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Catalogues, Bibliographies

1. Allison, A F: English Translations from the Spanish and Portuguese to the Year 1700. An Annotated Catalogue. Dawsons 1974. 224p 22cm cloth, indices, VG+ £ 16.-

2. Bibliography of Women and Literature (2 Vols) Ed. F. Boos, L. Miller. Holmes 1989, hb, new ($145.-) Index to 10 000 sources in the field of feminist criticism £ 24.-

3. Catalogue des Éditions des Bibliothéques Nationales de France. Paris 1938. 50p 23cm card, plates, VG £ 4.-

4. Laubenberger, Franz: Breisgau Archivalien im Staatsarchiv Modena (1797 - 1807) Freiburg: Stadtarchiv, 1980. 68p 23cm card cover, index, plates, as new £ 5.-

5. Catálogo de Textos Marginados Novohispanos. Inquisición: Siglos XVIII y XIX. Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico). Ed. Maria Agueeda Mendez. Mexico: AGN 1992 xiv 792p 30cm library binding, 7 indices, appendix, library stamp cancelled, as new, a massive bibliogr of Spanish colonialism £ 25.-

6. Crum, Margaret: First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500 - 1800 in Manuscripts of the Bodleian Library Oxford. OUP 1969. xi 1257p 30cm (folio) cloth, dj, 5 indices, as new, references to 23 000 poems, 35 years of devoted labour, an essential reference tool £ 125.-

7. Guppy, Henry: English Incunabula in the John Rylands Library. Manchester UP 1930. xv 102p 28cm, cloth, glassine dj, 16 plates, indices, fine £ 46.-

8. Hardy, J C: A Catalogue of English Prose Fiction of the 18th Century from a Private Library. Frenich: Duval 1982 (pr Valdonega). 172p 20cm, indices, scholarly, VG+ £ 10.-

9. [Jacob M Lowy Collection] Incunabula, Hebraica & Judaica. Exhibition Catalog, Ottawa 1981. Ed. Brad Sabin Hill. xxii 192p 24cm, illus, card cover, text in French and English, many illus, indices, as new £ 20.-

10. Pullen, G F: Recusant Books at St Mary's, Oscott. 1518 - 1838. 3 parts. v 92p, vi 240p 10p, 23cm, card covers, indices, VG+. New Oscott 1964-66 £ 18.-

11. Scargill-Bird, S R: A Guide to the Various Classes of Documents Preserved in the Public Records Office. HMSO 1908. xxxvii 460p 25cm, index, fresh, lib stamp, records which "excel all others in age, beauty, correctness & authority" £ 34.-

12. Thompson, W; Ridge, J D: Catalogue of the National Collection of Greek and Latin School Text Books (1800 onwards). Part 1. Leeds 1970. viii 119p 24cm index, from typescript, paper cover £ 3.-

Libraries

13. Conservation and Preservation in Small Libraries. Ed. Nicholar Hadgraft, Katherine Swift. Cambridge: Parker Library 1994. 160p 30cm card cover, exquisitely illus throughout, special emphasis on parchment etc, as new £ 18.-

14. Dickson, Paul: The Library in America. NY: Facts on File, xiii 242p 28cm cloth, dj, plates throughout, a Celebration in Words and Pictures £ 18.-

15. Gardner, Frank: Public Library Legislation. A Comparative Study. Paris: UNESCO 1971. 284p 22cm pb, VG £ 12.-

16. Jochum, Uwe: Idole der Bibliothekare. Würzburg: K&N, 1995. 162p 24cm card cover, as new: the archaeology of the library as an epistemological ideal £ 14.-

17. Ollé, James: Library History. Bingley 1979 (Outlines of Modern Librarianship) 114p 22cm hb, index, bibliogr, VG student guide £ 6.-

18. Sinker, Robert: The Library of Trinity College Cambridge. Deighton Bell 1891. 136p 22cm half calf (very slight water damage), plates, VG+ £ 24.-

19. Sinker, Robert: The Library of Trinity College. Deighton Bell 1891. 136p 22cm cloth (water damage leading to superficial discolouring of boards only), plates, VG+ £ 18.-

20. Thomison, Dennis: A History of the American Library Association, 1876 - 1972. Chicaco: ALA 1978. xiii 301p 24cm cloth, index, VG+ £ 14.-

21. Wheatley, Henry: How to Catalogue a Library. Stock 1889. xii 268p 19cm cloth gilt (ink spot), index, VG neat volume from the Book-Lover's Library £ 15.-

Single Publishers

22. Allen & Unwin: Authors Guide to Typescript Preparation, House Style and Proof Correction. Allen & Unwin 1973. 32p 21cm card cover, VG £ 5.-

23. Cambridge University Press. Notes on its History and Development. (nd) vi 30p 16cm hb, plates, VG+ £ 8.-

24. Waugh, Arthur: A Hundred Years of Publishing, Being the Story of CHAPMAN & HALL Ltd. C & H 1930. xvii 326p 24cm cloth, dj, index, many plates, VG+, old library traces £ 16.-

25. Chilcott, Tim: A Publisher and His Circle. The Life and Work of John Taylor, Keats' Publisher. Routledge 1972. xx 248p 23cm cloth, dj, index, bibliogr, VG+, the publisher of the romantics £ 15.-

26. [Cassell] Flower, Norman: Just as it Happened. Cassell 1951. 282p 23cm cloth, index, plates, the owner of Cassell & Co remembers, Hardy to Wells £ 12.-

27. Foyles Fifty Years, 1904 - 1954. Foyles 1954. [16p] 8plates 17cm hb, label, minor wear £ 10.-

28. Hammerton, John: Books and Myself. Memoirs of an Editor. Macdonald 1942? 343p 23cm cloth, dj (worn), index, plates, one of the great publishing enterpreneurs £ 18.-

29. [Heinemann] St John, John: William Heinemann. A Century of Publishing, 1890 - 1990. Heinemann 1990. xiii 689p 24cm hb dj index as new (£ 30.-) £ 13.-

30. [HMSO] Barty-King, Hugh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The Story of the First 200 Years, 1786 - 1986. HMSO 1986. 160p 26cm, cloth, dj, plates, index, as new £ 15.-

31. [Houghton Mifflin] Brooks, Paul: Two Park Street. A Publishing Memoir. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1986. xi 157p 22cm cloth, dj, VG+ £ 10.-

32. Joseph, Richard: Michael Joseph. Master of Words. Southampton: Ashford 1986. xviii 238p 24cm cloth, dj, index, bibliogr, many plates, as new £ 12.-

33. Jovanovich, William: Now, Barabbas. NY: Harper 1964. x 228p 23cm cloth, dj, as new. President of Harcourt, Brace & id. £ 10.-

34. [Longman] Wallis, Peter: At the Sign of the Ship. Notes on the House of Longman, 1724 - 1974. Longman: 1974. 79p 19cm card cover, index, plate, geneal table, VG £ 12.-

35. Morgan, Charles: The House of Macmillan. Macmillan 1943. xii 248p 19cm cloth, dj (worn), teg, index, VG. Still the only history of this important publisher £ 12.-

36. Page, Walter H: A Publisher's Confession. Introd. F Doubleday. Heinemann 1924. xii 245p 17cm cloth sl soiled, VG £ 12.-

37. [Scribner] Burlingame, Robert: Of Making Many Books. New York: Scribner's 1946. xii 347p 24cm cloth, label on spine, VG+. Scribner-Festschrift, extensive use of correspondence with authors £ 18.-

38. [Scribner] Scribner, Charles: In the Company of Writers. Life in Publishing. Scribners 1990. xi 193p cloth, dj, plates, VG+ £ 12.-

39. [Strahan] Srebrnik, Patricia: Alexander Strahan. Victorian Publisher. Michigan UP 1986. viii 269p 24cm cloth dj, illus, index, bibliog, new £ 18.-

40. [Olympia] St Jorre, John de: The Good Ship Venus. The Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press. Hutchinson 1994. 332p 24cm hb, dj, index, plates, bibliogr, new. Paris in the 1950ies: W S Burroughs to the Story of O £ 12.-

41. Ullstein, Herman: The Rise and Fall of the House of Ullstein. Nicholson & Watson 19??. 256p 19cm cloth, label on spine, dj, fresh VG+ copy £ 18.-

42. Unwin, Stanley: The Truth about a Publisher. An Autobiographical Record. Allen & Unwin 1960. 455p 22cm cloth, dj (sl worn), index, plates, very VG indeed £ 16.-

43. Warburg, Fredric: All Authors are Equal. The Publishing Life of F Warburg 1937 - 1971. Hutchinson 1973. xii 310p 24cm cloth, dj, index, VG+ £ 16.-

44. Der Verleger Georg Westermann, 1810 - 1879. Ein Lebensbild aus Briefen und Tagebüchern. Ed. Everhard Westermann. Braunschweig: Westermann ?1965. 258p 25cm cloth (minor wear), many plates, some in colour, genealog table, VG copy. Contains much about his travels to England £ 18.-

45. Weybright, Victor: The Making of a Publisher. A Life in the 20th Century Book Revolution. NY: Reynal 1967. 360p 22cm cloth, dj, index, plates, VG+, inside account of the paperback revolution £ 15.-

Early Modern Book History

46. Backhouse, J: Books of Hours. BL 1985. 80p 23cm, pb, illus in colour, as new £ 14.-

47. Binns, J W: Intellectual Culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. The Latin Writings of the Age. Leeds: Cairns 1990. xxvi 762p 23cm hb, dj, new. Very important, incl comprehensive analysis of dedications, printer's prefaces, appendix on the printing of Latin books in England, mini-biobliographies of literary genre, comprehensive biographical index, favourable reviews by two Plurabelle clients (new, at pub's price) £ 75.-

48. Collinson, Patrick (et al): Andrew Perne. Quatercentenary Studies (Cambridge Bibliogr Soc, Monogaph 11). Cambr Univ Lib 1991. 119p 25cm, pb, many illus, VG £ 5.-

49. Doyle, A I (et al): Manuscript to Print. Tradition and Innovation in the Renaissance Book. Durham 1984. 24p 30cm, stapled, many illus, bibliogr & index £ 4.-

50. Kusukawa, Sachiko: A Wittenberg Libary Catalogue of 1536. Cambridge LP 1995. xli 258p 24cm hb, indices, illus, new, Luther's Library £ 16.-

51. Manzi, Pietro: La Tipografia Napoletana nel `500. Annali di Sigismondo Mayr, G Caneto, A Frizis, G de Sallo (1503 - 1535). Firenze: Olschki 1971. 290p 24cm card cover, 4 indices, 36, 17, 34, 16 plates, bibliogr, uncut, VG+ £ 20.-

52. Ars Memorandi. A Facsimile of the Text & Woodcuts Printed by Thomas Anshelm at Pforzheim 1502. Harvard: Houghton Lib 1981. 36p 18cm card cover (tear), still VG £ 8.-

53. Metz, Peter: Codex Aureus Epternacensis. Das Goldene Evangelienbuch von Echternach im Germanischen National-Museum zu Nürnberg. München: Prestel 1956. 103p plus 94 full page plates, some in colour, 34cm hb, dj, VG+. Reproduces all pages with illuminations and many text pages, introductory historical essay £ 24.-

54. Potthast, August: Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi. Wegweiser durch die Geschichtswerke des Europäischen Mittelalters bis 1500. Vollständiges Inhaltsverzeichnis zu Acta Sanctorum Boll., Bouqet, Migne, Monum Germ Hist, Muratori, Rerum Britann Scriptores etc. 2nd Edition. Berlin: Weber 1896. 2 Vols, 7 cxlvii 1749p 26cm, 4kg, half calf, spine decor gilt, old library label, a very nice and fresh set indeed, an essential reference tool which no computer can beat £ 240.-

55. Reynolds, L D; Wilson, N G: D'Homère a Érasme. La transmission des classiques grecs et latins. Paris: CNRS 1979. xvii 262p 20 plates, 24cm, pb, indices, appendix, as new. French translation of Scribes and Scolars, with an additional chapter on Philology after the Renaissance, and generally revised £ 18.-

56. Rogers, T D: Sir Fr Madden at Cambridge. Extracts from Madden's Diaries 1831 - 1863 (Camb Bib Soc, Monogr 9, 1980. 94p 25cm, pb, index, notes VG £ 15.-

57. Tratado de Confissom (Chaves, 8 Agosto de 1489). Facsimile, Leitura Diplomatica e Estudo Bibliografico Por José V. De Pina Martins. Lisboa: Monumenta Typographica, 1973. 281p 30cm, pb, facsimile of the first book printed in Portugal, bibliogr, many indices, unopened, VG+ £ 24.-

58. Treptow, Otto: John Siberch, Johann Lair von Siegburg. CUP 1970 (Cambr Bibliogr Soc Monogr 6) xii 73p 24cm wrappers, plates & illus, VG £ 8.-

59. Tuilier, Andrè: Recherches Critiques sur la Tradition du Texte d'Euripidé. 303p 23cm, pb, indices, bibliogr, unused ex lib copy £ 12.-

Book History

60. Alden, H M: Magazine Writing and the New Literature. BFL 1971 (1908). xi 321p 22cm cloth, index, as new £ 12.-

61. American Books Abroad. Towards a National Policy. Ed. W Childs. Washington: Reid 1986. xxiii 309p 23cm, cloth, index, bibliogr, w/ memo by the director of the Natl Security Council: cultural imperialism in books, as new £ 14.-

62. Bach, Ulrich: Kommentierte Bibliographie englischer literarische Testamente, 14 - 20 Jht. Heidelberg: Winter 1982. 50p 19cm card cover, introd, index, as new £ 10.-

63. Bennett, Arnold: Riceyman Steps. Cassell 1923. 319p 20cm cloth, dj (mostly), 1st ed, bookseller novel £ 22.-

64. Bennett, Arnold: Riceyman Steps. Cassell 1923. 319p 20cm cloth, 2nd printing £ 12.-

65. Berthold, Werner (et al): Der Deutsche Pen-Club im Exil, 1933 - 1948. Eine Ausstellung der Deutschen Bibliothek. Frankfurt: Buchhändler 1980. xvi 417p 23cm card cover, many illus, index, VG £ 10.-

66. Bodleian Library Record Vol IX no2 (Mar 1974) to Vol X no1 (Dec 1978), together 370p, as issued, VG, the lot £ 15.-

67. The Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth Century Bibliography. Ed. Peter Davidson. CUP 1992. xvi 315p 25cm hb, dj, index, VG+. Essays on all aspects of contemporary book history, written by all the right masters of the trade (50.-) £ 32.-

68. Burlingame, Anne: The Battle of the Books in its Historical Setting. NY: Biblo & Tannen 1969 (1920) x 225p 22cm cloth, bibliogr, fresh VG+ £ 14.-

69. Burrows, Millar: The Dead Sea Rolls. Secker 1956. xiii 435p 22cm cloth (sl worn), plates, bibliogr, sl foxing £ 6.-

70. Burton, John Hill: The Book Hunter. Edinburgh: Blackwell 1863. viii 408p 19cm half morocco (small repair). Wonderful print with ornaments, great paper £ 30.-

71. Cahn, Michael: Der Druck des Wissens. Geschichte und Medium der wissenschaftlichen Publikation. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1991. 76p 24cm, card cover, mint, inscribed £ 8.-

72. [Darling, William]: The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1932. 308p 19cm cloth, frontisp, VG+ £ 12.-

73. Dufresne, Hélène: Le Bibliothecaire Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (1730 - 1811). Erudition et esprit public au xviiié siècle. Paris: Nizet 1962. vi 614p 24cm wrappers, index (50p), bibliogr, chronolog, sources (30p), pl, as new £ 24.-

74. Editing: Copy of G Whetstone: History of Promos & Cassandra (1578), late reprint (no imprint), 108p 17cm hb, heavily annotated in ink to prepare new edition: interesting source for the mechanics of editorial transformation, unique £ 20.-

75. Editing: Browne, Thomas: Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or, Enquiries into many received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths. 4th Edition, whereunto are added: Urn Burial, or Spulchrall Urns and, Garden of Cyprus (2 plates). London: Dodd 1658. 468p, disbound, a faulty copy: title only partly present, portrait missing, wrong portr inserted. Urn Burial and Garden of Cyprus have been used as copy-text for a modern edition. They are heavily annotated with editorial instructions for a printer in pencil, a few in red. A revealing document which allows to study and make visible the process of editorial adaptation and corruption. The main text, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, clean and without faults £ 150.-

76. Editing: Mason, H A: Editing Wyatt. An Examination of Collected Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt. Cambridge: CQ 1972. 209p 22cm wrappers, index, VG £ 10.-

77. Faxon, Frederick: Literary Annuals Libraries and Gift Books. A Bibliogr, 1823 - 1903. (1912) repr w/ suppl. essays by E Jamieson & Iain Bain. Private Lib Ass 1973. 25p 24pl, xxix 140p, 23cm cloth, chronol index, main text pr on rectos only, VG+ £ 18.-

78. [Folger Shakespeare Libary] Folger's Choice: Favorites on our Fifty-Fifth Anniversary. Washington 1987 [112]p 28cm, card, illus throughout, also in colour £ 12.-

79. Fowell, Frank; Palmer, Frank: Censorship in England. New York: Burt Franklin 1970. xii 390p 22cm cloth, appendix, index, illus, as new, first pub 1913. £ 12.-

80. Franklin, Colin: The Private Press. Studio Vista 1969. 240p 24cm cloth, dj, plates, illus, extensive bibliogr of private press publications, very fresh ex lib copy, the analysis of a cultural movement, with one pamphlet by G Turner £ 20.-

81. Friedenspreis Des Deutschen Buchhandels. Reden & Würdigungen 1951 - 1960. Frankfurt: Börsenverein 1961. 232p 22cm, hb, plates, essays by T Wilder, H Hesse, Buber, etc, ex lib, as new £ 10.-

82. Fujikake, Shizuya: Japanese Wood-Block Prints. Tokyo: Tourist Library 1954 219p 18cm cloth, dj, many plates, also in colour £ 12.-

83. Goodspeed, Charles: Yankee Bookseller, Reminiscences. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1937. 325p 22cm cloth index, many plates, ffep replaced, VG £ 20.-

84. Hamst, Olphar (= Thomas, Ralph) Handbook for Fictitious Names: Being a Guide to Authors, Chiefly in the Lighter Literature of the 19th Century... to Literary Forgers, Impostors ... (1868) Repr 1977. xiv 235p 21cm cloth indexes, new £ 20.-

85. Harthan, John: Bookbindings. V& A Museum HMSO 1950. 26p, 60 full page plates, 21cm, pb, sl worn £ 8.-

86. Hoggart, Richard: The Uses of Literacy. Aspects of Working Class Life with Special Reference to Publications and Entertainments. Chatto & Windus 1957. 319p 23cm cloth, dj, index, bibliogr, VG ex lib £ 12.-

87. Hoggart, Richard: The Uses of Literacy. Aspects of Working Class Life with Special Reference to Publications and Entertainments. Penguin 1969. 384p 19cm pb, index, bibliogr, ex lib, cover creased £ 4.-

88. Holway, Alfred; Jameson, D: Good Lighting for People at Work in Reading Rooms & Offices. Harvard U, Grad School of Bus Admin, 1947. iv 43p 22cm card cover, many plates of reading rooms, bibliogr, abstract, favours indirect lighting, VG+ £ 8.-

89. Howe, Ellic; Waite, Harold: The London Society of Compositors. A Centenary History. Pref F Meynell. Cassell 1948. xvi 359p 22cm cloth, dj, indices, tables, fresh £ 14.-

90. Internationale Buchkunst im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Ed. Georg Schauer. Ravensburg 1969. ix 421p 24cm cloth, many plates, index, a history of the book in Europe, essays about single countries. £ 18.-

91. Jamieson, Eleanore: English Embossed Bindings 1825 - 1850. CUP 1972 (Cambr Bibliogr Soc Monogr 7) viii 95p 24cm wrappers, plates & illus, appendices, VG 8.-

92. Johnsen, Egil: Textbooks in the Kaleidoscope. A Critical Survey of Literature & Research on Educational Texts. Oslo: Scandin UP, 1993 455p 22cm, hb, dj (worn), indices, VG+ review of research £ 15.-

93. Joseph, Michael: Short Story Writing for Profit. Hutchinson 1928 (1923). xv 221p 20cm cloth, label (fresh), dj, VG £ 12.-

94. Keynes, Geoffrey: The Gates of Memory. OUP 1981. 428p 22cm hb, dj, many, plates, index, as new, stamped. £ 15.-

95. [Lawrence, D H] Rolph, C H: The Trial of Lady Chatterly. Regina v. Penguin Books Limited. Harmondsworth 1961 (Penguin Special). 250p 18cm pb, still useful £ 5.-

96. Lord, William: How Authors make a Living. An Analysis of Free Lance Writers' Income 1953 - 1957. NY: Scarecrow 1962. 316p 23cm cloth, index, bibliogr, many tables, from typescript, VG £ 12.-

97. Marr, George: The Periodical Essayists of the 18th Century. NY: Kelley 1971 (repr of 1923 ed) 264p 23cm cloth, list of periodicals, new £ 10.-

98. Mes Cent Reliures. Quinze années de Bibliophilie militante et de Bibliopégie créatrice. Description des Reliures Modernes composant la Collection du Vte A de la Croix-Laval. Paris 1888 - 1902. xvi 126p in a simple folder, unbound, plus 8 plates (of 168?) One of 75 copies, not numbered, £ 12.-

99. Minard, Philippe: Typographes des Lumières suivi des Anecdotes Typographiques de Nicolas Contat (1762). Pref Daniel Roche. Seyssel: Champ Valon 1989. 304p 24cm pb, index, illus, appendix, bibliogr, as new (£ 25.-). A social anthropology of the black art. The anecdotes were first published by Barber (Oxford 1980) £ 14.-

100. Miner, Madonne: Insatiable Appetites. 20 Century American Women's Bestsellers. Greenwood 1984. 158p 21cm cloth, bibliogr, index, as new £ 12.-

101. Moore, J N: Elgar on Record. The Composer and the Gramophone. OUP 1974. viii 244p 22cm cloth, dj, index, discogr, plates, ex lib w/ sm faults, the materiality of music, quotes extensively from his correspondence with HMV. £ 15.-

102. Morley, Christopher: Ex Libris Carissimis. OUP 1932. 134pcloth (sl worn), clean ex lib £ 6.-

103. Newton, A: The Format of the English Novel. (1928) NY: Franklin 1971. 41p 25cm cloth, the novel as book £ 10.-

104. Peerenboom, Cyril: The George Banta Company Story, 1902 - 1962. Menasha: Banta 1965. ix 255p 24cm cloth, dj, 49 plates, VG+, history of a Wisconsin printer £ 6.-

105. Powell, Walter: Getting into Print. The Decision Making Process in Scholarly Publishing. Chicago UP 1985. xxxi 260p 23cm cloth, dj, index, bibliogr, as new £ 10.-

106. Procter, F; Frere, W: New History of the Book of Common Prayer. Macmillan 1911. xxiv 699p 20cm cloth, ex lib, VG £ 12.-

107. Raabe, Paul: (Ed) Internationaler Arbeitskreis für deutsche Barockliteratur. 1. Jahrestreffen. Vorträge & Berichte. Wolfenbüttel 1973. 154p 24cm paper, pl, VG £ 12.-

108. Ramsden, Charles: Book Binders of the United Kingdom (Outside London) 1780 - 1840) Batsford 1987. xv 250p 25cm hb, dj, plates, as new £ 16.-

109. Robins, Gay; Shute, Charles: The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, an Ancient Egyptian Text. British Museum 1987. 60p 25cm, pb, 24 colour pl, many illus, as new £ 6.-

110. Roth, Ernst: Musik als Kunst und Ware. Betrachtungen und Begegnungen eines Musikverlegers. Zürich: Atlantis 1966. 279p 22cm, cloth, dj, signed, waterstain on front cover, together with minor materials about Roth £ 14.-

111. Scientific Information Transfer. The Editor's Role. Ed. Miriam Balaban. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1978. xvii 686p 24cm, cloth, dj, VG £ 18.-

112. Shelden, Michael: Friends of Promise. Cyril Connolly & the World of Horizon. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. xii 254p 24cm clothbacked boards, dj, index, bibliogr, plates, as new £ 16.-

113. Steinberg, S H: Five Hundred Years of Printing. Pref. B Warde. Penguin 1974. 400p 19cm pb, index, illus, VG+ £ 8.-

114. Sutherland, John: Best Sellers. Popular Fiction of the 1970ies. Routledge 1981. 268p 22cm hb, dj, index, VG £ 10.-

115. Swinnerton, Frank: A London Bookman. Secker 1927. 280p hb, reading only £ 6.-

116. Swinnerton, Frank: The Bookman's London. Baker 1969. 174p 22cm hb dj (-) A tour of literary London by this famous Man of Letters £ 10.-

117. Thornton, Willis: Newton D Baker & his Books. Cleveland: W R Univ Press, 1954. 85p 19cm cloth, dj (worn), inscribed by NDBaker III £ 8.-

118. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. An almost complete run of this important journal, lacking only vol 1 & number 3 of vol 2 (out of print w/ pub) 41 issues, as new, single issues as published, new 8.- each = 328.- £ 180.-

119. Unisist. Synopsis of The Feasibility Study on a World Science Information System. Paris: UNESCO 1971. 92p card cover, VG £ 5.-

120. Whale, R: Copyright. Evolution, Theory, Practice. Longman 1971. x 217p, hb, dj (worn) index. VG £ 12.-

121. Wood, James: Of Lasting Interest. The Story of the Reader's Digest. Rev. ed. NY: Doubleday 1967. xii 270p 22cm hb, dj, 32 colour pl, VG. Successful publishing and the loneliness of the human heart £ 10.-

122. Zahn, Theodor: Grundriss der Geschichte des Neutestamentlichen Kanons. 2. Auflage. Leipzig: Deichert, 1904. 92p 24cm, clothb, marbeled boards, VG indeed £ 14.-

123. [Paper] Evans, Joan: The Endless Web. John Dickinson & Co, 1804 -1954. Cape 1955. xvi 274 plus 49 plates, 25cm, cloth, index, appendix, fresh and very nice copy, history of paper maker £ 16.-

124. Adlard, Eleanor: A Short History of the Postlip Mill. Privately published, Muller 1949, 31p 19cm, plates, illus, clothb boards, printed on laid paper, with an ALS by the author trying to sollicitit a review "in your Literary Supplement." £ 12.-

Children's Literature

125. Tucker, Nicholas: The Child and the Book. A Psychological and Literary Exploration. CUP (Canto) 1990. ix 260p 23cm card cover, index, bibliogr, stamped, VG £ 8.-

Writing and Typography

126. Child, Heather: Calligraphy Today. Studio Vista 1976. 112p 28cm hb, dj, index, plates throughout, a sl worn ex pub lib copy w/ minor faults £ 12.-

127. Fairbank, Alfred: A Handwriting Manual. Leicester: Dryad 1947. 40p 19cm cloth, 23plates, illus, VG (tiny hole at spine) £ 12.-

128. Gill, Eric: The Engraved Work. Victoria & Albert Museum. HMSO 1963. 94p 24cm, card cover sl creased, 205 illus, ex lib copy, minor faults £ 14.-

129. Lewis, John: Printed Ephemera. The Changing Use of Type & Letterforms in English & American Printing. Faber 1969. 128p 30cm card, fresh & nice, many illus £ 14.-

130. Lewis, John; Brinkley, John: Graphic Design, with Special Reference to Lettering, Typography and Illustration. Routledge 1954. 198p 25cm cloth, bibliogr, index, illus throughout, some in colour, VG+ ex lib £ 14.-

131. Atlas der Nederlandsche Palaeographie. `S-Gravenhage: Nijhoff 1910. Ed. H Brugmans, O Oppermann. [16]p 28plates reprod 56 documents in facs, from 1100 to 1692, with bibliographical description & transcription on facing pages, assembled in a folder, not bound, cover sl dusty, VG+ copy, large folio (36cm) £ 38.-

132. Pitman's Shorthand Commercial Course. A Series of Lessons in Sir Isaac Pitman's System of Phonography. Centenary Edition. Pitman 1913. vi, 240, 8p (advert.) 17cm. Olive cloth with gilt lettering, a very fresh copy £ 12.-

133. Schrift und Urkunde Im Geschichtsunterricht. München: Müller 1914. x 99p 24cm hb, index, minor wear, a history of writing in 30 photogr plates £ 12.-

134. Wright, G G Neill: The Writing of Arabic Numerals. Univ of London Pr 1952. xxii 424p 22cm cloth, sl worn, endpapers repaired, still VG £ 20.-

The Press

135. Conrad, Will: The Milwaukee Journal. The First Eighty Years. Wisconsin UP 1964. 232p 23cm, cloth, dj, plates, index, appendix, VG+ £ 14.-

136. Cudlipp, Hugh: Publish and Be Damned. The Astonishing Story of the Daily Mirror. Dakers 1953. ix 293p 22cm cloth, 24 pl, VG, backgr for the latest press-wars £ 14.-

137. Dupuch, Etienne: Tribune Story. Benn 1967. 162p 20cm hb, dj, plates, VG. paper pub in Nassau (Bahamas) £ 10.-

138. Fyfe, H: 60 Years of Fleet Street. Allen 1949. 227p cloth, plates, index, sl soiled, still VG £ 8.-

139. Goaman, Muriel: News and Messages. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. (Books for Boys and Girls) 73p 19cm hb, dj, VG+: the materialities of communication explique aux enfants £ 10.-

140. Hudson, Derek: Thomas Barnes of The Times. A Biography. Ed. Harold Child. Cambridge: UP 1944. xii 196p 22cm cloth, dj, plates, index, VG+: editor of the Times from 1817 to 1841, with unpub essays by B £ 16.-

141. Jenkins, Simon: The Market for Glory. Fleet Street Ownership in the 20th Century. Faber 1986. 247p 23cm hb, dj, index, bibliogr, appendix, tables, chronology, VG+ £ 10.-

142. Kramer, Dale: Ross & the New Yorker. Gollancz 1952. 306p 20cm hb, dj, VG+. H W Ross, editor of New Yorker £ 10.-

143. Neuman, Johanna: Lights, Camera, War. Is Media Technology Driving International Politics?. NY: St Martins, 1996. 360p 22cm proof copy £ 5.-

144. [News Of The World] Berry, R. Power: The Romance of a Great Newspaper. (1960?) 57p 28cm cloth, plates, VG, inscribed by Author £ 10.-

145. Phelan, John: Apartheid Media. Disinformation and Dissent in South Africa. Westport: Hill 1987. xi 220p 21cm card cover, index bibliogr, appendix, VG £ 8.-

146. La Presse Ouvriére, 1819 - 1850. Angleterre, États-Unis, France, Belgique, etc. Études par Jacques Godechot. Paris 1966 (=Bibliotheque des la Révolution de 1848, vol 23) vii 312p 22cm card cover, dj, VG+ £ 15.-