second printing thus. *Originally published in London in 1923. More about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE
Pp. 72(last colophon), frontispiece plus 32 plates; corners of boards lightly bruised, the lettering on spine faded; occasional faint soiling; Westmorland Gazette Ltd., Stricklandgate, Kendal, 1945. *The first section of the text is a reprint of Thomas Jones' History of Burneside, which was originally published in 1912; the later text... More about JAMES CROPPER & CO. LIMITED AND MEMORIES OF BURNESIDE, 1845-1945
Children's Books in Britain 1900-1960. Pp. 162, text illustrations, reading list, The Library Association Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, index; dust wrapper; The Library Association, London, 1962. Fourth printing, with amendments. More about TREASURE SEEKERS AND BORROWERS
A catalogue raisonne of the work executed during the years 1806-1877, with collations, notes, approximate values, facsimiles, and illustrations. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xvi+376(last colophon), frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, appendix, indices; small cr. 4to; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Originally published by The Bookman's Journal in 1924. More about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
Pp. 192, text illustrations, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, slight signs of sticker removal from foot of front flap; TheBodley Head, London, 1980. First edition. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974, succeeding Walter Lewis. He was closely associated with Stanley... More about TO BE A PRINTER
Uncorrected proof copy. Pp. 188(last blank), text illustrations; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1980. Uncorrected proof copy. *Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. More about TO BE A PRINTER
Pp. [viii]+584, text illustrations and maps (a couple full and one double page), notes, references, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Allen Lane, London, 2004. Fourth impression. *'A startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity and diversity of the language truly lies - in the accents and dialects... More about THE STORIES OF ENGLISH
A Victorian Publisher. Notes on his life and a check-list of his books. Pp. viii+96, coloured frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (several full page, 3 coloured), double page family tree, the title page printed in red & black, index; narrow impl. 8vo; top edges red; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Private... More about JOSEPH CUNDALL
Its pitfalls and its pleasures. Pp. xx+222(last blank), frontispiece plus 50 plates, the title page printed in red & black, index of authors and books; navy cloth over bevelled boards, with printed paper title labels on spine and upper board, the cloth a trifle marked, both labels very slightly worn... More about COLLECTING AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS
Their First Editions. Pp. xii+172(last blank), reference list of bibliographies; med. 8vo; tan cloth with printed paper title label on spine, boards a trifle shelf worn at bottom edge; t.e.g., others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges and backstrip lightly chipped and split; bookplate of Australian bibliophile..... More about MODERN BRITISH AUTHORS
Master Printer. A tribute on his 75th birthday, by Philip S. Brown, John Dreyfus, Ward Ritchie, Roby Wentz, Hermann Zapf & Jake Zeitlin. Pp. [viii]+36+[2](colophon, blank), hand-tipped photographic frontispiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine a...... More about GRANT DAHLSTROM