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1. Babb, James T.-et al. BOOKS
AND PUBLISHING LECTURE SERIES. Volume I, 1953-1954.. Boston:
Simmons College School of Library Science, 1954. 30 pages. Softbound 8.5" x
11" covers with cloth strip on the spine. There is somewhere and a couple
of scuffed spots to the cover. Small former owner's label remnant on the top of
the front cover. Contains a good article on 19th-century children's books as
well as an article by the New England Chapter Antiquarian Booksellers
Association of America. $20.00
2. Blanck, Jacob. PETER
PARLEY TO PENROD. A Bibliographical Description of the Best-Loved American
Juvenile Books.. New York: R.R. Bowker Company,
1956. 153 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $17.00
3. Bristol, Roger Pattrell. INDEX
OF PRINTERS, PUBLISHER, AND BOOKSELLERS INDICATED BY CHARLES EVANS IN HIS
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.. Charlottesville, Virginia:
Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1961. 172 pages. Slight
shelf wear to spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. $30.50
4. Bushnell, George Herbert. FROM
BOOKS TO BRICKS, A MISCELLANY.. London: Grafton,
1949. 160 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the
edges. $6.00
5. Crawley, Peter. A
DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MORMON CHURCH. Volume 1.. Provo,
Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2005. 477 pages. Signed by the author.
Near new condition, both book and dust jacket. $125.00
6. Crawley, Peter. A
DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIGRAPHY OF THE MORMON CHURCH. Volume 2.. Provo,
Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2005. 501 pages. Near new condition, both
book and dust jackets. $48.00
7. Crawley, Peter. A
DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIGRAPHY OF THE MORMON CHURCH. Volume II (2).. Provo,
Utah: Religious Studies Center; BYU, 2005. 501 pages. Signed by the author. Near
new condition, both book and dust jacket. $55.00
8. de Vries, Leonard. FLOWERS
OF DELIGHT: An Agreeable Garland of Prose and Poetry 1765-1830.. New
York: Pantheon Books, 1965. 232 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners.
Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Some browning to the dust jacket. $11.00
9. Debury, Richard. THE
LOVE OF BOOKS: THE PHILOBIBLON OF RICHARD DE BURY.. London:
Chatto & Windus, 1925. 148 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine and
corners. $25.00
10. Field, Carolyn. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.. Chicago:
ALA Editions, 1982. 258 pages. Near new condition. $4.50
11. Harwell, Richard. THE
CONFEDERATE HUNDRED: A BIBLIOPHILIC SELECTION OF CONFEDERATE BOOKS.. Urbana,
Illinois: Beta Phi Mu, 1964. 58 pages. Slight wear to the edges of the spine and
the corners. $14.00
12. Johnson, Norman K. MORMON
AND UTAH HOLOGRAPHIC SCRIP, 1830's - 1870's.. [n.p.]:
N.K. Johnson, 1986. 111 pages. Spiral-bound softcovers. Some wear and
discoloratoin to the covers, else near VG. $45.00
13. Katz, William A. CUNEIFORM
TO COMPUTER: A HISTORY OF REFERENCE SOURCES.. Lanham,
Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 1998. 417 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front
cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $7.25
14. Kent, Norman. THE
WOODCUT AND WOOD ENGRAVING... EXHIBITION OF RELIEF PRINTS SHOWING THE STRIKING
FINE ART EFFECTS AVAILABLE IN PRINTING.. Chicago:
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1961. 12 pages. Softbound cover show slight wear
and slight darkening around the edges of the paper covers. A scarce publication.
$30.00
15. Lemoine, Henry. The
Present State of Printing and Bookselling in America (1796). With an
introduction by Douglas C. McMurtrie.. Chicago:
Privately Printed, 1929. 23 pages. Limited editon. This copy is signed by
Douglac C McMurtrie, who provided the introduction. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. The center of the text block is cracked, but no
pages are loose. The original slipcase shows some wear to the edges. $60.00
16. Lystad, Mary H. FROM
DR. MATHER TO DR. SEUSS: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.. Boston:
G. K. Hall, 1980. 264 pages. A clean, tight copy. Near fine condition. $7.75
17. Matheson, William. CHILDREN'S
BOOKS IN THE RARE BOOK DIVISION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Two volume set.. Totowa,
New Jersey: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1985. Two volume set. Volume
I-Author; Volume II-Chronological. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $33.00
18. Miller, William. THE
BOOK INDUSTRY, A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY INQUIRY.. New
York: Cornell University Press, 1949. 156 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and
corners. $5.50
19. Mongan, Elizabeth & Edwin Wolf. THE
FIRST PRINTERS AND THEIR BOOKS. A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION... Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Free Library, 1940. 94 pages. Softbound covers. Light soiling to
the edges of the covers. $6.00
20. Naude,
Gabriel. ADVICE ON ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY.. Berkeley
& Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1950. 110 pages. Some shelf
wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $30.00
21. Targ, William-editor. BIBLIOPHILE
IN THE NURSERY. A BOOKMAN'S TREASURY OF COLLECTORS' LORE ON OLD AND RARE
CHILDREN'S BOOKS.. Cleveland: World Publishing,
1957. 503 pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $20.00
22. Tassin, Algernon. THE
MAGAZINE IN AMERICA.. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co,
1916. 374 pages. Heavy shelf wear to spine extremities. Some chipping to the
cloth at the top of the spine. Click discoloration to the green cloth covers.
The top front corner has library repair tape over it. Binding sound. $12.50
23. The Horn Book, Incorporated. THE
HORN BOOK MAGAZINE OF BOOKS AND READING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. Volume
17, 1941.. Boston: The Horn Book, Incorporated,
1941. 512 pages. Bound in black buckram. Some shelf wear to the edges of the
spine and corners. This is a complete volume 17 and six issues for 1941. The
magazine was published six times a year. With excellent articles and
illustrations from vintage children's books and books that were being published
at that time. Many good historical articles on children's books and children's
book publishing and illustrating are found throughout these issues. $40.00
24. Welsh, Charles. THE
RIGHT READING FOR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL THE HOME THE LIBRARY.. Boston:
D.C. Heath & Co., 1902. 82 pages. Softbound covers. Light shelf wear. $10.00
25. Winckler, Paul A. READER
IN THE HISTORY OF BOOKS AND PRINTING.. Englewood,
Colorado: Information Handling Services, 1978. 406 pages. Light wear. Overall
VG. $26.00