CHILTON BOOKS

Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art .

MARKS, P. J. M. · 2011

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: The British Library & Oak Knoll Books, 2011. 9780712358231 First edition with dustwrapper. pp.192. A very good book in a very good dustwrapper. (now protected by a removable clear plastic cover.) Vg/Vg.

The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The United Church Of England And Ireland: Together With The Psalter or Psalms of David...

VICTORIAN VELVET PRAYER BOOK WITH BRASS CLASP, GAUFFERED EDGES, AND FORE EDGE PAINTING . · 1844

£800.00 (€958.92 | $1,056.92 | ¥168,722)

Oxford: Printed at the University Press. Sold by E. Gardner and Son, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, and by G. B. Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, London; Also by H. Mozley and sons, Derby , M.DCC.XLIV. [1844] . 0 A very good pocket prayer book, carefully resto...

Pictorial Edition of The Book of Common Prayer according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland.

STEBBING, HENRY (INTRODUCTION) - · 1838

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London: C. Knight & Co, [ c.1838 ] * 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 10.2" x 7.3" x 2.0". pp.xl/ pp.712 . "Illustrated with many hundred wood cuts." many attributed to John Jackson**. Brown blind stamped calf, with blind stamp crest to centre. Similar gilt crest to s...

Artists of a Certain Line. A Selection of Illustrators for Children\'s Books.

RYDER, JOHN. · 1960

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: The Bodley Head,1960. 1st edition. "Outlines the background information required to assess the qualities of a book for children..then presents a gallery of drawings by contemporary artists, together with accompanying biographical notes - sometimes amusing, sometimes pr...

The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson .

TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD . · 1906

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, (Bible Warehouse), Ltd, 33, Paternoster Row, [c. 1906]. 0. Miniature book. 2.2" x 1.8" x 0.8" . A very good black full morocco binding over thin covers.Gilt decoration to spine. All page edges gilt (now dulled). Original pale marbled endpapers. T...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use Of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said...

18TH CENTURY - ILLUSTRATED - WILLIAM EMMETT (BRITISH ENGRAVER, 1671–1736). · 1719

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, And the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd. 1719. Cum Privilegio. 0. Original 18th century full leather binding and 51 full-page engravings (Engraving No. 50 is absent). 8vo. 18.8cm...

Great Libraries. Anthony Hobson.

HOBSON, ANTHONY (1921-2014 ) . · 1970

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970 0297000993. A very good first edition, with clean dust wrapper (price clipped). pp.320 . Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Gift label to title-page: "A blessed companion is a book that fitly chosen, is a lifelong...

At Home With Books : How Booklovers Live And Care For Their Libraries. Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes.

ESTELLE ELLIS, CAROLINE SEEBOHM, CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES. · 1998

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London : Thames and Hudson 1998 . 0500016844. A very good reprint, with clean dust wrapper. [6pp.]/pp.248 . Yellow boards with black titles to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Clean text throughout. Profusely illustrated. VG/VG. This is a heavy book so there will be an extra char...

A Catalogue of the Harsnett Library at Colchester.

GOODWIN, GORDON. · 1888

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Richard Amer, 1888. One of 250 copies privately printed. A Catalogue of the Harsnett Library at Colchester in which are included a few books presented to the town by various donors since 1631. 26.5cms x 17cms x 2.3cms. Pp.xxxiv/170, folding colour frontispiece, notatio...

Notes on Printers and Booksellers with a Chapter on Chap Books.

GERRING, CHARLES. · 1900

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd,1900. 1st edition.Co-published/ printed in Nottingham by fRANK mURRAY Ex library. Pp.xii/119, portrait frontispiece + 40 further black & white plates,uncut pages, free endpapers browned, library plate + pocket + inkstamp to i...

English Book Illustration since 1800: C.E.M.A 1943-1944.

JAMES, PHILIP (INTRODUCTION) · 1944

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), 1944. 0. Text-only catalogue. Original booklet printed by the Curwen Press. pp.28. Illustrated cover. Rusted staples. Introduction by Philip James. G+ .

Great Books And Book Collectors .

THOMAS, ALAN G. (ALAN GRADON THOMAS 1911- 1992) - SIGNED FIRST EDITION - · 1975

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 . 0600559270. Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and' the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses ...

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms Of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said...

18TH CENTURY PRAYER ILLUSTRATED BOOK. · 1764

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Oxford: Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the University, 1764 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 7.7" x 4.9" x 1.6" . Brown full calf with rubbed gilt decoration to the spine. Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. Plain endpapers. Previous owner's details: "Ro...

The Book of Common Prayer : and administration of the sacraments; and other rites & ceremonies of the Church of England. Also, The companion to the altar. And the new version of the Psalms of David. With notes and annotations to the whole.

18TH CENTURY PRAYER BOOK - ISLE OF WIGHT IMPRINT. · 1793

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Newport, Isle of Wight : Printed by and for John Albin MDCCXCIII. (1793) 0. Scarce Isle of Wight Book of Common Prayer. A very good crimson morocco binding with black and gilt sunburst central inlay. Rear board rubbed. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Inner gilt dent...

A Preliminary Handlist of Copies of Books Associated with Dr Samuel Johnson.

FLEEMAN, J.D. · 1984

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1984. Occasional Publication No.17. 25.6cms x 18cms. Pp.vii/101, eratta slip loosely enclosed. Red stif card covers. VG.

A Preliminary Handlist of Documents & Manuscripts of Samuel Johnson.

FLEEMAN, J.D. · 1967

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1967. Occasional Publication No.2. 24.3cms x 18cms. Pp.51. Red stif card covers. VG.

Pictures to Print. The Nineteenth Century Engraving Trade.

DYSON, ANTHONY. · 1984

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Farrand Press, 1984. 1850830010. 1st edition. "Deals mainly with the trade in Britain, but drws too on business in Euope, whence many prints were imported and where, particularly lter in the nineteenth century, some British publishers recruited engravers. A lively expo...

Wolvercote Mill. A Study in Paper-making at Oxford.

CARTER, HARRY. · 1957

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1957. 1st edition. Contents includes: I.The Mill and the River; II.The Early History of the Mill; III.The Era of Hand-made Paper and the First Machine; IV.Thomas Combe at the Mill House; V.The Mill under the Partners; VI.Recent History; ...

Charles Ackers' Ornament Usage.

ROSS, J.C. · 1990

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1990. 090142045X. Occasional Publications No.21. "This study is designed to stand beside other records of the ornament usages of English printers of the hand-press period..It is concerned with relief cuts, of wood or metal, used for deco...

Hodson's Booksellers, Publishers and Stationers Directory 1855.

POLLARD, GRAHAM. (INTRODUCTION). · 1972

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1972. Occasional Publicatios No.7. A facsimile of the copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 24.4cms x 18cms. Pp.xx/92/vi. Red stiff card covers. VG.