A GYPSY BIBLIOGRAPHY.
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. viii+226; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 2000. *Facsimile of the Gypsy Lore Society Monograph No. 1, published in 1915 by Bernard Quaritch. More
Books about Books
RAMBLES IN BOOKS.
Pp. xvi+144, title page vignette portrait, the title page printed in red & black, index; small cr. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly marked and rubbed, light damp stains to fore-edges, fore-corners a trifle bruised, spine slightly faded; bookseller's blind stamp on upper free endpaper, minor production..... More
BLACKWELL'S, 1879-1979.
The history of a family firm. Pp. xiv+192(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards a trifle sprung, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip slightly faded and..... More
BOOKS IN CHAINS and other bibliographical papers.
Pp. xl+232, frontispiece, decorative head & tailpieces and small initials, the title page printed in red & black, floral patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly soiled (heavier on spine, which is also slightly faded), edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; a...... More
THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS.
Pp. xvi+112(last colophon), frontispiece portrait plus 6 plates (one double page, one folding), title and text decorations; post 8vo; printed parchment wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed, the backstrip and fore-corners lightly creased, short closed tear at foot of backstrip; uncut; within later custom-made green cloth Solander box with gilt lettered..... More
THE PENTATEUCH OF PRINTING, with a chapter on Judges.
With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed. Pp. xxviii+118, frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved vignette title page and two folding plates, numerous text illustrations, index; post 4to; blue ribbed cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, black & blind, the boards a trifle..... More
TOO MUCH TO KNOW.
Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age. Pp. xvi+398(last blank), text illustrations, notes, works cited, index; med. 8vo; maroon papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; ownership label (David Levine, Sydney) on upper pastedown, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2010. First edition. More
A SHORT TITLE CATALOGUE OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE.
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [vi]+502(last blank), printed in double columns; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1998]. Edition limited to 100 copies. *Originally published in 1979. More
A HISTORY OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION.
The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book. Pp. 460(last blank), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 21 coloured plates (15 hand-tipped), plus numerous black & white plates (within pagination) and text illustrations, bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine blocked in black, bottom fore-corner of upper..... More
THE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS.
Pp. 200, 36 plates (4 coloured), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (several full page), bibliography, glossary of technical terms, index; pictorial yellow cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in red, the boards soiled and a trifle canted, edges lightly worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges rubbed; book..... More
EAST ANGLIAN EX-LIBRIS.
Bookplates and labels made between 1700 and the present day. Pp. 128, 4 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece, title page vignette and numerous text illustrations, indices; impl. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, the bottom fore-corners a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of..... More
SOME SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK EX-LIBRIS.
Bookplates and Labels relating to East Anglian Owners, Artists and Printers. Pp. 154, frontispiece, title page decoration, and numerous text illustrations; imp. 8vo; cream stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, edges..... More
THE STATIONERS' COMPANY AND THE PRINTERS OF LONDON, 1501-1557.
In two volumes, comprising: Volume One: Chapters 1-8 (1501-1546). Pp. xxxvi+600(last blank), text figures, notes; Volume Two: Chapters 9-12 (1547-1557). Appendixes, Bibliographies, Indexes. Pp. xii+601-1238, text figures, maps, tables and graphs, appendices, notes, manuscripts cited, bibliography, indices; small med. 8vo; black cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of..... More
BOOK COLLECTING AND SCHOLARSHIP.
Essays by Theodore C. Blegen, James Ford Bell, Stanley Pargellis, Colton Storm, & Louis B. Wright. Pp. [x]+68(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black; cr. 8vo; orange/pink paper over black cloth boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the paper lightly faded (heavier on spine), with a few small..... More
THE THORNY PARADISE.
Writers on writing for children. Pp. 176; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly browned; Kestrel Books, London, 1975. First edition. *Collection of essays by distinguished children's writers, discussing various aspects of their craft. Contributors include Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joan Aiken, Ursula Le Guin, Geoffrey Trease, and Leon..... More
CAVEAT LECTOR*.
An exposition: fakes and forgeries, facsimiles and deceptions, hoaxes and imposters XVI-XX Centuries. November 6, 1979-March 31, 1980. *let the reader beware. Pp. [ii]+31(including the reverse of the lower wrapper), text illustrations (some full page), index; demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, backstrip browned, bottom fore-corner of upper..... More
THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S VADE MECUM.
Pp. viii+376(including advertisements), frontispiece, full page facsimiles, appendices, indices; red buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed and flecked, the top fore-cormers faintly bruised, spine lightly faded; ribbon marker; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Denis Archer, London..... More
KEY BOOKS OF BRITISH AUTHORS 1600 - 1932.
Pp. 384, index of titles; red cloth, spine lettered in black, edges a trifle faded and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges torn, the backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the lower pastedown a trifle silverfished, a couple of small damp stains, occasional slight soiling;..... More
EXLIBRISKRING VAN DE W.B.-VERENIGING.
21 loose sheets, printed on rectos only, comprising 3 text pages [in German and Dutch] and 18 bookplate illustrations (one coloured, with vertical perforations); med. 8vo; all within in a brown paper folder, the upper panel lettered and decorated in black, edges slightly faded and creased, tiny split to backstrip..... More
THE BOOK BOOK.
Pp. xii+226, bibliography, glossary, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded, the flaps lightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1985..... More
SIR EDMUND GOSSE AND THE WISE FORGERIES.
Bibliography for an address before the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by Arthur L. Bloomfield, M.D. on Tuesday, November 17 1953. Broadside, french-folded to form a four page leaflet, printed in blue & black; tall demy 8vo; faintly creased; The Acune Press, [San Francisco], 1953. More
THE PRINTED BOOK IN AMERICA.
Pp. xvi+250+[2](colophon, blank), numerous full page illustrations (some coloured), selective bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; brown cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink on blank preliminary leaf, the colophon slightly..... More
ART OF THE PRINTED BOOK, 1455-1955.
Masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. With an essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Pp. xiv+192+[2](colophon, verso blank), 1 folding plate plus 125 pages of facsimiles, the title page printed in brown & black, selective bibliography, index; tall med. 4to; black cloth..... More
TRECENTALE BODLEIANUM.
A Memorial Volume for the three hundredth anniversary of the public funeral of Sir Thomas Bodley March 29, 1613. Pp. xii+176(last colophon), pictorial half-title page (coat of arts of Sir Thomas Bodley), 7 full page facsimiles, head & tailpiece decorations; cr. 8vo; stiff parchment wrappers with yapped fore-edges, decorated in..... More
COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE.
[Facsimile edition, text in English (Preface) and Italian]. Pp. xvi+358(last blank), frontispiece portrait, several full page illustrations, text decorations, indices; demy 4to; Martino Publishing , Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1994]. *Bibliography of the eighteenth century Italian printer and typographer, originally published in Florence by Tipografia Barbera, in 1927. More