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	AACR2 Anglo-American cataloguing rules Joint Steeering Committee for the revision of AACR, 2005, 3rd annual update of 2nd edition (2002).Loose ring-punched sheets in plastic wrapper.1 85604 569 2.As new /No Jacket.Loose-leaf updates to the 2nd edition of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.This is the third annual update to the 2002 revision.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3199 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ASMOUS, VLADIMIR C. Fontes historiae botanicae Rossicae (Sources for the history of Russian botany) Chronica Botanica (offprint), 1947, Vol.11, no.2.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.; owner's initials on cover.Despite the Latin title, this work includes a preface in English, bibliographic citations dealing with the history of Russian botany (those in Russian being transliterated) with brief analyses, and a very useful subject index.Also noteworthy is the plate occupying the centrefold, showing an 1898 plan of the Imperial Botanic Garden, St.Petersburg (which now houses the Komarov Botanical Institute).Rare.In Latin. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 414 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BAKER, NICHOLSON Double Fold: libraries and the assault on paper Random House, New York, 2001, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 375 50444 3.Fine /Fine.A polemical critique of the trend towards electronic or photographic ""preservation"" of library materials, perhaps not entirely disinterested since the author recently purchased voluminous newspaper archives on his own behalf in order to ""rescue"" them.Should be compulsory reading for trainee librarians.xii, 370, (1) pp. 4 pp.of colour plates. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 6063 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BALDWIN, STUART A beginner's guide to secondhand bookdealing The author, 1999, 1st edition, 1st impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 9508063 5 8.Fine /v.g. Fine/v.g.(tear at foot of spine).Everything you need to know about secondhand bookdealing; the book is just as useful for the customer as it is for the prospective dealer, as it provides useful insights into the trade at a time of transition to the internet economy.Baldwin is a successful natural history dealer specialising in geology.x, 214 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 1317 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BECKETT, CHRIS & INGER, SIMON Self-archiving and journal subscriptions: co-existence or competition? Publishing research consortium, 2007, PRC Summary Papers no.2.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.An international survey of librarians' preferences, which can be summed up by saying that most librarians 'welcomed the challenge that Open Access presents to established publishing models'.Now there's a surprise! 16 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4528 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLATCHLY, JOHN East Anglian Ex-Libris: bookplates and labels made between 1700 and the present day The Bookplate Society, 2008, 1st edition.Paper covers.978 0 9555428 1 7.New /No Jacket.128 pp.Catalogue drawn partly from the Booth collection of East Anglian bookplates, together with examples from the author's own collection.Well illustrated in colour and monochrome.Includes some highly amusing asides such as 'putti at work and at play'.In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 4326 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRIDSON, GAVIN The history of natural history: an annotated bibliography 2008.Hard covers, dust jacket.New /New.Supplied in a plain white cardboard box. In English. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 \| JP¥ 9633] Book number: 4400 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	O'BRIEN, P. Eyres' Press 1756-1803: an embryo university press Owl Books, 1993, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 873888 45 7.New/New.Signed by the author.An account of Warrington's leading firm of printers in the late 18th century, who acquired a national reputation for the quality of their work.A close association with the Warrington Academy was a significant factor in their success.The book includes bibliographies of works published, or merely printed, by Eyres' Press, and has a bound-in page of letterpress (reproducing the title page of Robinson's ""Sketches in verse"" of 1801).1-76, (1), 77-128 pp.In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 2644 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKS, ANN & HAWORTH, BRYAN Portico Library: a history Carnegie Publishing, Lancaster, 2000, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve.ASIN 185936070X.As new/Fine.Nearly new, with dust jacket and published in Lancaster (not Preston).Signed by the second author.The Portico Library is one of Manchester's most historic cultural institutions, founded in 1806 in a neoclassical building designed by the distinguished architect Thomas Harrison.Today, the ground floor has sadly been turned into a pub, but the book stacks remain proudly on the first floor gallery.An early subscription library, many of the Portico's books have seen better days, Manchester's heavily polluted atmosphere in the 19th century having devoured the leather bindings; and unlike the Liverpool Athenaeum, which has both a fine library and dining facilities, the books take centre stage.Definitely a book for the bibliophile. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 564 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHANDLER, G. Liverpool Public Libraries Programme and Guide 1957-8 Liverpool City Council, Central Public Libraries, William Brown St, 1957.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover foxed and soiled, internally clean.Includes loosely inserted booking forms for parties attending exhibitions and for entries to the literary competition.64 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2022 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CLOKIE, HERMIA NEWMAN An account of the herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford Oxford University Press, 1964, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good .V.g. former owner's inscription, jacket chipped at bottom edge, faded at spine, but no shelf wear.An invaluable guide to the historic and modern collections of dried plant specimens in the UK's oldest institutional herbarium.More than a simple enumeration, this work provides chapters on the makers of the herbaria (foundation donors), special collections (Bobart, Sherard, Dillenius, Dampier, Bartram) and an account of the more recent history including the addition of the Fielding collection.The second part of the book is an alphabetical index to collectors with particulars of where, when and what they collected.Since these include many non-British collectors, this is a useful adjunct to Desmond's ""Dictionary"".The book concludes with a selection of handwriting samples.viii, 280 pp. 12 plates.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 2572 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CURRAN, HENRY E. & ROBERTSON, CHARLES Catalogue of the art library bequeathed by Hugh Frederick Hornby Esq., of Liverpool to the Free Public Library of the City of Liverpool Liverpool Library, Museum and Arts Committee, 1906, 1st edition.Library buckram.V.g./No Jacket.Rebound in red buckram with gilt title on spine, internally a very good unmarked copy.With a short introduction by Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian, summarising the generous gift of a fine library in the will of Hugh Frederick Hornby of Wavertree, along with the sizeable sum of Â£10,000 to ""assist the authorities to provide a building in which to store the collection"" - a job they did with aplomb.Whether Hornby would have approved of the use of this space for receptions and openings is an interesting question.His library comprised some 8,000 volumes, mostly chosen ""to illustrate the history and progress of the graphic arts from early times to the present"".It also contains a complete set of the works issued by the Kelmscott Press.There is also a range of fine bindings, though this catalogue does not cover prints, autographs and art bindings.(9), 648 pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 3195 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CUTTER, C.A. Rules for a dictionary catalog Library Association , 1953, Reprint of the 4th edition published in 1904 by the U.S.Bureau of Education (facsimile made in 1935, 3rd reprint); first published in 1875.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Spine split at base, cover soiled, edges dusted.Sensible cataloguing rules (superseded by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) still largely employed today.173 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2032 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DRIVER, ELIZABETH A bibliography of cookery books published in Britain 1875-1914 Prospect Books, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers (white cloth), dust jacket.0 907325 41 6.V.g./Good.The half-title ""Cookery and Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914, Volume Two: Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914"" is somewhat misleading, as there is as yet no Volume One covering the period between Elizabeth Maclean's 18th century short-title catalogue and the present work.Arranged by author (if named) and title (if anonymous), then by title and edition, the bibliographic citation is followed by a list of UK and US libraries which hold the book, and a note with points of significance.Occasionally, as for example the entries for Mrs Isabella Beeton and Charles Senn, there is an introductory biographical note which in her case runs to two pages.748 pp. In English. GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 78.5 US$ 116.62 \| JP¥ 10374] Book number: 4410 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DROOP, J.P. The University Press of Liverpool: a record of progress, 1899-146, with a catalogue of all publications The University Press of Liverpool, 1947, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Ex-library copy, edges sl.rubbed, with an elaborate City of Westmnster bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on t.p.and discreet inkstamps elsewhere.The modest yet understated achievement of one of the longer-established University presses among red-brick universities, is well described in this monograph.Includes a catalogue of the publications, in chronological order.No index.78 pp.In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 3194 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FOUNTAIN, ROBERT B. A bibliography of British sporting artists: 2nd supplement 1995-2001 2001, 1st edition.Paper covers.New /New.Covers the period from 1995 to 2001.No ISBN.40 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4376 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FUSSELL, G.E. The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. [With:] More Old English Farming Books 1731 to 1793. Crosby Lockwood, 1947; 1950, 2 vols.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.First two volumes of a bibliography of books on agriculture and estate management.Informative, especially for the book collector.Vol.1: (8), 141 pp; vol.2: ix, 186 pp.Vol.2 has a review from the Times Literary Supplement (28 April, 1950) tipped in to the front free end paper.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1177 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRIMSTED, PATRICIA KENNEDY A handbook for archival research in the USSR Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1989, 1st edition.Paper covers.As new/No Jacket.Anyone contemplating the daunting task of attempting to consult Russian archives will find this book of great interest.Despite its somewhat dated appearance, it is still a very good summary of available resources and the advice it contains is invaluable.It also gives insights into the complexities and subtleties of Soviet bureaucracy, a mindset that is still not entirely eliminated in today's Russia.xxxiv, 430 pp. In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 2915 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HART-DAVIS, DUFF Audubon's elephant Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 82967 X.As new / As new .Describes the trials and tribulations of an ornithologist in early 19th century America, who made several trips to Europe in pursuit of his dream: a double elephant folio book (hence the title) illustrating the birds of North America at life size.Today only around 120 copies have survived intact, and they fetch telephone number prices on the rare occasions when one comes up for sale.A little-known aspect of the work is its attention to habitat detail; plant associates of the birds are well illustrated, and often captioned.Audubon was fortunate, after a false start in Edinburgh, to engage the services of a superbly skilled illustrator and printer, Robert Havell jnr.and a talented editor/copywriter, William McGillivray.Hart-Davis's book, as befits one on this subject, is illustrated with a number of well-chosen colour plates and includes a more than averagely affectionate portrait of C19 Liverpool.288 pp.End papers decorated with Audubon's plate of the long-billed curlew. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 2347 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HARTLEY, SIR HAROLD (ED.) Index to Notes and Records [of the Royal Society] volumes 1 to 20 (1938-1965) The Royal Society, 1969, 1st edition.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.Primarily an author index (with some titles of persons included).lxviii [48] pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4389 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUNT, R.W., PHILIP, I.G. AND ROBERTS, R.J. (EDS) Studies in the book trade in honour of Graham Pollard The Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1975, N.S.vol.18.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 901420 30 1.V.g./No Jacket.Traces of a sticker on rear cover, otherwise very good (one corner sl.bumped).vii, (frontispiece), 403 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 4433 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	JOY, THOMAS The bookselling business Pitman Publishing, 1974, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 273 00297 X.V.g./V.g. The inside story of the bookselling business in the pre-internet era, detailing the quaint practices such as the Net Book Agreement which governed the trade.His chapter on second-hand bookselling is calculated to deter all but the most intrepid from embarking on an activity which he, a former manager of Hatchards, clearly feels is mildly distasteful except for what he terms the ""high-class"" end of the trade.x, 246 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2860 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAWRENCE, GEORGE H.M., BUCHHEIM, A.F.G., DANIELS, GILBERT S. & DOLEZAL, HELMUT (EDS) B-P-H: Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, 1968, 1st edition.Publisher's dark green cloth, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g.Facsimile of computer database output, arranged alphabetically, listing virtually all known botanical periodicals with both standardised and variant titles.A bibliographic masterpiece, and one of the key reference works for plant taxonomists and botany librarians.This book also contains a number of more general titles, even including publications of the Quekett Microscopical Club.There is no index, but Appendix 1 contains a list of words and abbreviations with their often varied expanded equivalents.There is also a fascinating 'Political Chronology' (Appendix 2) giving details of places of publication (in English) and their historical variants.The book concludes with the wise epitaph by Alexander Pope: ""Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor ne'er will be."" 1063 pp.As this is a heavy book, please ask for a transport quotation when ordering. In English. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 84.25 US$ 124.95 \| JP¥ 11115] Book number: 1125 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, BRIAN NORTH Pictorial Bookplates in Britain Private Libraries Association, 1982, The Private Library vol.5 part 2 (3rd series).Paper covers.ISSN 0032-8898.As new /No Jacket.As new.The whole of this part is devoted to Lee's article, paginated 57-116.It is copiously illustrated with examples, and serves as a useful guide to anyone contemplating a commission, though Mark Severin's mermaid and friend (as depicted by John Buckland Wright) could alarm the sea-horses.30 leaves.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 4463 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MACLEAN, VIRGINIA A short-title catalogue of household and cookery books published in the English tongue 1701-1800 Prospect Books, 1981, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve.0 907325 06 8.As new/Fine.Nearly new.Definitive bibliography of antiquarian cookery books. In English. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 940 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	AACR2 Anglo-American cataloguing rules Joint Steeering Committee for the revision of AACR, 2005, 3rd annual update of 2nd edition (2002).Loose ring-punched sheets in plastic wrapper.1 85604 569 2.As new /No Jacket.Loose-leaf updates to the 2nd edition of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.This is the third annual update to the 2002 revision.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3199 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ASMOUS, VLADIMIR C. Fontes historiae botanicae Rossicae (Sources for the history of Russian botany) Chronica Botanica (offprint), 1947, Vol.11, no.2.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.; owner's initials on cover.Despite the Latin title, this work includes a preface in English, bibliographic citations dealing with the history of Russian botany (those in Russian being transliterated) with brief analyses, and a very useful subject index.Also noteworthy is the plate occupying the centrefold, showing an 1898 plan of the Imperial Botanic Garden, St.Petersburg (which now houses the Komarov Botanical Institute).Rare.In Latin. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 414 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BAKER, NICHOLSON Double Fold: libraries and the assault on paper Random House, New York, 2001, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 375 50444 3.Fine /Fine.A polemical critique of the trend towards electronic or photographic ""preservation"" of library materials, perhaps not entirely disinterested since the author recently purchased voluminous newspaper archives on his own behalf in order to ""rescue"" them.Should be compulsory reading for trainee librarians.xii, 370, (1) pp. 4 pp.of colour plates. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 6063 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BALDWIN, STUART A beginner's guide to secondhand bookdealing The author, 1999, 1st edition, 1st impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 9508063 5 8.Fine /v.g. Fine/v.g.(tear at foot of spine).Everything you need to know about secondhand bookdealing; the book is just as useful for the customer as it is for the prospective dealer, as it provides useful insights into the trade at a time of transition to the internet economy.Baldwin is a successful natural history dealer specialising in geology.x, 214 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 1317 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BECKETT, CHRIS & INGER, SIMON Self-archiving and journal subscriptions: co-existence or competition? Publishing research consortium, 2007, PRC Summary Papers no.2.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.An international survey of librarians' preferences, which can be summed up by saying that most librarians 'welcomed the challenge that Open Access presents to established publishing models'.Now there's a surprise! 16 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4528 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLATCHLY, JOHN East Anglian Ex-Libris: bookplates and labels made between 1700 and the present day The Bookplate Society, 2008, 1st edition.Paper covers.978 0 9555428 1 7.New /No Jacket.128 pp.Catalogue drawn partly from the Booth collection of East Anglian bookplates, together with examples from the author's own collection.Well illustrated in colour and monochrome.Includes some highly amusing asides such as 'putti at work and at play'.In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 4326 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRIDSON, GAVIN The history of natural history: an annotated bibliography 2008.Hard covers, dust jacket.New /New.Supplied in a plain white cardboard box. In English. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 \| JP¥ 9633] Book number: 4400 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	O'BRIEN, P. Eyres' Press 1756-1803: an embryo university press Owl Books, 1993, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 873888 45 7.New/New.Signed by the author.An account of Warrington's leading firm of printers in the late 18th century, who acquired a national reputation for the quality of their work.A close association with the Warrington Academy was a significant factor in their success.The book includes bibliographies of works published, or merely printed, by Eyres' Press, and has a bound-in page of letterpress (reproducing the title page of Robinson's ""Sketches in verse"" of 1801).1-76, (1), 77-128 pp.In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 2644 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKS, ANN & HAWORTH, BRYAN Portico Library: a history Carnegie Publishing, Lancaster, 2000, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve.ASIN 185936070X.As new/Fine.Nearly new, with dust jacket and published in Lancaster (not Preston).Signed by the second author.The Portico Library is one of Manchester's most historic cultural institutions, founded in 1806 in a neoclassical building designed by the distinguished architect Thomas Harrison.Today, the ground floor has sadly been turned into a pub, but the book stacks remain proudly on the first floor gallery.An early subscription library, many of the Portico's books have seen better days, Manchester's heavily polluted atmosphere in the 19th century having devoured the leather bindings; and unlike the Liverpool Athenaeum, which has both a fine library and dining facilities, the books take centre stage.Definitely a book for the bibliophile. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 564 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHANDLER, G. Liverpool Public Libraries Programme and Guide 1957-8 Liverpool City Council, Central Public Libraries, William Brown St, 1957.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover foxed and soiled, internally clean.Includes loosely inserted booking forms for parties attending exhibitions and for entries to the literary competition.64 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2022 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CLOKIE, HERMIA NEWMAN An account of the herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford Oxford University Press, 1964, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good .V.g. former owner's inscription, jacket chipped at bottom edge, faded at spine, but no shelf wear.An invaluable guide to the historic and modern collections of dried plant specimens in the UK's oldest institutional herbarium.More than a simple enumeration, this work provides chapters on the makers of the herbaria (foundation donors), special collections (Bobart, Sherard, Dillenius, Dampier, Bartram) and an account of the more recent history including the addition of the Fielding collection.The second part of the book is an alphabetical index to collectors with particulars of where, when and what they collected.Since these include many non-British collectors, this is a useful adjunct to Desmond's ""Dictionary"".The book concludes with a selection of handwriting samples.viii, 280 pp. 12 plates.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 2572 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CURRAN, HENRY E. & ROBERTSON, CHARLES Catalogue of the art library bequeathed by Hugh Frederick Hornby Esq., of Liverpool to the Free Public Library of the City of Liverpool Liverpool Library, Museum and Arts Committee, 1906, 1st edition.Library buckram.V.g./No Jacket.Rebound in red buckram with gilt title on spine, internally a very good unmarked copy.With a short introduction by Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian, summarising the generous gift of a fine library in the will of Hugh Frederick Hornby of Wavertree, along with the sizeable sum of Â£10,000 to ""assist the authorities to provide a building in which to store the collection"" - a job they did with aplomb.Whether Hornby would have approved of the use of this space for receptions and openings is an interesting question.His library comprised some 8,000 volumes, mostly chosen ""to illustrate the history and progress of the graphic arts from early times to the present"".It also contains a complete set of the works issued by the Kelmscott Press.There is also a range of fine bindings, though this catalogue does not cover prints, autographs and art bindings.(9), 648 pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 3195 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CUTTER, C.A. Rules for a dictionary catalog Library Association , 1953, Reprint of the 4th edition published in 1904 by the U.S.Bureau of Education (facsimile made in 1935, 3rd reprint); first published in 1875.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Spine split at base, cover soiled, edges dusted.Sensible cataloguing rules (superseded by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) still largely employed today.173 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2032 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DRIVER, ELIZABETH A bibliography of cookery books published in Britain 1875-1914 Prospect Books, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers (white cloth), dust jacket.0 907325 41 6.V.g./Good.The half-title ""Cookery and Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914, Volume Two: Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914"" is somewhat misleading, as there is as yet no Volume One covering the period between Elizabeth Maclean's 18th century short-title catalogue and the present work.Arranged by author (if named) and title (if anonymous), then by title and edition, the bibliographic citation is followed by a list of UK and US libraries which hold the book, and a note with points of significance.Occasionally, as for example the entries for Mrs Isabella Beeton and Charles Senn, there is an introductory biographical note which in her case runs to two pages.748 pp. In English. GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 78.5 US$ 116.62 \| JP¥ 10374] Book number: 4410 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DROOP, J.P. The University Press of Liverpool: a record of progress, 1899-146, with a catalogue of all publications The University Press of Liverpool, 1947, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Ex-library copy, edges sl.rubbed, with an elaborate City of Westmnster bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on t.p.and discreet inkstamps elsewhere.The modest yet understated achievement of one of the longer-established University presses among red-brick universities, is well described in this monograph.Includes a catalogue of the publications, in chronological order.No index.78 pp.In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 3194 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FOUNTAIN, ROBERT B. A bibliography of British sporting artists: 2nd supplement 1995-2001 2001, 1st edition.Paper covers.New /New.Covers the period from 1995 to 2001.No ISBN.40 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4376 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FUSSELL, G.E. The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. [With:] More Old English Farming Books 1731 to 1793. Crosby Lockwood, 1947; 1950, 2 vols.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.First two volumes of a bibliography of books on agriculture and estate management.Informative, especially for the book collector.Vol.1: (8), 141 pp; vol.2: ix, 186 pp.Vol.2 has a review from the Times Literary Supplement (28 April, 1950) tipped in to the front free end paper.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1177 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRIMSTED, PATRICIA KENNEDY A handbook for archival research in the USSR Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1989, 1st edition.Paper covers.As new/No Jacket.Anyone contemplating the daunting task of attempting to consult Russian archives will find this book of great interest.Despite its somewhat dated appearance, it is still a very good summary of available resources and the advice it contains is invaluable.It also gives insights into the complexities and subtleties of Soviet bureaucracy, a mindset that is still not entirely eliminated in today's Russia.xxxiv, 430 pp. In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 2915 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HART-DAVIS, DUFF Audubon's elephant Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 82967 X.As new / As new .Describes the trials and tribulations of an ornithologist in early 19th century America, who made several trips to Europe in pursuit of his dream: a double elephant folio book (hence the title) illustrating the birds of North America at life size.Today only around 120 copies have survived intact, and they fetch telephone number prices on the rare occasions when one comes up for sale.A little-known aspect of the work is its attention to habitat detail; plant associates of the birds are well illustrated, and often captioned.Audubon was fortunate, after a false start in Edinburgh, to engage the services of a superbly skilled illustrator and printer, Robert Havell jnr.and a talented editor/copywriter, William McGillivray.Hart-Davis's book, as befits one on this subject, is illustrated with a number of well-chosen colour plates and includes a more than averagely affectionate portrait of C19 Liverpool.288 pp.End papers decorated with Audubon's plate of the long-billed curlew. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 2347 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HARTLEY, SIR HAROLD (ED.) Index to Notes and Records [of the Royal Society] volumes 1 to 20 (1938-1965) The Royal Society, 1969, 1st edition.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.Primarily an author index (with some titles of persons included).lxviii [48] pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4389 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUNT, R.W., PHILIP, I.G. AND ROBERTS, R.J. (EDS) Studies in the book trade in honour of Graham Pollard The Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1975, N.S.vol.18.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 901420 30 1.V.g./No Jacket.Traces of a sticker on rear cover, otherwise very good (one corner sl.bumped).vii, (frontispiece), 403 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 4433 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	JOY, THOMAS The bookselling business Pitman Publishing, 1974, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 273 00297 X.V.g./V.g. The inside story of the bookselling business in the pre-internet era, detailing the quaint practices such as the Net Book Agreement which governed the trade.His chapter on second-hand bookselling is calculated to deter all but the most intrepid from embarking on an activity which he, a former manager of Hatchards, clearly feels is mildly distasteful except for what he terms the ""high-class"" end of the trade.x, 246 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2860 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAWRENCE, GEORGE H.M., BUCHHEIM, A.F.G., DANIELS, GILBERT S. & DOLEZAL, HELMUT (EDS) B-P-H: Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, 1968, 1st edition.Publisher's dark green cloth, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g.Facsimile of computer database output, arranged alphabetically, listing virtually all known botanical periodicals with both standardised and variant titles.A bibliographic masterpiece, and one of the key reference works for plant taxonomists and botany librarians.This book also contains a number of more general titles, even including publications of the Quekett Microscopical Club.There is no index, but Appendix 1 contains a list of words and abbreviations with their often varied expanded equivalents.There is also a fascinating 'Political Chronology' (Appendix 2) giving details of places of publication (in English) and their historical variants.The book concludes with the wise epitaph by Alexander Pope: ""Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor ne'er will be."" 1063 pp.As this is a heavy book, please ask for a transport quotation when ordering. In English. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 84.25 US$ 124.95 \| JP¥ 11115] Book number: 1125 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, BRIAN NORTH Pictorial Bookplates in Britain Private Libraries Association, 1982, The Private Library vol.5 part 2 (3rd series).Paper covers.ISSN 0032-8898.As new /No Jacket.As new.The whole of this part is devoted to Lee's article, paginated 57-116.It is copiously illustrated with examples, and serves as a useful guide to anyone contemplating a commission, though Mark Severin's mermaid and friend (as depicted by John Buckland Wright) could alarm the sea-horses.30 leaves.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 4463 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MACLEAN, VIRGINIA A short-title catalogue of household and cookery books published in the English tongue 1701-1800 Prospect Books, 1981, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve.0 907325 06 8.As new/Fine.Nearly new.Definitive bibliography of antiquarian cookery books. In English. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 940 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.