COLLECTING THE NEW NATURALISTS.
William Collins,London, 2015. 4to.pp.352, many colour illustrations.Pictoial laminated boards, no dust wrapper as issued. Fine New hardcover,
Books on Books
A HISTORY OF LONGMANS AND THEIR BOOKS 1724-1990. Longevity in Publishing.
The British Library & Oak Knoll Press , London, 2008. 4to.pp.xii+ 587. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper. ISBN 9780712348737 'Early nineteenth-century Longman authors included William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and Sir Walter Scott, and by the middle of the century they had become a publishing "Leviathan." Late Victorian.....
THE SEVEN LIVES OF JOHN MURRAY. The Story of a Publishing Diary.
London, Published by John Murray, 2008. 8vo.pp.xiv+370 index, illustrations, very good hardcover in very Good dust wrapper. For more than 200 years John Murray has published challenging and innovative books This is the gripping history of the venerable publishing house and behind its scenes from Byron's Memoirs to Jane Austen's.....
TOWARDS TODAYS BOOK, Progress in 19th Century Britain.
London, Published by Farrand Press, 1997. 4to.pp.xi + 233 + 82 illustrations, Original red cloth in pictorial dust wrapper, tipped in errata slips.A fine copy in fine dust wrapper.
BOOK TYPES FROM CLOWES.
London. Published by William Clowes & Sons, 1950. Second Edition. 4to. pp.li +622. dark red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and embossed to upper board. decorated end papers.Cloth is a little rubbed and marked. Internally very good.
BIBLIOTHECA CORVINIANA. The Library of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
Hungary, Published by Corvina Kiado, 1981. Tall 4to. pp. 334 with colour and black & white illustrations. Blind stamped upper board gilt titles to spine. small sticker removed from front endpaper else a very good hardcover copy in pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good. Matthias I, King of Hungary 1443-1490.
FIFTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH BOOKS: A Bibliography of Books and Documents Printed in England and of Books for the English Market Printed Abroad.
Printed for The Bibliographical Society,at Oxford University Press, 1964. Bibliographical Society Illustrated Monographs No. XVIII. Royal 8vo.pp.ix + 136. dark blue buckram hardcover,a couple of minor marks to upper board else near fine copy,
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures
London, . Published by William Collins. 2017. Royal 8vo. pp.xiv + 401 illustrations and maps in black & white, index. Black hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Fine copy. ' The search for this 'African El Dorado' cost the lives of many explorers but Timbuktu is rich beyond its legends. Home.....
A BOOK FOR COOKS, 101 Classic Cookbooks.
London, Published by Merrell, 2012. 4to. pp.224.over 500 illustrations, showing covers and several inside pages of all featured books.Original illustrated hardcover no dust wrapper as issued.A fine copy. Leslie Geddes-Brown surveys 100 pioneering cookbooks, selected by her for their influence, for their unusual recipes or simply for their beauty.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK..
New Castle, Published by Oak Knoll Press. 1996. Second Edition. Royal 8vo. pp. xxiii + 551 with 8 colour plates and others illustrations in black & white.Grey cloth hardcover in mylar protected dust wrapper. Very good copy. 'Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and.....
STEVENGRAPHS AND OTHER VICTORIAN SILK PICTURES.
London, Published by Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. 4to. pp. 492 with black & white and colour illustrations, Original cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy.
THE FORGERS SHADOW.How forgery changed the course of literature.
Picador,London,2002. 8vo.pp.x + 351.some pale tanning to foredges else Very good in original hardcover in Very good dust jacket. James Macpherson constantly at war with Samuel Johnson,who described him as a "ruffian"and an imposter for editing (or writing or indeed forging) the lost epics of a third century celtic bard.....
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD.
London, Published by Andre Deutsch, 1971. 8vo. pp.viii + 96 Second Impression of the First English Edition. Original red cloth hardcover in pictorial price clipped dustwrapper. A Fine Copy. 84, Charing Cross Road is about the twenty-year correspondence between the author and Frank Doel, chief buyer of Marks.....
BIBLIA PAUPERUM. A Facsimile Edition.
New York. Published by Cornell University Press. 1987. Small folio. pp. 178 with black & white and toned illustrations.. The dust wrapper has a small repair to the bottom corner.previous owners bookplate on the reverse of title page. Dark brown cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Else Very good copy.....
SWORN TO NO MASTER, . A Gistory of the Provincial Press in Queensland to 1930.
Toowoomba. Published by Darling Downs Institute Press. 1984, First Edition, Royal 8vo, pp.x + 335 illustrations in black & white,select bibliography, a few small pale marks else very good in original laminated hardcover,
THE MARK TWAIN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Garland, New York & London, 1993. 4to.pp.xxx + 848.original quarter cloth hardcover,no dust wrapper as issued spine a little rubbed.
THE LE BLOND BOOK 1920.being a history & detailed catalogue of the work of Le Blond & co. by the Baxter process, with a glance at the other licensees,
London. Published by Sampson Low, 1920. 8v0. pp. xx + 138. index, 2p.ads and 16 black & white illustrations, some scattered foxing to a few pages, Original hardcover cloth faded on spine,
THE WAY WE WERE. Australian Poppular Magazines 1856- 1969,
Melbourne, Published by Oxford University Press, 1983. Tall 4to. pp. 164.black & white and colour illustrations index.Black cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper, A very good copy.
THE BOOKS OF THE BULLETIN 1880 - 1952 An Annotated Bibliography.
Sydney, Published by Angus & Robertson. 1955. 8vo. pp.97 + 15 plates. with a frontispiece by Norman Lindsay.green cloth hardcover in chipped and mottled dust wrapper. Limited to 500 copies.
THE FELTON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA.
4to. pp. 440, illustrated in colour throughout. Index, Bibliography, Glossary. Original green cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Fine copy. Heavy May Require Extra Postage. “This scholarly publication ‘The Felton illuminated manuscripts in the National Gallery of Victoria’ celebrates the Gallery’s small but distinguished collection of illuminated manuscripts.....
THE BOOK OF LOVE . In Search of Kamasutra.
London. Published by Atlantic Books, 2007. 8vo.pp.xvi + 267 + 8p.illustrations. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper. This is the story of the West's discovery of the Kamasutra: how the last surviving manuscripts were tracked down in India by visionary Victorian scholars and painstakingly translated The Kamasutra was.....
VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN AND COLOUR PRINTING.
London, faber & faber, 1963. 8vo. pp.xvi + 162 + 64 black & white plates and 8 colour plates 9 line drawings. The upper flap of the dust wrapper has been cut off. There is a sellotape mark to the rear of the dustwrapper.Internally Very Good. Original red cloth in.....
JOSEPH CUNDALL. A Victorian Publishers Notes on his Life and a checklist of his books.
London, Published by Private Libraries Association. 1976. 8vo. pp. viii + 96 + 4 colour plates and other black & white illustrations. Red cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A Fine copy.
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A Bibliography.
Melbourne. Published by Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004. Three volumes: 4to.;Volume One, 1774 - 1972 .by Marcie Muir. pp. xxii + 547 , index; Volume Two, 1973-1988. by Kerry White. pp. xxii + 477,index. Volume Three, 1989 - 2000. by Kerry White. pp. xxiv + 689. Dark blue cloth hardcovers in.....
A READERS GUIDE TO GRAHAM GREENE.
London. Published by Thames & Hudson. 1988. First Edition. pp.160 index. Very good in protected dust wrapper.