Contained in Miscellany 2. Further Papers on Books and Book Collecting, 1994. Pp. 150(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), title page decoration printed in green, erratum slip tipped-in at front; demy 8vo; cream textured paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in green & black; Ottawa Book Collectors, Ottawa, Ontario, 1994..... More
Contained in three issues of The Book Collector. Volume 31, No. 4, Winter 1982. Pp. 405-544(including advertisements), text illustrations; Volume 32, No. 1, Spring 1983. Pp. 128(including advertisements), text illustrations; Volume 32, No. 2, Summer 1983. Pp. 129-256(including advertisements), text illustrations; each demy 8vo; different coloured printed stiff paper wrappers..... More
The forgeries of H. Buxton Forman and T. J. Wise re-examined. Pp. 394, frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, concise list of sources, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners and bottom edge of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; Scolar Press, London, 1983. First edition. *Published in 1934..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 1960. Pp. 129-256(including advertisements), 12 plates, a few text illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff pale blue paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, the backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Book Collector, London, 1960. *Baughman's review of Thomas J...... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 8, No. 3, Autumn 1959. Pp. 233-352(including advertisements), 10 plates, 2 full page illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff cream paper wrappers, a trifle foxed; The Book Collector, London, 1959. *In the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, Note 115 [pp. 297-9], E. E. Bissell contributes..... More
Translated from the Russian by George Borrow. Pp. 24(last colophon), frontispiece facsimile; f'cap. 4to; printed stiff green paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, edges faintly creased and browned; uncut; housed within a later custom made green cloth four-fold portfolio which has the bookplate of A. T. Copsey on reverse of the..... More
From the Danish of Johannes Ewald (1773). Translated by George Borrow. Pp. [viii]+78(last blank); cr. 8vo; purple cloth, printed paper title label on spine, edges of boards lightly rubbed and fore-corners faintly bruised, the spine and top edge of upper board faded, title label slightly browned and a trifle chipped..... More
Addendum to An Enquiry. Pp. 58+[2](colophon), title page printed in light brown & black; demy 8vo; mustard cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1970. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Bibliographical Monograph..... 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
A legend of Pornic. Pp. 16(last blank); f'cap. 8vo; no wrappers (as usual); unsewn and uncut; within a custom made red cloth portfolio, with typed paper title label (a trifle soiled) on the front cover and the bookplate of Warren Hiram Lowenhaupt on upper pastedown of portfolio; a little light..... More
Edited by Thomas J. Wise. In two volumes. Pp. xii+98+[2](Ashley Library device)+xii+98+[2](Ashley Library device), with a facsimile of a letter from Browning to Wise tipped-in as frontispiece to Volume I (with tissue guard); post 8vo; maroon cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt, boards a trifle flecked, edges slightly..... More
Collected by Thomas J. Wise. Edited with an introduction and notes by Thurman L. Hood. Pp. xx+390(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 15 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; red/brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, with a couple of..... More
Pp. 20(last colophon); post 8vo; grey/brown paper wrappers, stabbed & tied with cord, upper wrapper printed in black, the wrapper edges slightly creased and browned; uncut; pages 9/10 slightly creased; printed for private circulation, Edinburgh, 1929. Edition limited to thirty copies, printed for M. Buxton Forman, Pretoria. *Ten letters, written..... More
Part I, March 1897. Pp. 32; small f'cap. 4to; printed brown paper wrappers, slightly soiled and quite brittle, edges chipped and split; bound within later plain burgundy paper wrappers over card, upper wrapper a trifle marked; uncut and unopened, the outer leaves browned, edges slightly foxed; printed for subscribers only..... More
Pp. 16(last colophon); small demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stabbed and tied (the thread loosening), slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased, backstrip fold lightly worn and split; housed in a cloth portfolio within a qr. navy morocco and matching navy cloth slipcase, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments, slipcase..... More
Compiled by Warner Barnes. Pp. 120, pictorial double title page and pictorial endpapers (repeating the title illustration) printed in brown & black, full page black & white illustrations, index; narrow roy. 8vo; white cloth, lettered in brown; dust wrapper; a couple of faint spots of foxing to edges of leaves;..... More
A catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning collected by Thomas James Wise. Pp. xxxii+128(last colophon), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 110 plates, several facsimiles in text, 3 decorative headpieces, tailpiece; cr. 4to; red cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated..... More
In two volumes, Part I: Descriptions. Part II: Index. Foreword by Ann Payne. Pp. xvi+440+[ii]+[441]-726(last blank), 8 plates; med. 8vo; green cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt; The British Library, London, 1999. First edition. *New catalogue of the manuscript portions of the Ashley Library of Thomas. J. Wise, which..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 6, No. 3, Autumn 1957. Pp. 217-328 (including advertisements), 10 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, a trifle canted, backstrip and bottom fore-corner of lower wrapper lightly creased, the backstrip also slightly faded and with a short horizontal split just below the..... More
Contained in The Sunday Times Magazine, March 8, 1980. Pp. 72(including advertisements and wrappers), illustrated in colour and black & white; roy. 4to; pictorial self-wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed; corners of several leaves a trifle creased, edges slightly browned, a little light soiling; Times Newspapers Ltd...... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 8, No. 2, Summer 1959. Pp. 117-232(including advertisements), 12 plates; demy 8vo; printed stiff yellow paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; The Book Collector, London, 1959. *Carter's Note 110, on pages 182-3, in the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section contains..... More
An Outline History of Publisher's Binding in England 1820-1900. Pp. 48; small f'cap. 8vo; cream paper wrappers, lettered in red, stapled (staples rusted), slightly soiled and foxed, the upper wrapper and bottom edge of lower wrapper silverfished; a little light foxing; R. R. Bowker Co., New York, 1935. More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 12, No. 2, Summer 1964. Pp. 137-280 (including advertisements), 10 plates ; demy 8vo; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, lightly creased, the backstrip a trifle faded; text block slightly buckled; The Book Collector, London, 1964. *On pages 214-5 in the Bibliographical Notes & Queries..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 17, No. 3, Autumn 1968. Pp. 275-408(including advertisements), 8 plates, 2 text illustrations; demy 8vo; printed stiff red paper wrappers, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased; The Book Collector, London, 1968. *Carter's contribution to the Bibliographical Notes and Queries section, on pages..... More
Contained in The Book Collector, Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 1953. Pp. vi+91-168+vii-xiv(advertisements), 12 plates, 2 text illustrations (one full page); demy 8vo; printed stiff grey paper wrappers, edges and backstrip a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; The Book Collector, London, 1953. *Carter's contribution, on pages 158-9, is the..... More