Lives in Print: Biography and the Book Trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century. Edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
London The British Library 2002 8vo (22 cm), XIV, 208 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. A collection of essays focused on two specific areas: the men and women who earned a living in the production and distribution of books and serials; and how biographies of a widening range of individuals became one of the staples of the business of publishing. The contributors show the development of biography as a published genre from medieval accounts of saints to 17th-century collectors as national worthies, through to the present-day production of the multi-volume "Dictionary of National Biography".
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Offeren aan Mercurius en Minerva: Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren, 1935-1995
De Buitenkant 1995 8vo (25 cm), 237 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket.
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The English Book Trade 1660-1853. 156 titles relating to the early history of English Publishing, Bookselling, the Struggle for Copyright Titlesand the Freedom of the press, Reprinted in photo-facsimile in 38 volumes
New York Garland Publishing Inc 1974 8vo (21.5 cm), [10] pp. Printed wrappers. Publisher's advertising prospect of the series aimed to provide access to contemporary sources for the history of English publishing and bookselling, including controversy over copyright legislation and freedom of the press, from the Restoration through the early nineteenth century. 42 volumes were published edited by Stephen Parks.
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Waardevol oud papier: Feestbundel bij het tienjarig bestaan van Bubb Kuyper Veilingen Boeken en Grafiek, 1986-1996
Bubb Kuyper 1996 8vo (24.5 cm), 341 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket.
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Across Boundaries: The book in Culture & Commerce
St Pauls Bibliographies 2000 8vo (24 cm), 160 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. This series of nine scholarly essays focuses on the book as it helped facilitate commerce and culture over the last five centuries. Leading scholars explore difficult questions arising from the unique relationships that have existed for centuries between economics and literary culture. This work opens with an insight into the kinds of transformation that text ungoes as it crosses and recrosses onto logical boundaries. Several other essays explore the deep and mutually implicating relationship that has existed between economics and the literary culture.
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The London Bookshop: Being Part Two of a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises
Private Libraries Association 1977 Oblong 8vo (18.5 x 25.5 cm), 77 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding rubbed). The second part of the an illustrated history of London's bookshops. Included Francis Edwards Ltd, Frank Hollings, E. Joseph, Maggs Bothers, Mark & Co, Henry Sotheran, Harold T. Storey and Thomas Thorp.
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Het Nederlandse antiquariaat tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog
De Buitenkant 1997 8vo (21.5 cm), 46 pp. Printed wrappers.
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Een ochtend bij den Boekhandelaar. Vertaling D.M. Schroeder
Amsterdam L.J. Veen 0 12mo (19 cm), 45 pp. Publisher's boards (boards little rubbed at extremities, small crack bottom of spine).
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Le livre. Historique. Fabrication, achat, classement. Vo. I - V [complete set]
Paris Ernest Flammarion 1923 5 volumes 12mo (18.5 cm), [8], VII, 328, [2] pp; [8], 398, [2] pp; [4], IV, 374 pp; [6], IV, 415 pp; VII, 544 pp. Cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, spines with raised bands gilt, painted top edges, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers (bindings lightly rubbed at extremities, corner little scuffed, paper toned). Very good copy of a bibliology by French novelist, literary critic and bibliographer Albert Cimochowski (1845-1924), who wrote under pen-name Albert Cim. First volume is a history of bibliophily; vol. 2 is devoted to book-reading, book buying, bibliophily and bibliomania, women and books; vol. 3 covers different aspects of book productions; vol. 4 returns to book buying and forming a library, catalogues and classification; Vol. 5 on book care but also includes various appendices: abbreviations, latin names, Roman numbers,correction marks, bibliography.
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Russian book publishing (end of XVIII-XX.). / Rossiyskoe knigoizdanie (konets XVIII-XX v.).
Nauka 2004 8vo (22.5 cm), 528 pp. Laminated boards. In Russian. A collection of articles on the history of the publishing in Russia and Russian publishing abroad.
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De Verdwenen antiquaar: En andere herinneringen van een bibliothecaris
De Buitenkant 1993 8vo (22.5 cm), 221 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket.
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Three Centuries of English Booktrade Bibliography: An Essay on the Beginnings of Booktrade Bibliography since the Introduction of Printing and in England since 1595 by A. Growoll also A List of the Catalogues, etcetera Published for the English Booktrade from 1595-1902 by Wilberforce Eames
London Holland Press 1964 8vo (22 cm), xiii, 195 pp. Publisher's cloth. Reprint of first edition, 1903. Containing: The beginning of book trade bibliography, Maunsell's Catalogue, Forty years of bibliographical endeavors 1618-1658, London's Catalogues and Company of Stationers' list, Clavel's bibliographic work and his term catalogues, Early English book trade journals, Book trade bibliography of the 18th and 19th centuries, and a list of catalogues, etc. published for the English book trade between 1595 and 1902 compiled by Wilberforce Eames.
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The Moving Market: Continuity and Change in the Book Trade (Print Networks, 5)
Oak Knoll Press 2001 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm). Publisher's laminated boards. From the blurb: "The Moving Market", fifth in our Print Networks series, offers fifteen authoritative essays from some of the leading scholars in the field. Their writings discuss a wide range of book trade related issues and their historical significances. The list of scholarly contributors are: Iain Beavan, Wallace Kirsop, Peter Isaac, Barry McKay, John Hinks, Michael Powell, Terry Wyke, Richard B. Sher, Hugh Amory, Jeffrey Smith, Philip Henry Jones, Janet Phipps, and Maureen Bell.
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Torunskie aukcje ksiazek w XVIII wieku
Toruń Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2007 8vo (23.5 cm), 142 pp. Laminated wrappers. A study of book auction in the city of Toruń in the eighteenth century. Included chapters on the running of auctions, catalogues, advertising, bidding, libraries auctioned, advertising, prices and bidders. In Polish with 4 pages summary in German.
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The Truth About Bookselling
London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd 1964 8vo ( 22 cm), X, 206 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title. The book describes and criticizes the ramification of the whole book trade. Every aspect of bookselling is examined -- from Book Tokens to Net Book Agreement.
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William Pickering Publisher: A Memoir and a Check-List of His Publications
London The Galahad Press 1969 4to (26.5 cm), 126 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little stained at the back). Revised edition of Sir Geoffrey Keynes's monograph on the distinguished and influential English publisher, William Pickering (1796 - 1854). The original edition was published by Fleuron in 1924. "In an introductory essay the author traces he main events of Pickering's life, and gives a connected account of his activities as a publisher and bookseller. The essay is supplemented by a check-list describing Pickering's chief publications of literary and typographical interest. Lastly, his skill as a book designer is displayed in reproductions of 37 of his most effective title-pages."
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Souvenirs d'un vieux libraire
Paris E. Dentu éditeur 1885 12mo (18.5 cm), 262, [2] pp, 12 illustrations on 12 plates. Cont. cloth backed marbled boards, spine gilt, original wrappers bound in, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed (wrappers browned, bookplate mounted on the front paste-down). Illustrated by Fernand Besnier and P. Kauffmann.
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Antiquarian books: An insider's account
David & Charles 1978 8vo (22.5 cm), 200 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "In this book Roy Harley Lewis takes us on a guided tour of the realm of antiquarian books. With a wealth of intriguing information and often hilarious anecdotes, he introduces us to the literary forger and the great names of antiquarian bookselling, both past and present, and invites us into the auction room and the workshop of the craftsman-binder. He shows us the many rôles played by the detectives of the book world and recaptures for us some of the great moments when a rare or a unique manuscript has at last been run to earth." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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The Net Book Agreement 1899 and The Book War 1906-1908: Two chapters in the History of the Book Trade, including a Narrative of the dispute between 'The Times' Book Club and the Publishers' Assocation by Edward Bell, M.A., Presdient of the Association 1906-1908
Glasgow Printed for the author by Robert Maclehose & Co. Ltd., The University Press 1924 8vo (23 cm), [8], 82 pp. Publisher's boards, deckle edges. The Net Book Agreement was a fixed book price agreement in the United Kingdom and Ireland between The Publishers Association and booksellers which set the prices at which books were to be sold to the public. Founding in 1905 of 'The Times' Book Club led to the bitter contest known as the Book War, which raged from 1906-08.
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Boekenvrienden Solidariteit: Turbulente jaren van een exiluitgeverij
Biblion 1999 8vo (24.5 cm), 150 pp. Laminated boards.
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Sketches of Some Booksellers at the Time of Dr.Samuel Johnson
Clifton A. M. Kelley 1972 8vo (22.5 cm), [8], xviii, 127 pp. Publisher's cloth. A facsimile reprint of the original edition published in 1902.
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The London book trades 1775-1800: A preliminary checklist of members
Dawson 1977 4to (27.5 cm), XXXV, 257 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). "The aim of the work is to provide, by approaching a limited selection of wide-ranging sources, a checklist of members of the book and ailed trades in the London area which would be sufficiently comprehensive to serve as a basis for further study and as much needed stop-gap for the poorly documented period of the late 18th century". (from the Preface).
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Joseph Cundall, a Victorian Publisher: Notes on His Life and a Check-List of His Books
Pinner Private Libraries Association 1976 4to (28 cm), VIII, 96 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Joseph Cundall was notable as a publisher, editor, author, book-designer, and pioneer photographer. Born in 1818, he was trained as a printer but became a publisher in his early twenties and produced many of the most attractive popular illustrated books of the 1850s and 1860s. His career as a photographer was also important, culminating in 1871 when the British Government sent him to Bayeux to organize the first photographic record of the famous tapestry. In this volume Ruari McLean provides, for the first time, a list of works published, edited, written or designed by Cundall, and prefaces it with an account of Cundall's life, as far as it has been possible to discover it from the very few available documents surviving in various branches of the Cundall family, and from the books themselves. In addition to four colour plates the text is illustrated with upwards of 50 black-and-white illustrations, many taken from extremely rare or unique originals, or from proofs, in Cundall family collections which have never before been published."
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De boekenwereld. Theorie en practijk van den boekhandel, benevens het meest wetenswaardige van de daaraan verwante vakken. 2e herziene en gewijzigde druk van Boekhandel en bibliographie
Leiden A. W. Sijthoff 1897 8vo (23.5 cm), XX, 582 pp, plates. Publishers relief cloth, title gilt (binding little soiled, foxing to fly leaves).
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Journeys Through the Market: Travel, Travellers and the Book Trade
St Pauls Bibliographies 2000 8vo (22 cm), xiii, 152 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. The book is a series of historical essays on the awakening interests in travel, exploration and its literature by publishers. Leading authorities have contributed seven well-written, scholarly essays on the dramatic influence of travel and exploration on the publishing business. Included: "Strange, remote, and farre distant countreys: the travel books of Richard Hakluyt" by Anthony Payne, "Shipwrecks in print" by Michael Harris, "The Grand Tour" by Jeremy Black, "The English-language guide book to Europe up to 1870" by Giles Barber, "Illustrated books of Middle East 1800-1850" by Charles Newton, "Bound for Australia: shipboard reading in th 19th century" by Bill Bell; "The information resources of the Royal Geographical Society" by Andrew Tatham.
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The Earliest Directory of The Book Trade By John Pendred (1785)
London The Bibliographical Society 1955 8vo (22 cm). xxiii, 90 pp. Publisher's printed wraps. Uncut.
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A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800
London Bibliographical Society 2000 8vo (25 cm), xlvii, 675 pp. Publisher's cloth. This dictionary attempts in nearly 2,200 entries to cover all workers in the various branches of the Dublin book trade until the Act of Union in 1800. All grades of workers from apprentice to master, and paper makers, engravers, hawkers and other peripheral traders are considered, as well as the all-important printers and booksellers. Entries naturally vary from one or two lines to one or two pages in length. The aim is to illustrate the working life of each subject by reference to contemporary sources such as records of the stationer's Guild, state papers, imprints, newspaper advertisements, customers' accounts, etc, with documentation for each statement made. Entries will thus give practical clues to dating undated books, as well as provide a basis for further research into individual traders' work and the Dublin trade as a whole. Some account of the history and organization of the Dublin Guild of St Luke (cutlers, painter-stainers, and stationers) appears as introduction.
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London Booksellers and American Customers: Transatlantic Literary Community and the Charleston Library Society, 1748-1811
Univiversity of South Carolina Press 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), xxi, 522 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. A history of the Charleston Library Society's book purchasing activities offers a window into the transatlantic book trade during the 18th and 19th centuries, and a chronicle of this early library's influence on southern culture. Founded in 1748 and still flourishing at the start of the 21st century, the Charleston Library Society occupies a position of historical significance comparable to that of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the New York Library Society, and the Boston Athenaeum. Its members provided the initiative for the founding of the Charleston Museum, the College of Charleston, and numerous civic and literary societies. Raven reveals how the Charleston library grew into an effective force for the pursuit of intellectual and scientific interests and the confirmation of the political power of South Carolina's planter elite.
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The Evolution of Cambridge Publishing
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1956 4to (25.5 cm), IX, 67 pp, 14 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little foxed and stained, small tear at the top, a bookplate). From the blurb: "The Master of Pembroke's Sandars Lectures for 1954 are here given permanent form. The first lecture, on 'The Bentley Revival', gives new information about the Press's first experiment in Publishing, and the general increase of activity under Bentley's direction in the early eighteenth Century. Recently discovered minutes and accounts of the period are illustrated, and their contents analysed: and Mr Roberts gives an entertaining account of the progress of the Suidas 'Lexicon' through the press. 'After The Royal Commission' shows the beginnings in nineteenth-century Cambridge of a publishing firm as it is understood to-day ; the development of a London publishing-house, the beginnings of advertising, the growth of a 'back list'. 'The Twentieth Century' begins with the publication of the 11th edition of the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' -- a controversial venture in commercial publishing. It then describes and illustrates the great typographical revival associated first with Mr Bruce Rogers and later with Mr Stanley Morison and Mr Walter Lewis. The later years are of course those in which Mr Roberts was Secretary to the Syndics, and he describes from the inside important stages in the growth of a modern publishing house."
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From Revolution to Revolution: Perspectives on Publishing and Bookselling
Oak Knoll Press 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), ix, 190 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "This work yields a fascinating and original perspective on the efforts of publishers and the progress of publishing from a common trade to an admired profession. "Revolution" begins with the effects of the great 15th century innovation of movable type to the introduction of electronic publishing in the late 20th century."
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Digging for Treasure: An adventure in appraising rare and collectible children's books
Friends of the Lilly Library 1997 12mo (17.5 cm), [4], 26 pp. Printed wrappers.
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Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
Doubleday 1997 8vo (21.5 cm), XII, 276 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. From publisher's description: "Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature in much the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business, Rostenberg and Stern unlocked the hidden secret of Louisa May Alcott's life when they discovered her pseudonym, A.M. Barnard, along with her anonymously published "blood and thunder" stories on subjects like transvestitism, hashish smoking, and feminism. Old Books, Rare Friends describes their mutual passion for books and literary sleuthing as they take us on their earliest European book buying jaunts. Using what they call ""Finger-spitzengefuhl,"" the art of evaluating antiquarian books by handling, experience, and instinct, they treat us to some of their greatest discoveries amid the mildewed basements of London's booksellers after the Blitz. We experience the thrill of finding one of the earliest known books printed in America between 1617-1619 by the Pilgrim Press and learn about the influential role of publisher-printers from the 15th century. Like a precious gem, Old Books, Rare Friends is a book to treasure about the companionship of two rare friends and their shared passion for old books."
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Gregory Dexter of London & New England 1610-1700
Rochester & New York Leo Hart 1949 8vo (23.5 cm), frtont., XVI, 115 pp, 14 ff of plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Biography of Gregory Dexter, a printer, Baptist minister, and early President of the combined towns of Providence and Warwick in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Emanuel Querido 1871-1943: een leven met boeken
Querido 2015 8vo (22.5 cm), 400 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket.
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