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| This selection contains 30 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| BOGENG (G.A.E.) Die Grossen Bibliophilen. Geschichte der Buchersammler und Ihrer Sammlungen. Georg Olms, Hildesheim. (Reprint of the 1922 Edition, 1984. 3 Vols., in 2, numerous plates, orig. cloth. A well illustrated bibliography of book collectors and book collecting. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 | JP¥ 12473] Book number: 25539 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BOOTH (RICHARD) EDITOR. The Country Life Book of Book Collecting. Country Life Books. 1976. First Edition, 4to, illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 12881 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BROOK (G.L.): Books and Book-Collecting. Andre Deutsch. 1980. First Edition, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 405 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BURTON (JOHN HILL) The Book-Hunter. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. 1889. New Edition, ex-library, frontis., orig. quarter morocco, uncut. Contents include the book hunter, his nature, his functions, his club, book-club literature, etc. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 14643 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| DE BURY (RICHARD) The Philobiblon of Richard De Bury. Translated by Andrew Fleming West. Philip C. Duschnes, New York. 1945. Large 8vo, presentation inscription from Fanny Duschnes, orig. cloth. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 18926 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CARTER (JOHN): Books and Book-Collectors. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956. First Edition, ex-library, orig. cloth. These essays are on great book collectors, typographers, the collecting of detective fiction and the Wise forgeries. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 454 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CARTER (JOHN) EDITOR. New Paths in Book Collecting. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1934. First Edition, [vi],294pp., orig. cloth, spine faded. Landmark book edited by Carter. Includes essays by Carter, Winterich, Muir, Oldman, Sadleir, Balston, Randall and Pollard. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 21531 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| COLLISON (ROBERT L.) Book Collecting. An Introduction to Modern Methods of Literary and Bibliographical Detection. Ernest Benn Ltd. 1957. First Edition, frontispiece, 30 plates, cloth. This covers binding, watermarks, printing, forgeries, the care of books and other matters. There are appendixes on general bibliography, landmarks in the history of book production and very useful who’s who in book collecting. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 12859 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CURLE (RICHARD) Collecting American First Editions: Its Pitfalls and its Pleasures. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis. 1930. First Edition, limited edition, signed and numbered by the author, frontis., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 20216 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SAWYER (CHARLES J.) & DARTON (F.J. HARVEY) English Books 1475-1900. A Signpost for Collectors. Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. 1927. First Edition, 2 vols., limited edition, frontispiece, folding plate, 98 full-page illustrs., and facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut. Discusses the works of each writer in turn from a selling and book-collecting point of view; the authors were a bookseller and a collector. Ex-library copy, with stamps. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 11129 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SAWYER (CHARLES J.) & DARTON (F.J. HARVEY) English Books 1475-1900. A Signpost for Collectors. Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. 1927. First Edition, 2 vols., limited edition, presentation inscription from Charles J. Sawyer, frontispiece, folding plate, 98 full-page illustrs., and facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut, a nice copy. Discusses the works of each writer in turn from a selling and book-collecting point of view; the authors were a bookseller and a collector. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 | JP¥ 8071] Book number: 12857 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SAWYER (CHARLES J.) & DARTON (F.J. HARVEY) English Books 1475-1900. A Signpost for Collectors. Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. 1927. First Edition, 2 vols., limited edition, presentation inscription from Charles J. Sawyer, frontispiece, folding plate, 98 full-page illustrs., and facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut, d.w. a nice copy. Discusses the works of each writer in turn from a selling and book-collecting point of view; the authors were a bookseller and a collector. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 | JP¥ 11006] Book number: 15714 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| DRINKWATER (JOHN): A Book for Bookmen; Being Edited Manuscripts & Marginalia with Essays on Several Occasions. Dulau & Company, Ltd. 1926. First Edition, orig. cloth, slightly faded. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 459 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| HAMEL (CHRISTOPHER DE) & LINENTHAL (RICHARD A.) EDITORS. Fine Books and Book Collecting. Books and Manuscripts Acquired from Alan G. Thomas and Described by his Customers on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday. James Hall, Leamington Spa. 1981. First Edition, 4to, frontis., 30 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. A collection of thirty-three articles by private collectors and curators of some of the world’s great libraries on an impressive array of major and minor items from all corners of the market. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 21753 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| FABES (GILBERT H.) & FOYLE (WILLIAM A.) Modern First Editions: Points and Values. (Second Series). W. and G. Foyle Ltd. 1931. First Edition, limited edition, signed by Gilbert H. Fabes, cont. full calf, gilt, uncut, t.e.g. Provenance: William Foyle Library, with his gilt red morocco bookplate. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 17127 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| HARRISON (FREDERIC): The Choice of Books and Other Literary Pieces. Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1886. First Edition, one of 250 large paper copies, orig. buckram, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 371 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| HARRISON (FREDERIC): The Choice of Books and Other Literary Pieces. Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1907. Orig. cloth, unopened, uncut. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 588 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUIR (P.H.) Book-Collecting as a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman. Gramol Publications Ltd. 1945. Second Edition revised and enlarged, 8 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 12866 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUIR (P.H.) Book-Collecting. More Letters to Everyman. Cassell and Co. Ltd. 1949. First Edition, presentation inscription from the author to Adams, with the Adams bookplate, orig. cloth, d.w. These are elementary primers of the new fashion of book collecting which have had considerable influence. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 18957 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUIR (P.H.): Book-Collecting as a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman. Gramol Publications Ltd. 1945. Presentation inscription from Percy H. Muir, 8 illustrations, orig. cloth. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 575 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUIR (P.H.): Book-Collecting as a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman. Gramol Publications Ltd., 1944. First Edition, 100pp., 8 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 574 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUIR (P.H.): Book-Collecting. More Letters to Everyman. Cassell and Co., Ltd. 1949. First Edition, orig. cloth. These are elementarty primers of the new fashion of book collecting which have had considerable influence. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 461 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUNBY (A.N.L.) Essays and Papers. Edited with an Introduction, by Nicolas Barker. The Scolar Press. 1977. First Edition, with the Adams bookplate, frontis., 8 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Munby’s many interests and concerns are reflected in this book. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr. GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 US$ 63.12 | JP¥ 5576] Book number: 18959 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUNBY (A.N.L.) Essays and Papers. Edited with an Introduction, by Nicolas Barker. The Scolar Press. 1977. First Edition, frontis., 8 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Munby’s many interests and concerns are reflected in this book. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 19429 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| NEWTON (A. EDWARD): The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections. John Lane. 1920. Coloured frontis., plates, orig. buckram-backed boards. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 368 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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