Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, short bibliography; f'cap. 4to; printed papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a few tiny chips, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1946. Carney..... More
Autographs and documents illustrative chiefly of English history and literature. Exhibited in the Manuscript Saloon. Pp. 100(last colophon, blank), 20 plates; printed papered boards, edges and spine browned, the spine slightly chipped, and split vertically at a couple of points; a little light foxing; The Trustees, London, 1928. *From the..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. 180 (with pp. 117-134 excised from this edition due to a rearrangement of a portion of the exhibits), text illustrations (several full page); printed papered boards, a trifle soiled, corners lightly rubbed, the spine faded; a little light foxing and offsetting;..... More
Illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and bookbinding. Pp. viii+164(last blank), frontispiece plus 15 plates, text illustrations (some full page); printed papered boards, corners slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and pencilling; The Trustees, British Museum, 1939. *From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his small book label..... More
Pp. 68(excluding several blank interleaves and binder's blanks at end), index; rebound [for Mr. J. R. Barr?] in later red cloth; the original printed paper upper wrapper (slightly soiled) bound in at front; [another owner's] bookplate on upper pastedown, inked annotations to lower free endpaper, small initial stamp at foot..... More
A loan exhibition, 23 September-31 October 1965. Pp. xx+78, coloured frontispiece plus 139 black & white plates at end, index; light brown art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; hinge tender at a couple of points, outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed; The Trustees, London, 1965. *From the library..... More
(Extracted from B.S. 1219 : 1945). Single card sheet, folded twice to comprise 6 pages; slightly soiled; British Standards Institution, London, n.d.[1947]. More
Seven miniature broadsides printed in red & black or blue & black; each 7 x 5 cm.; loosely contained in a pocket on the lower pastedown of a marbled papered portfolio with ribbon tie to fore-edge and full size horizontal title label on verso of upper board; Tabula Rasa Press..... More
[Volume II, facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+1494(last blank); Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1999]. *Originally printed by the Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution, in 1921. 'This work covers the literature published from July 1, 1909, to December 31, 1916, and continues the work of the Smithsonian Institution issued..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+940, appendix; Maurizio Martino Publisher, Staten Island,New York, n.d.[1997]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910, as Volume 55 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections series. 'The interest of the Smithsonian Institution in aeronautics dates almost from the beginning of its work..... More
Pp. 144, numerous illustrations (one full page coloured), pictorial endpapers, 4-page tinted facsimile of Along the Castlereagh, references, bibliography, appendix, index; small cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lower fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised, the lower board a trifle marked; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges slightly..... More
A bibliographical catalogue of first and early editions 1846-1860, with photographic reproductions of bindings and title pages. Pp. xxviii+184, full page illustrations, appendices; small demy 4to; dust wrapper; Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1991. One of 1,500 copies. First edition. *Contains not only bibliographical data, but comments on the publication..... More
To which are added letters signed "Currer Bell" and "C. B. Nicholls". Pp. 24(including wrappers, last colophon); cr. 8vo; plain self-wrappers, printed in black, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled and faintly creased, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip splitting at extremities, four small damp spots to upper wrapper..... More
Pp. xvi+258(last colophon, blank)+[2](Ashley Library device, blank), frontispiece plus 40 plates within pagination; f'cap. 4to; printed grey papered boards, lightly rubbed and a trifle soiled, the spine slightly creased at foot and with short split at head of upper joint; uncut and partly unopened; the free endpapers slightly offset, hinges..... More
Pp. xvi+258(last colophon, blank), frontispiece, plus 40 plates within pagination; f'cap. 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle warped; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faded; small stain near bottom edge of upper pastedown; Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1965. Facsimile..... More
Pp. xii+152, indices; narrow cr. 4to; gilt lettered navy buckram; t.e.g.; Ian Hodgkins, London, 1978. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. 176(last blank), title page decoration, select bibliography, glossary, index; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded, edges slightly creased; tiny stain to upper pastedown, name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. 72, appendices; printed papered boards, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; National Book Council, London, 1942. First edition. *'Democracy, defending itself against the new barbarism, has turned increasingly to books, the repository and vehicle of civilization. The vital part which books..... More
Pp. viii+176(last blank), appendices, index; f'cap. 8vo; blue/grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards flecked, edges slightly rubbed, light damp stain at bottom fore-corner of upper board, spine cloth slightly faded; faint damp stain to bottom fore-corner of upper pastedown, the bottom fore-corner of upper free endpaper browned..... More
[Thumb index edition]. In two volumes; with more than 3, 800 pages, thumb indexes, patterned endpapers; demy 4to; navy cloth, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt & blind; speckled edges; dust wrappers, edges lightly rubbed, and slightly chipped and split for Volume 2; half-title pages of both volumes and lower..... More
With forth-three plates (eighteen in colour), and copious indexes of titles and artists. Pp. xiv+262(last blank), 43 plates (two with 2 images, 18 coloured), preliminary pages printed in red & black, glossary, bibliography, indices; cr. folio; qr. beige cloth, with gilt lettered & ruled green leather title label on spine..... More
Being Part Two of a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises. Pp. 78(last blank), numerous photographic illustrations (many full page), corrigenda to Part I; oblong 4to; grey cloth, blocked in maroon and lettered & ruled in gilt, upper board a trifle flecked, bottom fore-corner of lower..... More
as expressed in three letters addressed to Wm. Merry, Esq., J.P. Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll. Pp. 28+[2](Ashley Library device); f'cap. 4to; plain papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards browned and slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and fore-corners worn, joints cracking, the spine browned and chipped at extremities;..... More
A bio-bibliographical note. Pp. 30(last blank)+[2]Ashley Library device, blank), frontispiece plus one plate; f'cap 4to; plain papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine and edges of boards lightly browned and rubbed, fore-corners a trifle bruised; endpapers faintly offset, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; privately printed, London, 1896. Edition..... More
With further records of Walter Savage Landor. Pp. 14+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 8vo; printed pale orange paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, faintly soiled and creased; a couple of tiny edge splits and a little light creasing; printed for private circulation only by Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd., London, 1921. Edition..... More