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. More
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. More
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..... More
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..... 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
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..... 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. The eighth edition, further revised..... 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; 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
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..... More
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..... More
[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..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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. More
Four broadcast talks. Pp. 46(last blank); red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards a trifle rubbed; top edges red; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges and backstrip slightly faded and rubbed; free endpapers slightly offset, a little faint foxing; Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, 1950. First edition. More
Pp. xviii+244+xvi(index)+[4](notes), frontispiece, text illustrations; med. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the backstrip faintly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *'The aesthetic and technical considerations basic to..... More
Illustrated. Pp. [viii]+234+[28](last colophon), title page vignette, plus 8 plates; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in red, patterned red papered boards, a trifle warped, edges lightly rubbed; bottom edges uncut; lacking the dust wrapper; small ink stain to top edge of a few leaves, a little faint foxing; Chatto &..... More
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text illustrations; dust wrapper; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, occasional minor pencilling; The National Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Autobiography. The author started work as a bookseller at George Robertson & Co., Melbourne, aged 14. More
Pp. 38 (including wrappers), illustrations, index; pictorial paper wrappers, tiny chip at head of backstrip, short closed tear from top edge into front panel; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1967. Third edition. More
A select list. Pp. 32, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition. More
A select list. Pp. 92, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1966. Fourth edition. More
3 page article in Wilson Library Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 8, April 1940. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz. Pp. 545-608, illustrated; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled; lower fore-corners of leaves slightly creased; The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1940. More
A lecture of the Dent Memorial Series. Foreword by H. P. Simpson. Pp. [40](including blanks), pictorial title page; pictorial brown paper wrappers, edges a trifle creased; a little light foxing; Printing Industry Craftsmen of Australia, Sydney, 1937. Australian edition, limited to 300 copies for members of The Printing Industry Craftsmen..... More
