Structure, Verses, Agency Books

This Book-Collecting Game

Newton, A. Edward · 1928

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, 1928. Second Printing . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the son of the author, Edward Swift Newton, son of A. Edward Newton, the Prince of Bibliophiles, being inscribed warmly, "Dear Fran Spenser, I am beginning t...

A Century of Books: The Jewish National and University Library, 1892-1992

Baras, Zvi · 1992

$8.80 (€7.98 | £6.66 | ¥1,405)

Jerusalem, Israel, Jewish National & University Library, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial wraps...

Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands

Michael Chabon · 2008

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

San Francisco, McSweeney's, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by Michael Chabon at title page and also with his Sharpie-doodling there, too. As New in a like dust jacket, a marvelously well crafted hardcover copy, hand-sewn binding, custom-crafted...

1912 Illustrated Catalogue of Books

The Book Supply Company · 1912

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chicago, The Book Supply Company, 1912. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce, rare in the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line. Handle with care, as chipped and worn printed, illustrated softpaper wraps are 3/4 separated from hand-sewn ...

Bech Is Back

Updike, John · 1982

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Popular sequel to 1970's Bech: a book, with Bech back with seven more stories from his life. But for the remainder mark along the bottom edge, a sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally cl...

The Book of First Books

Ahearn, Allen · 1983

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Bethesda, Maryland, Quill & Brush, 1983. Third Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Third Printing of this important check-list, a ...

Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Volume Twenty

Bowers, Fredson, editor; L.A. Beaurline, Assistant Editor · 1967

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Charlottesville, Virginia, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with n...

Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Volume Eighteen

Bowers, Fredson, editor; L.A. Beaurline, Assistant Editor · 1965

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Charlottesville, Virginia, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in linen weave cloth, unbruised tips, sunning along ...

Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Volume Seventeen

Bowers, Fredson, editor; L.A. Beaurline, Assistant Editor · 1964

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Charlottesville, Virginia, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in linen weave cloth, bruised but unbroken tips, sun...

Books and Bookmen

Lang, Andrew · 1887

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover Presentation Copy (from the publisher), with scuffed but unbruised tips, foxed endpapers and embossed publisher's stamp at title ...

Lilliputian Newspapers

Henderson, James D. · 1936

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Worcester, Massachusetts, Achille J. St Onge, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A remarkably well-preserved copy in First Edition state, with 95 pp. and including a Full Index, in a short, duodecimo format, bound handsomely in green boards and with a cream cl...

Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer & Personage

Allen, Reginald and Gale R. D'Luhy · 1975

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade in this state (SIGNED by the author at first free page) and condition, nearly As New. Published in First Edition, with 215 pp., printed on heavy brown colored c...

John Pitts: Ballad Printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844, with a Short Account of His Predecessors in the Ballad & Chapbook Trade

Shepard, Leslie · 1969

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

London, Private Libraries Association, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, an...

Forgers & Fools: The Strange Career of "Baron" Weisberg and the Incredible Story of Documents Destroyed and Disburdened from the Philadelphia Custom House

Whiteman, Maxwell · 1986

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, The Typophiles, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. What a tale of literary sleuthing! Readable, accessible and uber-fascinating work of literary detection and discovery. Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in simple, printed softpaper wraps, wit...

Johannes Gutenberg: Sein Leben Und Sein Werk

Ruppel, Aloys · 1947

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Berlin, Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. Zweite Auflage. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. German-language biography of the first printer, Johannes Gutenberg, in a stated Second Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, cracke...

The Annotated and Enlarged Edition of Ernst Steiger's Precentennial Bibliography: The Periodical Literature of the United States of America

Arndt, Karl J. R. ; Ernst Steiger; · 1979

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Millwood, New York, Kraus International Publications, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to t he dark green buckram...

A Record of the Proceedings at the Limited Editions Club's Dinner to Celebrate the Twenty-First Birthday of the Club & the Fiftieth Birthday of Its Founder

Macy, George · 1950

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining n...

The First Score: An Account of the Foundation and Development of the Beaumont Press and Its First Twenty Publications 1917-1927

Beaumont, Cyril W. · 1980

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Bronxville, NY, Nicholas T. Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor h...

Peter Taylor, a Descriptive Bibliography: 1934-87

Wright, Stuart · 1988

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Charlottesville, Virginia, For the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, by the University Press of Virginia, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound in light tan cloth cloth, with sharp and distinct b...

Robert Penn Warren: A Descriptive Bibliography 1922-79

Grimshaw, Jr., James A. ed. · 1981

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Charlottesville, Virginia, University Press of Virginia, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound with two-tone, vanilla and burgundy cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine and front cover, with unbruise...