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1. Bay, J. Christian. THE
FORTUNE OF BOOKS: ESSAYS, MEMORIES AND PROPHECIES OF A LIBRARIAN. Chicago,
Walter M. Hill: 1941. 442 pages. Light wear only to the book. Some small chips
to the edges of the dust jacket. $35.00
2. Becco, Horacio Jorge. JORGE
LUIS BORGES: BIBLIOGRAFIA TOTAL, 1923-1973. Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Casa Pardo: 1973. 244 pages. Large softcovers. There is some
discoloration to the covers and a few small creases to the paper. $40.00
3. Bennett, James O'Donnell. RARE
HANDICRAFT IN BOOKBINDING. 1933. 12 pages. This is
copy #10 of a limited edition of 200 copies and is signed by the author. Shelf
wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine has a few small chips and rubbed
spots. There is some fading and slight discoloration to the binding. $17.50
4. Burton, John Hill. THE
BOOK-HUNTER. London, George Routledge & Sons:
259 pages. No date of publication listed. Appears to be late 1890's or early
1900's. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Slight fading to the covers.
$12.50
5. Buxbaum, Edwin C. COLLECTING
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES. Milwaukee, Box Tree
Press: 1935. 68 pages. Softbound covers. Slight wear. Some pencil underlining.
$11.95
6. Decker, Peter. A
DESCRIPTIVE CHECK LIST, TOGETHER WITH SHORT TITLE INDEX, DESCRIBING ALMOST 7500
ITEMS OF WESTERN AMERICANA...George W. Soliday Collection Oak
Knoll Books: 1997. 521 pages. An excellent reference book for Western Americana
bibliography. $60.00
7. Fireman, Bert M. A
TALK HONORING LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY. Tucson,
Platyne Press: 1977. 18 pages. Softbound covers. Very good condition. Signed by
the author. $20.00
8. Flake, Chad-compiler. A
MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1830-1930: TEN YEAR SUPPLEMENT. Salt
Lake City, University of Utah: 1989. Slight shelf wear. Includes listings
overlooked or unknown in the publication of the monumental reference book
"A Mormon Bibliography". $25.00
9. Foster, David W. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JORGE LUIS BORGES. Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University: 1971. 39 pages. Large softbound covers. Some wear and browning to edges of the front cover. $33.00
10. Greenwood, Robert-editor. CALIFORNIA
IMPRINTS, 1833-1862. A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Los Gatos,
California, The Talisman Press: 1961. 1st American edition. Slight shelf wear,
else VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. $30.00
11. Hildreth Press. THE
NEW COLOPHON: A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. Volume II Part 6. June 1949. New
York, Hildreth Press: 1949. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else
near VG. $10.00
12. Hyett, Francis Adams. CHATTERTONIANA:
BEING A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES..RELATING TO
THE LIFE & WORKS OF CHATTERTON. Gloucester,
John C. Winston: 1914. Thin flexible boards. Cover has crease from being bent.
The spine is paper and the paper is mostly chipped away. The binding is tight. A
very scarce bibliography of the printed sources pertaining to the Chatterton
literary controversy. $75.00
13. Knowles, Eleanor. DESERET
BOOK COMPANY: 125 YEARS OF INSPIRATION, INFORMATION, AND IDEAS. Salt
Lake City, Deseret Book: 1991. First American edition. Slight shelf wear. An
excellent historical account of this prolific LDS publisher. $2.75
14. Library Of Congress. CLASSIFICATION;
Class B; Subclasses BR-BV. Religion: Christianity, Bible. Washington,
D.C., Library of Congress: 1987. 364 pages. Ex-library, bound in blue library
buckram. Library label on spine and ink stamps inside covers. Binding is tight
and contents complete. This is Library of Congress Class B; Subclasses BR-BV.
Religion: Christianity, Bible. $25.00
15. MacKellar, Thomas. THE
AMERICAN PRINTER: A MANUAL OF TYPOGRAPHY, CONTAINING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR
MANAGING ALL DEPARTMENTS OF A PRINTING OFFICE. Philadelphia,
Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan: 1882. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some
fraying to edges. Wear and rubbing to spine edges and corners. Some soiling to
covers. $33.00
16. Marsh, Elsie A. G. -compiler. THE
ECONOMIC LIBRARY OF JACOB H. HOLLANDER, Ph.D. Professor of Political Economy in
the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland,
Privately Printed: 1937. Green cloth spine & corners. Green paper over board
covers. Light wear to spine and corners, else VG. Limited edition of 500
copies printed by J.H. Furst Company. A beautiful book. Includes a slip inserted
at the top of the 1/2 title page that says "With the Compliments of Jacob
H. Hollander, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. $85.00
17. Mathews, Jack. BOOK
COLLECTING AND THE SEARCH FOR REALITY. Wichita,
Wichita State University: 1972. Some shelf wear, else VG. Disbound wrappers.
$7.25
18. Mayhew, Isabel. CHARLES
W. SMITH'S PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICANA. A CHECK LIST OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. Portland,
Oregon, Oregon Historical Society: 1950. Some wear to spine and corners. $20.00
19. Mergenthaler Linotype. ROBERT
GRANJON: SIXTEENTH CENTURY TYPE FOUNDER AND PRINTER. Brooklyn,
New York , Mergenthaler Linotype: 1931. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners.
In original slipcase. Slipcase has edge-wear. Beautifully printed as a fine
press book on custom-made paper. $80.00
20. Moore, Richard E. -editor. PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AMERICANA, 1949-1974: A SUPPLEMENT TO CHARLES W. SMITH'S THIRD
EDITION, 1950. Portland, Oregon, Binford's &
Mort: 1981. Softbound covers. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $9.50
21. Morse, Willard S. & Gertrude
Brinkle-compilers. Howard Pyle, A Record of His
Illustrations and Writings. Detroit, Singing Tree
Press: 1969. 242 pages. Like new condition. This is the 1969 reprint of the 1921
edition. $25.00
22. Myers, Robin & Michael Harris. PIONEERS
IN BIBLIOGRAPHY. New Castle, Oak Knoll Press:
1996. Slight shelf wear. $8.90
23. Nelson, Milo G. IDAHO
LOCAL HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH A CHECKLIST OF LIBRARY HOLDINGS. Moscow,
Idaho, University Press of Idaho: 1976. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly
worn, else VG dust jacket. $21.95
24. Pope, F. Whipple. PROCESSES
IN DYEING WITH VEGETABLE DYE AND BY OTHER MEANS: COVERING FOUR YEARS'
EXPERIMENTS AT THE NORTH BENNET STREET INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. WITH A CHAPTER ON
BLOCK PRINTING. Boston, North Bennet Street
Industrial School: 1964. 35 pages. Wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some
small chips and tears to paper on spine and at cover edges. Staple binding.
$8.00
25. Powell Lawrence Clark. SOUTHWESTERN
BOOK TRAILS: A READER'S GUIDE TO THE HEARTLAND OF NEW MEXICO & ARIZONA. Santa
Fe, New Mexico, William Gannon: 1982. Sligth wear, else near VG. Softbound
wrappers. $5.50
26. Rosenberg, Betty-compiler. CHECKLIST
OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL. Los
Angeles, University of California: 1966. 46 pages. Softbound covers. Signed by
Lawrence Clark Powell. $28.50
27. Salem Press. DIRECTORY
OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS: Volume 3-AUTHORS. ABBEY, EDWARD-ZWEIG, STEFAN. Pasadena,
California, Salem Press: 1999. Slight shelf wear. This is volume 3 only. There
is an ink stamp that says "library surplus material" on the front
endpage, but no other library marks. $22.50
28. Servies, James A. A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN MARSHALL: THE CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN
MARHSALL. Washington, DC, John Marshall
Bicentennial: 1956. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. Light
library wear. $4.00
29. Shaler, Joseph compiler. THE
PLEASURES OF LITERATURE AND THE SOLACE OF BOOKS. Barse
and Hopkins: Soiling to binding. Wear and some discoloration to covers. $6.00
30. Sheets, K.A. American
fishing books, 1743-1993, A Guide to Values. Ann
Arbor, Anglers & Scholars: 1993. 111 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine edges
and corners. Dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $10.00
31. Sindall, R.W. THE
MANUFACTURE OF PAPER. New York, D. Van Nostrand
Company: 1919. 275 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Slight fading to covers. $15.00
32. Sutton, Walter. THE
WESTERN BOOK TRADE: CINCINNATI AS A NINETEENTH-CENTURY PUBLISHING AND BOOK-TRADE
CENTER. Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University:
1961. 1st American edition. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with some
chips to the zedges. $11.50
33. Tappan, Beth-compiler. CHILDREN'S
BOOKS AROUND THE YEAR: A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS,
LIBRARIANS AND BOOKSELLERS. [n.p.], Children's
Book Council: 1945. 128 pages. Softcover.Slight wear and light discoloration to
the covers. $15.00
34. Thomas B. Mosher. THE
MOSHER BOOKS. Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher:
1909. 79 pages. Heavy wear to paper covers, with chips and tears to edges. Some
soiling as well. This is a publisher's trade catalog of fine press books. $10.00
35. Walsh, Frances. THAT
EAGER ZEST: FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE MAGIC WORLD OF BOOKS. Philadelphia,
J. B. Lippincott: 1961. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to
edges. $3.75
36. Wolf, Carolyn E. INDIANS
OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Metuchen,
New Jersey, The Scarecrow Press: 1977. 1st American edition. Some shelf wear and
a couple of faded spots to the covers. $9.00