A journal of books and personalities published occasionally from Thirty Bedford Square. Pp. 32(including advertisements), 4 plates, text illustrations; roy. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly creased; staples rusted; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. *Includes an obituary for E. H. Young, and an article by Elizabeth Bowen on writing The...
Herbert Jonathan Cape; G. Wren Howard. Pp. 352(last blank), 24 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine blocked in black; top edges black; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of short closed tears, signs of sticker removal...
Pp. xii+588(last blank), frontispiece portrait, appendices, index; top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves very slightly soiled; Burt Franklin, New York, 1968. Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #177. *Originally published in 1928.
Pp. xii+588+ [2] (colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, title page vignette, appendices, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly rubbed, lettering on spine quite dulled; uncut, partly unopened; top edges of leaves and endpapers slightly damp stained, bookplate on upper pastedown, a few leaves carelessly opened, a couple of inked...
Here reprinted from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, 2nd series, v. 11 (l878). Pp. [28]; printed paper wrappers, stitched; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, N.S.W., 1988. One of 100 numbered copies for private circulation to friends and supporters. Brandywine Documents on the History...
A history and bibliography. Pp. 136, 4 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Werner Shaw Ltd, London, 1995. *Britain in Pictures was a series of 126 books, most of them published between 1941and 1945 as part of Britain's war-time propaganda. This is the first comprehensive...
Pp. xiv+588, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; edges a trifle rubbed dust wrapper, flaps slightly soiled; a couple of small tape marks to pp. 476-7, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984. First edition. *With loosely...
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.). [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xii+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Facsimile of the original 1924 edition published in a limited edition of 700 copies by The Bookman's Journal.
Pp. xiv+138+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 4 plates, text illustrations, appendix, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in black, dark blue papered boards, slightly scuffed; a little light foxing; published for The Oxford Bibliographical Society by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1966. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series...
Pp. 208; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges navy/purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly silverfished, the backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers offset; Werner Shaw, London, 1961. Third edition, revised. *Standard reference work.
Pp. 196; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Werner Shaw, London, 1953. Second edition, revised. *Standard reference work.
Pp. 196; 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 on upper pastedown; a couple of spots of foxing; Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956. First edition...
A study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. Pp. xxiv+204(last blank), index; beige cloth, spine lettered in red, a couple of faint bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, back panel faintly soiled, the edges rubbed and split, with one longer (3cm.) closed tear near top.....
Second edition, revised and enlarged. With a new Introduction by Percy H. Muir, additional bibliographies by Peter Amelung, and a revised index. Pp. xxvi+v-xxxvi(complete)+280, numerous illustrations (several full page), index; narrow roy. 4to; red cloth with printed paper title labels; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with light damp stain at head.....
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. The eighth edition, further revised...
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.
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...
An exhibition of original editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London, January to February 1947, arranged by John Carter with the collaboration of Michael Sadleir. Pp. xiv+50, 16 plates, index; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; hinge tender at several points; Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, [London], 1947. Illustrated edition, cloth bound.
Pp. x+300(last blank), frontispiece, full page illustrations, appendices, index; med. 8vo; cloth a trifle marked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Cassell, 1958. First edition. *Authors connected with the Cassell publishing company include Wilkie Collins...
[Text in English and Spanish]. Pp. 56, 8 coloured plates (within pagination), black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners slightly creased; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. *Published to coincide with an exhibition presented...
Pp. 376, frontispiece plus 61 plates, numerous text figures (some full page), bibliography, index; cr. 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of lower board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges and backstrip slightly browned, the edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at...
Pp. xx+286, frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations printed in dark brown on tinted paper, the title page printed in red & black, chronology, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered red cloth, boards a trifle sprung, small stain to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and...
32.5 cm. x 20 cm.; mounted. [21ED].
A Guide to Sources of Information for All arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification. Pp. xiv+194, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974.Fourth Edition. Library and Technical Information series.
Original studies in the nature and definition of obscenity. Pp. 208(last blank); price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned, edges slightly chipped, back panel lightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker foot of upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned; Souvenir Press, London, 1962. First edition. *Contributors include Walter Allen, Lord Birkett, Maurice Girodias, a.o.
