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| This selection contains 6 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 6 |
| CANFIELD, C. Up & Down & Around. A Publisher Recollects the Time of His Life . London, 1972; xvi, 272pp; with 12 plates and occasional line/tone illustrations; publ. hard-back binding; dustwrapper; a few tiny faint marks on rear board, otherwise the volume is very good in a sl rubbed, price-clipped, dustwrapper. A distinguished, energetic figure in Harper publishing, Canfield gives a lively account of his life, as experienced during the "Roaring Twenties", the Depression, World War II, its aftermath, and later. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 030364 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| JOSEPH, RICHARD Michael Joseph, Master of Words 0. Prologue by Monica Dickens. Southampton, 1986; large 8vo (10 x 6.3 in); xviii, 238pp; with a portrait frontispiece and many other illustrations, mainly from photographs; in publ. hard-back binding; dustwrapper (price-clipped); volume in very good, crisp condition. As well as an eminent publisher, Michael Joseph was also a soldier and author: a well-researched biography by one of Joseph's sons. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 030628 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| MUSSON, A.E. The Typographical Association. Origins and History Up to 1949 0. London, New York, 1954; x, 488pp; in original cloth; cloth bumped, faded & sl marked, a few faint spots on endpapers, otherwise the interior is clean and sound. A full history of this trade union, and an insight into the decades in which it existed. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 030352 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| ODHAMS, W.J.B. The Business and I . London, 1935, first edition; 8vo; xii + 193pp; illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 other plates; publ. cloth, lettered in gilt; dustwrapper (sl. soiled, small tears); extremities sl. bumped, hint of foxing to half-title, otherwise a very good copy. This autobiography is prefaced: "Mr.W.J.B.Odhams, who has been for more than sixty years connected with the great business which bears his name, has written a book of a very unusual kind. The life of the business and his own have been so completely interwoven that he has been able to tell both stories without the effect of trying to mix oil and water.". GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 030369 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| WARBURG, FREDERICK An Occupation for Gentleman 0. Hutchinson, 1959; 288pp; illustrated with a colour frontispiece & 12 b/w plates; original cloth; faint hint of wear to extremities, signature on free. f.e.p. otherwise very good. Frederic Warburg's narrative includes chapters called "Blundering into Publishing" and "Drifting into Disaster" - an endearing autobiography. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 030372 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| ZIESAK, ANNE-KATRIN Der Verlag Walter de Gruyter 1749-1999 . Ill.: 0. Mit beitragen von Hans-Robert Cram, Kurt-Georg Cram und AndreasTerwey; Berlin, New York, 1999; large 8vo (9.4 x 6.7in); xii, 292pp; with a colour frontispiece, and high quality illustrations, some tonal, and some in colour; publ. paper wrappers; fine. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 030353 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. |
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