Shepherd, Richard Herne

The Bibliography of Dickens

Manchester, England, A. Ireland & Co., Printers, for the Stationer's Office, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, shiny blue cloth over boards, still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, front pastedown cracking, with strings showing, else the text-block is still tight. Provides a comprehensive bibliography of the first appearances, official, of the work of Charles Dickens, not just first editions of novels but also magazine and journal issue journal entries, letters, collected works and the like. Listed chronologically but with little useful information regarding points of issue and other aspects of first editions included. The title continues: A Bibliographical list arranged in chronological order of the published writings in prose and verse of Charles Dickens (from 1834 to 1880). Neither date nor place of publication listed, but Worldcat dot org says 1880 and Manchester, England. 107 pp. plus a list of other publications by Richard Herne Shepherd.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 356368

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Mots-clés: Richard Herne Shepherd Charles Dickens bibliography

New York State Library Staff

The Gotshall Collection in the New York State Library

Albany, NY, The Library, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. New York State Library Bulletin #61. Handsomely bound copy, one of 2,000, in very dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover. Light fading at top of covers, but else no marks or damage. Fine and comprehensive catalogue of a bequest of a large private book collection that was made to the New York State Library. 360 books overall were described in detail by library staff bibliographers, and it's especially strong in Dickens, Twain and other giants in 19th century literature. William Charles Gotshall (May 9, 1870 - August 20, 1935) was an American civil engineer "known for his research on engineering economics in civil engineering published as Notes of electric railway economics and preliminary engineering (1903, 1904)." His extensive collection of books was donated to the Library in 1935. He married Adelaide von Rathgen on September 15, 1897, was commissioned as a Major of Engineers in the New York Guard in June 1917 and discharged in 1920, and he served admirably during W.W.I., "surveying, locating and constructing military roads as well as assisting in railroad design and camp layouts" (Wikipedia). 111 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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N° du livre: 355122

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Mots-clés: Gottshall Collection Dickens literature bibliography

Stoughton, Gertrude K.

The Books of California

Los Angeles, California, The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and readable introduction to the history and the heritage of California as revealed in the collection in the Pasadena, California Public Library as assembled by Nellie May Ross. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in brick-red boards, gilt-stamped lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter, 3-213 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 356097

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Mots-clés: Californiana Ward Ritchie Press Gertrude K. Stoughton bibliography

Sutton, Walter

The Western Book Trade: Cincinnati As a 19th Century Publishing & Book-Trade Center

Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A directory of Cincinnati publishers, booksellers, and members of Allied trades, 1796-1880, and including a bibliography. A fine, readable account of Cinncinnati's role in the book publishing and distribution business from 1796-1880 with a special focus on the Old Northwest. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright maroon cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. Three additional illustrations. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, less than moderately worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [2], 3-360 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 355134

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Mots-clés: Walter Sutton Cincinnati Ohio book publishing book trade book selling publishers

Winterich, John T. and Randall, David A.

A Primer of Book Collecting

New York, Bell Publishing Company, 1966. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if moderately and evenly toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated Third, revised Edition. Red paper-covered boards, black lettering on spine. Frontis matter, [ix], 4-228 pp. including a full index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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N° du livre: 356075

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Mots-clés: book collectors David A. Randall John T. Winterich bibliophiles

Ader Picard Tajan

Catalogue de Vente Aux Enchã¨Res/ Cinquantes Livres Et Autographes Prã©Cieux Provenant Du Cabinet D'Un Amateur- 4 Dã©Cembre 1987, Drouot,Salles 1 Et 7

Paris, France, Schiffer, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being only a single addition copy available of this useful compendium of signatures and art history. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the heavy black cloth covers, sharp and distinct lettering to cover and spine, bright interior, unmarked. Published in 1987 in Paris by Schiffer. Plentiful illustrations and sharp plates in black-and-white and full color. Beautiful, full-color map endpapers front and rear, being a map of the Mediterranean and the Bay of Gibraltar. 106 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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N° du livre: 356095

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Mots-clés: French language auction sales signatures cabinet cards

Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey

John Masefield, O. M, the Queen's Poet Laureate: A Bibliography and Eighty-First Birthday Tribute

London, Cranbrook Tower Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. 96 pp. One of 999 copies (this one not numbered), and illlustrated by means of fine black-and-white engravings nad photographs, quite fine, printed on high-gloss paper. Contributions by G. Wilson Knight ("John Masefield: an appreciation"), Clifford Dobb ("John Masefield Collections in the University of London Library"), and then a miscellany of works by and about him. In all, a fine homage to the Queen's Poet Laureate.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 356336

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Mots-clés: John Masefield bibliography Geoffrey Handley-Taylor

Taylor, Edward Edited by Charles W. Mignon

Upon the Types of the Old Testament, Volume I, Volume II

Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press. 1989., 1989, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. This edition comprises the text of a holograph manuscript, "Upon the Types of the Old Testament"--a sequence of sermons on the theme of Christian typology--by the seventeenth-century colonial poet and gospel minister, Edward Taylor." Fine-looking, structurally sound set of blue cloth-bound hardcover copies, complete in two volumes, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked, with only slight smudging to bottom page edges. Bright blue cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, raised black and gilt decoration (a fruit?) to front covers. A fine a fetching gift inscription (either from the editor, Charles W. Mignon, or his book appraising business partner, Charles (Chuck, "Chic") Goldschmid) at first free endpaper, "for Bob Allen: non potes recipire jovium ventum ex despondente sphincters, from Chuck January 1991" ("you cannot receive Jupiter's wind from your sphincters"). Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Volume I: xliv, 1-436 pp.; Volume II: Frontis matter, 437-1005 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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N° du livre: 356028

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Mots-clés: Edward Taylor Charles W. Mignon Old Testament types typology literary criticism biblical scholarship

Weber, Francis J.

Books Books Books: A Selection of Book Reviews (1962-2000)

Mission Hills, CA, Saint Francis Historical Society, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Currently the only such copy available on-line. A keepsake presented on the occasion of the 26th joint meeting of the Zamorano - Roxburghe clubs at Pasadena in October of 2002. The bookThe book was designed by Terry Ruscin of San Diego and issue under the imprint of the Saint Francis Historical Society. Presumed First Edition, but still in shrink-wrap. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. xiv, 347 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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N° du livre: 356344

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Mots-clés: Francis J. Weber books about books book reviews Zamorano Club Roxburghe Club

Wilkins, William Glyde

First and Early American Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens

New York, Burt Franklin, 1968. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated Reprint Edition of the 1928 true First Edition bibliography of the works of Charles Dickens. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Simple gray cloth binding, sharp and distinct lettering in gilt to spine. [6], 7-51 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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N° du livre: 356363

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Mots-clés: William Glyde Wilkins Charles Dickens

Wilkins, William Glyde

First and Early American Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Privately Printed, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Presentation Copy, SIGNED by the author and inscribed warmly to the previous owner, A. Edward Newton, whose fine bookplate graces the inside front flap! Dated 12/19/18. The only SIGNED copy available currently on-line. Blue printed paper over boards, grown cloth tape-backed, light rubbing to, soiling of extremities. 51 pp. Illustrated in black-and-white. Skinny octavo format, publisher's original binding, First Edition, being one of a Limited Edition of 200 copies. Heavy foxing, wavy page-edges, some being untrimmed, else bright and clean. An indispensable reference tool for collectors and book dealers alike.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Good

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N° du livre: 356649

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Mots-clés: William Glyde Wilkins Charles Dickens check-list First Editions

Wilson, Robert A.

Gertrude Stein: A Bibliography

New York, The Phoenix Bookshop, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, with a very slight rearward cock to spine, else clean and unmarked. Published in 1974 in New York by the Phoenix Bookshop. First Edition. xii + 227 pp. Red woven cloth stamped in gold at the front and spine. Illustrated in black and white. Gilt-lettered title to cover and to spine. Contents: Books and Pamphlets by Gertrude Stein; Books and Pamphlets with contributions by Gertrude Stein; Contributions to Periodicals; Translations Into Foreign Languages of Works by Gertrude Stein; Musical Settings of works by Gertrude Stein; Recordings of Gertrude Stein's Works; Ephemera and Miscellanea; The Published Works of Alice B. Toklas; Book Attributed to Gertrude Stein; Selected List of Critical and Biographical Materials About Gertrude Stein.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 347171

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Mots-clés: Bibliography|Gertrude Stein|Robert A. Wilson|literature|books about books

Lyle H. Wright

American Fiction 1774-1850

San Marino, Huntington Library, 1969. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This 1969 edition is the first revised edition in 20+ years, adding 143 entries to the 1948 edition, which was the first revision on the original 1939 true First Edition, te so-called Wright I. In this edition also is compiled several hundred new editions not previously recorded, and eight corrections to previously accepted First Editions. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blue linen cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xviii [1], 3-411 pp. including full author's name and title indexes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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N° du livre: 356400

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Mots-clés: Lyle H. Wright American authors bibliography

Edward N. Zempel, Linda A. Verkler

A First Edition?

Peoria, Illinois, The Spoon River Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition, later edition being published in 1985. The sub-title to A First Edition? reads, "Statements of Selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish Publishers on Their Methods of Designating First Editions. First Edition, published by The Spoon River Press, Peoria, Illinois, 1977. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blue cloth over boards, sunned along edges and spine, still sharp gilt lettering to spine. Unpublished, but with roughly 160 pp. of alphabetized entries of mostly American and British publishers but also Canada, The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 356330

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Mots-clés: Edward N. Zempel Linda A. Verkler first editions bibliographies modern first editions