AHEARN, ALLEN & PATRICIA AHEARN

Book Collecting

New York, 1989, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0399134565) Hardcover. Book, The first edition of what became a vade mecum for book collectors and dealers.320p. bibliography. Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chips.

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Book number: 042681

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Keywords: 0399134565 Books Book Collecting Bibliography

BASBANES, NICHOLAS A

Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

New York, Perennial HarperCollins. 2003, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0060514469) Trade Paperback. Book, The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives. He explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including acedmic, public, private, and national repositories. He documents many pertinent book stories that have not been told before, and offers unprecedented depth to others that have barely scratched the surface. He profiles the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated 'book people', be they librarians, readers, writers, bookmakers, booksellers, preservationists, or collectors. 603p. As New.

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Book number: 042682

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Keywords: 0060514469 Books Archives Libraries Book Dealers Libraries

BASBANES, NICHOLAS A

Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

New York, HarperCollins. 2001, Uncorrected Proof. (ISBN: 0060196955) Soft cover. Book, The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives. He explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including acedmic, public, private, and national repositories. He documents many pertinent book stories that have not been told before, and offers unprecedented depth to others that have barely scratched the surface. He profiles the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated 'book people', be they librarians, readers, writers, bookmakers, booksellers, preservationists, or collectors. 603p. Very Good.

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Book number: 043649

Catalogue: Books and Bibliographies

Keywords: 0060196955 Books Archives Libraries Arc Libraries

CAROL, MARIUS

Among Books and Roses

Barcelona, Ediciones De La Magrana. 1996, 1st. English Edition. (ISBN: 8486141346) Hardcover. Book, In Spain St. Jordi"s Day, April 23rd is also the anniversary date of Shakespeare and Cervantes and has been celebrated in Spain as the Day of the Book since 1926. For one day the city of Barcelona becomes the biggest book exhibition in the world - schools move outside as do booksellers and book lovers all over Catalonia. This book describes the event and its significance and there is a short essay about S. Jordi by Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte laid in. 109p. illus.DJ has a small 1.5" tear.[3 copies found in Worldcat]. New/Near Fine - Slight Chip.

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Book number: 043646

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Keywords: 8486141346 Book Fair Barcelona Spain X00copies Found in Worldcat Spain / Spanish

COCKERELL, DOUGLAS

Bookbinding, and the care of books : a text-book for bookbinders and librarians

London, Pitman Publishing. 1978, Facsimile Reprint. (ISBN: 0273011588) Trade Paperback. Ill.: Noel Rooke. Book, A textbook for bookbinders and librarians by Douglas Cockerell with an appendix by Sydney M. Cockerell. Drawings by Noel Rooke. Originally published 1901 347p. illus. plates bibliography index. Text clean and crisp, slight wear to paper covers. Very Good.

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Book number: 042879

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Keywords: 0273011588 Noel Rookebooks Bookbinding Publishing Books Bookbinding Printing & Publishing Book Illustrators

KOREY, MARIE ELENA; PORTEBOIS, YANNICK; SPIERS, DOROTHY E & LANDON, RICHARD.

Vizetelly & Compan(ies) A Complex Tale of Victorian Printing and Publishing

Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0772760446) Soft cover. Book, Based on an exhibition at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, 3 February - 2 May, 2003. and of essays presented at the 2002 conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing [SHARP] in London, which resulted in a fascinating examination of a Victorian publishing dynasty and of the controversial publication of the works of Emil Zola. 140p. illus (some col.) bibliography. A four page Guide to the exhibition cases laid in. New.

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Book number: 044345

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Keywords: 0772760446 Printing Publishing Vizetelly Exhibition Catalogues Printing & Publishing Exhibition Catalogues

ELLIS, IAN C.

Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books

New York, Perigee Books. 1996, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0399519785) Trade Paperback. Book, An experienced insider in antiquarian book markets offers advice on finding, buying, trading and selling used and rare books, and provides an index of more than one thousand of the "most collectible" books and authors. 271p. glossary, index.Neat unmarked copy. Very Good +.

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Book number: 043383

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Keywords: 0399519785 Books Bookselling Bookstores Book Dealers

EPSTEIN, JASON

Book Business: Publishing: Past, Present, and Future

New York, W. W. Norton & Company. 2001, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0393049841) Hardcover. Book, Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in book publishing during the past-century. In 1952 he created Anchor Books, which launched the so-called quality paperback revolution and established the trade paperback format. In the following decade he was co-founder of the New York Review of Books. In the 1980s he created The Library of America and The Reader's Catalog, the precursor of on-line bookselling. In this short book, based on his W. W. Norton Lectures given at the New York Public Library in October 1999, he discusses the severe crisis facing the book business today -- a crisis that affects writers and readers as well as publisher -- and looks ahead to the radically transformed industry that will revolutionize the idea of the book as profoundly as the introduction of movable type did five centuries ago. slight chip on dj, else fine. As New/As New.

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Book number: 043607

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Keywords: 0393049841 Books Bookselling Publishing

GOERL, STEPHEN

Papermaking In America. A Pictorial Account

New York, Bulkley Dunton Organization. 1945, 1st US Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Ill.: Robert Greco. Book, Founded in 1833, Bulkley Dunton is one of the oldest continuously operating companies in New York State. This is a brief introduction to the history of papermaking in the USA embellished with 44 dramatic woodcut illustrations by Robert Greco on good quality laid paper (naturally!). Fine.

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Book number: 043645

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Keywords: Robert Grecounited States America Paper Making Printing & Publishing Xlibris

HAMILTON, JOHN MAXWELL

Casanova Was a Book Lover : And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling and Reading of Books

New York, Penguin. 2001, First Pbk.Ed.. (ISBN: 0141002336) Soft cover. Book, " In this irreverent analysis of the book industry, John Maxwelll Hamilton - a longtime journalist and public radio commentator - answers this question and many more, proving that the best way to study books is not to take them too seriously. He provides a rich history of the book - from the early day when monks laboriously hand-copied texts to the recent tidal wave of movie tie-ins - and gives a succinct overview of the state of the industry today. Throughout, Hamilton peppers his prose with spicy tidbits of information that will fascinate bibliophiles everywhere. 351 pages, including appendices A, B and C. bibliography.index. Fine except for remainer mark. Near Fine.

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Book number: 043718

Catalogue: Books and Bibliographies

Keywords: 0141002336 Casanova Biooks Reading Libraries Authors Publishing Book Selling

GOLDSTONE, LAWRENCE & GOLDSTONE, NANCY

Slightly Chipped : Footnotes in Booklore

New York, St.Martin's Press. 1999, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0312205872) Hardcover. Book, After" Used and Rare" their first foray into the fascinating world of rare books the author's companion book follows them into further adventures in book collecting : attending book fairs, bidding at auctions, chasing Cudjo toJamaica, exploring the Bloomsbury Group, finding Interloc, visiting book dealers everywhere.213p. New/New.

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Book number: 042999

Catalogue: Books and Bibliographies

Keywords: 0312205872 Books and Booksellers Dealers Auctiona America Usa Book Collecting

MCWILLIAMS, PETER A

Silicon and the Single Bookseller: An Introductory Guide to Personal Computers for Booksellers

New York, Prelude Press. 1983, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, This was a cleverly designed and wittily illustrated introduction to computers distributed free to booksellers who attended the 1983 American Booksellers Association Conference. Now it might better function as a document of historic interest to anyone wishing to investigate the start of the computer revolution in bookselling! Unpaginated .illus.[8 copies found in Worldcat]. As New.

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Book number: 043650

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Keywords: Books Stores Bookselling Computers Xbk 0008

MCCARTHY, MURIEL & SHERWOOD-SMITH, CAROLINE,

Hibernia Resurgens, Marsh's Irish Books

Dublin, Archbishop Marsh's Library. 1994, First Edition. Original Wraps. Book, Archbishop Narcissus Marsh established the first public librray in Dublin in 1701, and it is one of the finest collections of books of the 17th to early 19th centuries relating to Ireland. This is a catalogue of a selection made for an exhibition at the Library in 1994. This is copy number 441 of 750 copies, signed on the verso by Muriel McCarthy. 96p. illus.index bibliography. Slight water mark on back cover, else fine. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 34891

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Keywords: Dublin Ireland Eire Libraries Bibliography Exhibition Catalogue Ireland Exhibition Catalogues

SMITH, MIKE

Tales from a Peak District Bookshop

Sheffield, ALD Design & Print. 1997, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 1901587010) Trade Paperback. Book, Amusing literary and local reminiscences by a bookselller in Buxton, in the heart of the Peak District of Derbyshire.198P. As New.

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Book number: 042905

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Keywords: 1901587010 Buxton Derbyshire Bookselling Book Stores Xlibris

WILLIAMSON, DEREK

Historical Bibliography

Hampden CT, Archon Presss & Clive Bingley. 1967, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, A general introduction to the history of books and bookmaking and how to analyze and describe them. Useful information on printing, illustrating, paper making , binding and the book trades, as well as on the importance of proper bibliographic description. 129p. index. Crisp,tight copy. unobtrusive library marks. Very Good +.

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Book number: 043641

Catalogue: Books and Bibliographies

Keywords: Bibliography Book History Descriptions Printing & Publishing Bibliographies