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| This selection contains 9 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 9 |
| CARTER (JOHN) Books and Book-Collectors. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956. First Edition, 196pp., orig. cloth. These essays are on great book collectors, typographers, the collecting of detective fiction and the Wise forgeries. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JPĄ 2935] Book number: 23574 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CARTER (JOHN) Books and Book-Collectors. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956. First Edition, 196pp., presentation inscription from the author to Major J.R. Abbey “for Jack Abbey, a small tit for a large tat, from John Carter, 20 Nov 56”, orig. cloth, d.w. These essays are on great book collectors, typographers, the collecting of detective fiction and the Wise forgeries. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 | JPĄ 13941] Book number: 24115 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MYERS (ROBIN) & HARRIS (MICHAEL) EDITORS. Antiquaries, Book Collectors and the Circles of Learning. St Paul’s Bibliographies. 1996. First Edition, facsimiles, orig. decorated boards. Contents: “Scolars and bibliophiles: book collectors in Oxford, 1550-1650”, “Scholar-collectors and their bindings”, “Dr Andrew ColtĂ©e Ducarel (1713-1785): pioneer of Anglo-Norman studies”, “The circle of John Gage (1786-1842)...”, “Bibliotheca Heberiana”, “The sale of the Luttrell Psalter”, “The illuminated manuscript collection of Edmond de Rothschild” & “The library of the Society of Antiquaries of London: acquiring antiquaries’ books over three centuries”. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JPĄ 3669] Book number: 12534 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CARLEY (JAMES P.) & TITE (COLIN G.C.) EDITORS. Books and Collectors 1200-1700. Essays Presented to Andrew Watson. The British Library. 1997. First Edition, large 8vo, xxii,501pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Focusing on four main themes in the history of the book over five centuries - monastic books and medieval learning, humanism and incunabula, the dispersal of monastic libraries, and post-monastic collectors, this collections brings together the most recent research of twenty-three distinguished scholars. GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 77.75 US$ 116.27 | JPĄ 10272] Book number: 21666 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| FLETCHER (WILLIAM YOUNGER) English Book Collectors. Kegan Paul, Trench, TrĂĽbner and Co. Ltd. 1902. First Edition, large 8vo, xviii,448pp., presentation inscription from the author, frontis., 45 plates and illustrs., orig. buckram, faded, uncut, t.e.g. A most useful compilation, covering all the great collectors. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 | JPĄ 9538] Book number: 19500 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MUNBY (A.N.L.) Phillipps Studies. Cambridge University Press. 1951-60. First Edition, 5 vols., frontispieces (1 coloured), 24 plates, orig. cloth, d.w’s slightly worn. Vol. 1: The Catalogue of Manuscripts & Printed Books of Sir Thomas Phillips. Their Composition and Distribution. Vol. 2: The Family Affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Vol. 3 and 4: The Formation of the Phillipps Library up to the Year 1872. Vol. 5: The Dispersal of the Phillipps Library. GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 327.25 US$ 490 | JPĄ 43289] Book number: 16828 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| THOMAS (ALAN G.) Great Books and Book Collectors. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. First Edition, large 4to, ex-library, 250 illustrs., (some coloured), hinges shaken, orig. cloth, d.w. Tells the Story of some of the world’s greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JPĄ 2935] Book number: 14753 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| TITE (COLIN G.C.) The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library. Formation, Cataloguing, Use. The British Library. 2003. Large 8vo, 304pp., 20 illustrs., orig. cloth. New. Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s and the dispersal of their libraries, a number of British collectors set to work to recover as much material as possible. Sir Robert Cotton was an outstanding member of this group, and his library went on to become one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753, and eventually the British Library. Here Colin Tite, an expert on Robert Cotton's library, edits and analyses many records from the time, shedding light on the Cotton family as collectors and providing a considerable amount of fresh evidence on the history of the collection and its development. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 | JPĄ 8805] Book number: 21769 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| TITE (COLIN G.C.) The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library. Formation, Cataloguing, Use. The British Library. 2003. Large 8vo, 304pp., 20 illustrs., orig. cloth. New. Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s and the dispersal of their libraries, a number of British collectors set to work to recover as much material as possible. Sir Robert Cotton was an outstanding member of this group, and his library went on to become one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753, and eventually the British Library. Here Colin Tite, an expert on Robert Cotton's library, edits and analyses many records from the time, shedding light on the Cotton family as collectors and providing a considerable amount of fresh evidence on the history of the collection and its development. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 | JPĄ 8805] Book number: 22290 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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