1. ABBOTT (Wilbur Cortez) A Bibliography of Oliver
Cromwell. A List of Printed Materials Relating to Oliver Cromwell,
Together with a List of Portraits and Caricatures. Kraus Reprint
Co. New York. (Reprint of the 1929 Edition) 1969.
Frontis., orig. cloth. £35
2. *ADAMS (Frederick B.) Compiler. Bookbindings by T.J.
Cobden-Sanderson. An Exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 1969.
First Edition, 4to, 32pp., limited edition, with the Adams bookplate,
36 full page plates, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth.
£75
Increasingly scarce catalogue.
3. *ALEXANDER (J.J.G.) & DE LA MARE (A.C.) The Italian
Manuscripts in the Library of Major J.R. Abbey. Faber &
Faber. 1969.
4to, with the Adams bookplate, coloured frontis., plates throughout
(many coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn.
£110
The majority of the manuscripts are of the fifteenth century, but
they range in date from the early twelfth to the late sixteenth
century.
4. ALSTON (R.C.) A Bibliography of the English Language
from the Invention of Printing to the Year 1800. Volume 10: Education
and Language-Teaching. Printed for the Author by the University
of Leeds. 1972.
First Edition, 4to, limited to 500 copies, orig. cloth.
£40
5. AMES (Joseph) Typographical Antiquities: Being an
Historical Account of Printing in England: With some Memoirs of our
Antient Printers and a Register of the Books Printed by them, from
the Year MCCCCLXXI to the Year MDC. With an Appendix Concerning
Printing in Scotland and Ireland to the same Time. Printed by W.
Faden. 1749.
First Edition, 4to, [xii],440,451-598,[28]pp.,
frontis., engraved dedication, 6 plates, later quarter calf, hinges
slightly cracked, marbled boards, leather label on spine.
£450
Joseph Ames (1689-1759) collected material from the books
themselves rather than at second hand from catalogues. Despite his
literary shortcomings and a reprehensible habit of tearing out title
pages, Ames’ work laid the foundations of British bibliography.
The success of the work was such that the entire edition was sold
almost immediately after publication. Ames was the first to discard
the long ‘s’ in favour of the short ‘s’ in this
book, though his example was not followed until some thirty-five
years later.
6. ANDERSON (John P.) The Book of British Topography. A
Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the
British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. W. Satchell
& Co. 1881.
First Edition, small 4to, inner hinges shaken, uncut, t.e.g.
£45
7. *ANSTRUTHER (G. Elliot) The Bindings of To-morrow. A
Record of the Work of the Guild of Women-Binders and of the Hampstead
Bindery. Printed for the Guild of Women-Binders. 1902.
First Edition, 4to, one of 500 numbered copies, with the Adams
bookplate, coloured frontis., 49 superb plates in gold and colours by
Giggs & Son Ltd., lacks one or two tissue guards, orig. green
cloth, slight wear to extremities, uncut. £495
An introduction describes the Guild’s work and the fifty
coloured plates are described on an adjacent page.
8. ARBER (Edward) Editor. The English Scholar’s
Library of Old and Modern Works. No. 1-4. [Unwin Brothers,
The Gresham Press]. 1878.
4 Vols., in one, ex-library, library buckram. £95
No. 1. The History of Reynard the Fox. Translated and Printed by
William Caxton. June 1481. xvi,120pp.
No. 2. John Knox. The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the
Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1558. xviii, 62pp.
No. 3. Clement Robinson. A Handful of Pleasant Delights... 1584.
xvi,64pp.
No. 4. Simon Fish. A Supplication for the Beggars. 1529.
xviii,14pp.
9. ARBERRY (Arthur J.) The Koran Illuminated. A Handlist of
the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library. Hodges, Figgis &
Co. Ltd., Dublin. 1967.
First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 70 plates (some coloured),
orig. cloth, a nice copy. £95
10. ARMSTRONG (Elizabeth) Robert Estienne, Royal Printer.
An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus. Cambridge University
Press. 1954.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, 8 plates, 15 illustrs., in the text,
orig. cloth. £75
Full-length study of this important and admirable
figure.
11. [ASHBEE (Henry Spencer)] Bibliography of
Prohibited Books. Index Librorum Prohibitorum; Centuria Librorum
Absconditorum; Catena Librorum Tacendorum; Bio-Bibliographical and
Iconographical and Critical Notes on Curious, Uncommon and Erotic
Books, by Pisanus Fraxi. Jack Brussel, New York. (Reprint of the
1887 Edition) 1962.
3 Vols., small thick 8vo, orig. cloth, uncut. £95
H.S. Ashbee (1834-1900) amassed an extensive collection of fine
erotic books, which he bequeathed to the British Museum. His work on
erotic literature was prodigious, nothing approaching them in quality
has ever appeared in English. It contains hundreds of curious items
not only with full information regarding pagination, size, the number
of copies printed, etc., but also with copious extracts and
synopses.
12. ASKEW (Anthony) Bibliotheca Askeviana, sive Catalogus
Librorum Rarissimorum Antonii Askew, M.D. Quorum Auctio fiet Apud S.
Baker & G. Leigh... Die Lunae 13 Februarii & in Undeviginti
Sequentes Dies. [London]. 1775.
vi;149pp., with the final leaf of Libri Omissi and errata, lots 1 to
1,767 priced in manuscript, cont. half calf, re-backed, 3,570 lots.
£325
Sale catalogue of the best and most valuable collection of Greek
and Latin books that were ever sold in England. Dr. Anthony Askew
declared ambition was to have a complete collection of the Greek
classics.
13. ATKINS (Kathryn A.) Masters of the Italic Letter.
Twenty Two Exemplars from the Sixteenth Century. With a Foreword by
James M. Wells. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press. 1988.
First Edition, oblong 4to, numerous facsimiles throughout, orig.
cloth, d.w. £45
Presents a comprehensive survey of the copy-books of
sixteenth-century writing masters with accompanying pictorial
displays of their italic letters.
14. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. Catalogue of Autograph Letters,
&c. Selected from the Rare Collection of the Late H. Belward Ray,
Including Holograph & Autograph Letters of all the Royal Houses
of England, and Almost all the Imperial and Royal Houses of Europe,
from the XIVth Century to the Present Time. W. Waller & Son.
1857.
4to, [ii],28pp., double column, from a institutional library
now dispersed, modern paper wrappers, 407 items. £55
Harvard copy only in NSTC.
15. BALSTON (J.N.) The Elder James Whatman: England’s
Greatest Paper Maker. [With:] The Whatmans and Wove Paper;
Its Invention and Development in the West. Research into the Origins
of Wove Paper and of Genuine Loom-Woven Wire-cloth. J.N. Balston.
1992-98.
3 Vols., 4to, limited to 350 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth,
d.w’s. £175
A comprehensive and carefully integrated account of the economic,
political, geographical and technological factors that affected the
paper industry in what was perhaps the most important centre of White
paper manufacture in 18th Century Britain.
16. *BALTIMORE MUSEUM. The History of Bookbinding 525-1950
A.D. An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Trustees
of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1957.
First Edition, 4to, limited edition, with the Adams bookplate,
several notes in his hand, T.L.s by Dorothy Miner, 18 rubbings of
bindings tipped-in, additional related material inserted, 184
illustrs., on 106 plates, orig. decorated boards.
£165
This important exhibition of bookbindings was organized by Miss
Dorothy Miner; 718 bindings are carefully described, with critical
notes and references to published works, and 184 are illustrated on
106 half-tone plates. The exhibition was the most comprehensive to
have been held since the Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of
1891. Adams reviewed this book in ‘Burlington Magazine’,
Jan /58.
17. BANNATYNE CLUB. Catalogue of the Bannatyne Club
Publications, with a Chronological List of the Members Since the
Institution of the Club in February M.DCCC.XXIII.
[N.P.,]. 1846.
41,[1]pp., later paper wrappers, uncut. £35
18. BARKER (Nicolas) The Oxford University Press and the
Spread of Learning 1478-1978: An Illustrated History. Oxford
University Press. 1978.
First Edition, 4to, plates and illustrs., throughout (some coloured),
orig. cloth. £45
This volume celebrates the quincentenary of the introduction of
printing at Oxford with a pictorial history of its subsequent
progress, illustrated by the books, documents, and pictures which are
its tangible record.
19. BARR (John) The Officina Bodoni: Montagnola, Verona.
Books Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the Hand Press 1923-1977.
The British Library. 1978.
First Edition, small 4to, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, d.w.
£35
98 items described.
20. BAYNTON-WILLIAMS (Ashley) Town and City Maps of the
British Isles 1800-1855. Studio Editions. 1992.
First Edition, folio, 56 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
This book includes the work of nine leading cartographers
spanning the first half of the nineteenth century.
21. BEAUMONT (Cyril W.) A Bibliography of Dancing.
Holland Press. (Reprint of the 1929 Edition) 1963.
Large 12mo, ex-library, corner cut from front free endpaper, orig.
buckram. £32
The standard work on the subject.
22. BECKFORD LIBRARY. The Hamilton Palace Libraries.
Catalogue of the First [-Fifth] Portion of the Beckford
Library, Removed from Hamilton Palace. Sotheby, Wilkinson &
Hodge. 1882-84.
5 Parts in one, large 8vo, with the Adams bookplate and a note by him
stating that this is “The Sotheran set, with their purchases
priced in cipher”, complete with printed lists of prices and
buyers’ names bound in, part 5 also priced in manuscript, recent
cloth, leather label on spine, 11,973 lots. £450
De Ricci, pp.84-87. “One of the most greatest collectors of
the day, a man to be mentioned in the same breath as Lord Spencer,
was the wealthy and eccentric ‘Vathek’, William Beckford
(1759-1844)... As a book collector, he was certainly far ahead of his
times”.
One of the most famous and notable sales in the annals of
book-collecting. A book from the Beckford Library still carries with
it a pedigree second to none.
23. BERALDI (Henri) La Reliure du XIXe Siècle.
L. Conquet, Paris. 1895-97.
4 Vols., 4to, xliii,[1],125; 233; 230; 253pp., one of 295
copies, 283 tinted heliograph plates, 10 plates of finishers’
patterns, 15 facsimiles of documents, 2 portraits, large margins,
finely bound in full brown extra morocco, marbled sides with matching
endpapers, gilt title in on spine with five raised bands, uncut,
t.e.g. £2995
Splendid catalogue of one of the most famous libraries of French
bookbindings. The catalogue, with its numerous fine plates, offers
excellent and unusually rich material for the study of
nineteenth-century French bindings.
Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature. p.26. “Contains
an enormous amount of material on the French nineteenth-century
binders, many of whom he himself had still known and employed. Its
lively, anecdotal style makes it a splendid read.”
24. *BERKOWITZ (David Sandler) In Remembrance of Creation.
Evolution of Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance
Bible. The Brandeis University Press, Waltham, Mass.
1968.
First Edition, 4to, presentation inscription from the author, also
tipped-in is a photograph of Berkowitz and a note from him, coloured
frontis., 158 plates, simulated leather. £65
212 Biblical manuscripts and books described.
25. BERLIN CATALOGUE. Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der
Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. HES Publishers, Utrecht.
1986.
2 Vols., plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth.
£150
A reprint of the 1939 edition which has become an indispensible
tool of the art historian, dealer and collector, listing over 5,500
books with collations.
26. BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA VILLE DE LYON. Documents
Paléographiques, Typographiques, Iconographiques. [Part
1-2 Edited by R. Cantinelli; 3-7 by Henry Joly]. Amis de la
Bibliothèque de Lyon. 1923-28.
7 Parts, 4to, one of 350 copies, with the bookplate of Leonis S.
Olschki, numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured and
tipped-in), some light browning, some section loose as issued, orig.
wrappers, uncut, with minor tears. £145
Two supplements and the plates of a third are issued in special
covers: fasc. 1, no. 1. Le Psautier de Jully ... notice par
l’abbé V. Leroquais (8 pp. XVII facsimiles) - fasc. 2,
no. 1. Ysopet de Lyon (32pp. XVIII facsimiles) - fasc. 3, no. 1.
Codices lugdunenses antiquissimi ... par E.A. Lowe (39
plates).
27. *BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Les Manuscrits a
Peintures en France du VIIe an XIIe Siècle.
[Bound with:]
Les Manuscrits a Peintures en France du XIIIe au XVIe
Siècle.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 1954-55.
2 Vols., in one, xii,138; xx,190pp., presentation inscription to
Adams, 72 plates, cont. cloth, gilt. £38
28. *BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Les Manuscrits a
Peintures en France du VIIe an XIIe Siècle.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 1954.
Second Edition, revised and corrected, xii,[2],138; signed by
Adams with his pencil annotations throughout, 32 plates, orig.
decorated wrappers. £40
29. [BLACK (William Henry)] Catalogue of the
Arundel Manuscripts in the Library of the College of Arms. Not
Published [Privately Printed] by S. and R. Bentley.
1829.
xiii,[iii],136pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with
stamps, cont. calf, rubbed. £65
With a preface by Sir Charles George Young.
30. BLACK (William Henry) A Descriptive, Analytical, and
Critical Catalogue of the Manuscripts Bequeathed unto the University
of Oxford by Elias Ashmole. Also of some Additional Mss. Contributed
by Kingsley, Lhuyd, Borlase, and others. The University Press,
Oxford. 1845.
First Edition, 4to, [ii],1522 columns (2 columns per page),
from the Birmingham Law Society, with stamps, orig. cloth, hinges
torn, spine chipped. £195
Manuscripts formerly preserved in the Ashmolean Museum and
subsequently deposited in the Bodleian Library.
An index volume by W. D. Macray was published in 1866.
31. BLADES (William) The Biography and Typography of
William Caxton, England’s First Printer. With an Introduction by
James Moran. Frederick Muller Ltd. (Reprint of 1877 Edition)
1971.
18 Plates, orig. cloth, d.w. a little soiled. £35
All the books at the time known to have been issued from Caxton's
press are described, and remarks made upon them.
32. BLADES (William) Shakspere and Typography; Being an
Attempt to Show Shakspere’s Personal Connection with, and
Technical Knowledge of, the Art of Printing... Trübner &
Co. 1872.
First Edition, viii,78pp., 1 plate, inner hinges slightly shaken,
orig. cloth, head and tail of spine slightly torn.
£85
Bigmore & Wyman, I. p.66. “Mr Blades has searched
Shakespere for typographical allusions, and the result is almost
sufficient to establish the assertion that Shaespere was a
printer!..”
33. [BLAIZOT (George)] Masterpieces of French
Modern Bindings. Services Culturels Francais. 1947.
Large 8vo, 129pp., 41 plates (3 coloured), orig. decorated wrappers
(designed by Paul Bonet) bound-in, morocco-backed marbled boards by
Julia Parker Wightman well-known collector of fine bindings.
£85
An exhibition catalogue of choice French book bindings from 1880
to 1947 from the collection of Daniel Sickles.
34. BLAKEY (Dorothy) The Minerva Press 1790-1820. The
Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1939.
First Edition, 9 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards,
uncut. £95
William Lane who founded the Minerva Press, fostered the taste
for the Gothic novel at the end of the eighteenth century by
establishing circulating libraries in the most fashionable
towns.
35. BLOCK (Andrew) The English Novel 1740-1850. A Catalogue
Including Prose, Romances, Short Stories, and Translations of Foreign
Fiction. Dawsons of Pall Mall. 1968.
New and Revised Edition, ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
Arranged alphabetically by author or, if anonymous or
pseudonymous, by title.
36. BOHN (Henry George) Catalogue of a Very Select
Collection of Books, English and Foreign, Offered at the Low Prices
Affixed by Henry G. Bohn. Printed by C. Richards. 1831.
vi,[ii],308pp., (including the 2pp., of ‘Books too late
for insertion'), from a institutional library now dispersed, cont.
cloth-backed boards, rubbed, 4,061 items. £55
37. BOHN (Henry George) A Catalogue of Books. Henry G.
Bohn. 1841.
Thick 8vo, iv,1948,148,[4]pp., orig. red morocco, lacks upper
cover, lower cover detached, rubbed. £65
This is the “celebrated ‘guinea catalogue’ which
listed no less than 23,208 articles (a figure unsurpassed in the
annals of bookselling so far as my knowledge goes).” - Munby,
Phillipps Studies, Vol. 3, p.93.
38. BOHN (John) Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Theological
Works, in the Learned and other Foreign Languages. On Sale by John
Bohn. Printed by Thomas Richards. 1842.
iv,530,[2]pp., from a institutional library now dispersed,
orig. cloth, re-backed, 8,354 items. £125
Bohn (1757-1843), the father of Henry George and James George
Stuart Burges, was himself a major dealer in antiquarian
books.
Trinity College, Dublin copy only in NSTC.
39. [BOLTON (Clare)] Payhembury Marbled Papers
Sampler. The Alembic Press, Winchester. 1987.
First Edition, 4to, limited to 145 copies, 26 tipped in orig. marbled
paper samples, orig. cloth, gilt, uncut, out of print.
£85
Describing the work of marbler Katherine Davis.
40. BONDY (Louis W.) Miniature Books. Their History from
the Beginnings to the Present Day. Sheppard Press. 1981.
First Edition, coloured frontis., 60 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
Deals chronologically and in detail with their development, with
changes in taste and fashion and with technical advances.
41. BOOK AUCTION CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of Books,
Consisting of the Duplicates of Several Large Libraries, and a
Considerable Number of Articles of Foreign History and Literature, of
Uncommon Occurrence in this Country. Which will be Sold by Auction,
by R.H. Evans... On Monday June 20, 1814, and the Twenty-Seven
Following Days... Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 1814.
[ii],viii,160pp., from a institutional library now dispersed,
disbound, 5,415 lots. £110
R.H. Evans, the bookseller of Pall Mall, started his career as an
auctioneer with the Roxburghe sale of 1812. Bulmer, and later Bulmer
and William Nicol, and finally Nicol, printed most of his sale
catalogues. In 1854 Evans deposited his marked file copies of these
catalogues in the British Museum.
42. BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. Eighth General Index to
Book-Auction Records for the Years 1963-68 (Volumes LXI-LXV).
Dawsons. 1971.
Thick 8vo, orig. cloth. £40
43. BOOKBINDING. Archiv für Buchgewerbe und
Gebrauchsgraphik. Sonderheft: Bucheinbände. Deutscher
Buchgewerbeverein, Leipzig. 1925.
4to, 259-462 + 24pp., of adverts, illustrs., of bindings throughout,
16 plates with 50 actual samples of patterned papers, orig. decorated
wrappers, a nice copy. £195
Consists of 16 articles treating the work of individual
bookbinders and listing their works.
44. BOOKBINDING. [Bokbindarnes Skra och embete Anno
1621-1784.] Anno 1930 da bokbindar=Mastare=Foreningen i Stockholm
firade sitt 300=Ars=Jubileum befordrades dessa Stadgar ater i Dagens
Lius. Oscar Jsacson, Gothenburg. 1930.
Small 4to, 22pp., one of 500 copies, orig. printed wrappers, uncut.
£45
45. BOOKBINDING. [A Short History of Cedric Chivers
Ltd., Booksellers & Bookbinders]. Cedric Chivers Ltd.,
Portaway. [1931].
32pp., 15 illustrs., orig. decorated wrappers, uncut.
£48
46. BOOKBINDING. The Fine Bindings of Marguerite Duprez
Lahey. An Exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library. The Pierpont
Morgan Library. 1952.
First Edition, 16pp., 3 full-page illustrs., two page biography
followed by a list of 81 items, orig. printed wrappers, slightly
spotted. £32
47. *BOOKBINDING. British Bookbinding Today. With an
Introduction by Edgar Mansfield. K.D. Duval, Frenich, Foss.
1975.
4to, 66pp., 39 coloured plates, with price list and a note by Adams
“The collection was bought en bloc by the Lilly Library, Indiana
University”, orig. printed wrappers. £38
Duval and Hamilton commissioned 23 members of Britain’s
Designer Bookbinders to produce the bindings in this sale catalogue.
The collection was bought by the Lilly Library in its
entirety.
48. *BOOKBINDING. Bookbinding. Including Books from the
Libraries of Howard M. Nixon and Edward McLean. Catalogue 56. Oak
Knoll Books, New Castle. 1984.
With a note on the book cover of items ordered and a invoice from Oak
Knoll tipped-in, 37 plates (slightly rippled), orig. printed
wrappers. £32
770 Books on bookbinding described.
49. *BOOKBINDING. Modern British Bookbinders. Designer
Bookbinders. 1985.
4to, 44pp., text in English, French and Dutch, 50 coloured illustrs.,
orig. decorated wrappers. £32
Exhibition of Modern British Bookbinding show at Bibliotheca
Wittockiana, Brussels & Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The
Hague.
50. BOOKBINDING. Tregaskis Centenary Exhibition Catalogue.
A Catalogue of the Tregaskis Centenary Exhibition 1994, Together with
a Facsimile of the Tregaskis Exhibition Catalogue of 1894. With
Introductions by Marianne Tidcombe and an Essay by Bernard C.
Middleton. Designer Bookbinders. 1994.
4to, 108pp., limited edition, over 160 full colour illustrs., orig.
wrapper, printed paper label on upper cover. £32
In 1894, the London booksellers James and Mary Lee Tregaskis sent
out 76 copies of a little book, the Kelmscott Press ‘King Florus
and the Fair Jehane’, commissioning bookbinders around the world
to bind them. Within a few months all the books were returned, duly
bound, save three. The resulting 73 bindings, remarkable for their
quality and diversity, were displayed at the Tregaskis bookshop. The
collection was purchased by Mrs Rylands, and is now in the John
Rylands Library, Manchester. Designer Bookbinders decided to
commemorate the 1894 initiative by holding a Tregaskis Centenary
Exhibition. They sent a similar number of copies of the Folio
Society’s ‘The Garden & Other Poems’ to
bookbinders around the world. The 85 bindings were exhibited in
London, Sheffield and Bath, before being purchased by the John
Rylands Library, where they are now housed alongside the original
Tregaskis collection. Every binding is illustrated in
colour.
51. BOOKBINDING. Lost on the Titanic. The Story of
‘The Great Omar’. Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe
and Zaehnsdorf. 2001.
4to, limited to 750 numbered copies, coloured frontis., 10 coloured
tipped-in plates, numerous other plates, orig. decorated cloth,
accompanied by a full size colour print of the book.
£85
This book tells the story of ‘The Great Omar’, a
magnificent jewelled binding of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam that
went down with the liner S.S. Titanic. Bound by Sangorski &
Sutcliffe, the binding was the most ambitious commission ever
undertaken by the firm of London bookbinders. It took two years of
continuous work to complete and boasted over a thousand precious and
semi-precious jewels inlaid into the book’s covers.
52. BOOKBINDING TRADE CATALOGUE. Hickok Bookbinders’
Machinery & Bookbinders’ Tools. Catalogue No. 85. The
W.O. Hickok Manufacturing Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[1928].
Oblong 8vo, 40pp., illustrated profusely with photos of bookbinding
equipment throughout, orig. printed wrappers. £55
An illustrated catalogue with detailed descriptions of
bookbinders’ machinery and tools from The W.O. Hickok
Manufacturing Company. Catalogued items include: Hickok Paging and
Numbering Machines; Paging Heads; Hickok Book-Backing Roller Backer;
Binder’s Board Shears; Standing, Signature and Toggle Presses;
Finishing Tools; Hickok Rolls and Stamps and many more.
53. BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUE. A General Catalogue of
Valuable and Rare Old Books, in the Ancient and Modern Languages, and
Various Classes of Literature; Which are now on Sale at the Prices
Affixed to Each, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. Part I
[-IV]. 1814.
4 Parts in one,
iv,63,[1];[ii],67-222,[2];[ii],227-282;[ii],287-373,[1]pp.,
from a institutional library now dispersed, orig. boards, rubbed,
re-backed. £145
The firm of Longman dealt in old books from the beginning of the
19th century until 1850, when they gave up this branch and carried on
exclusively as publishers. Their second-hand book catalogues belong
to the most remarkable of the period.
The NSTC records the British Library, Bodleian & Cambridge
University Library (parts 1 & 3 only) copies only.
54. BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUE. Part I. A Catalogue of a
Miscellaneous Collection of New and Second-Hand Books, Now on Sale,
at the Prices Affixed, by Budd and Calkin, Booksellers to His
Majesty. Printed by T.C. Hansard. 1825.
iv,230pp., orig. printed wrappers, spine slightly torn, 3,743 items,
a nice copy. £95
Joseph Calkin, a violinist, married in 1813 the widow of John
Budd the Bookseller; the business was carried on as Bud and Calkin
until c.1828, when the names were transposed to Calkin and
Budd.
Part II is announced on the back cover, but was it ever
published?
NSTC records only one catalogue for Calkin and Budd dated 1844.
55. BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of Old Books,
for the Year 1840; Comprising Useful and Valuable Works in Every
Class of Literature.
[Bound with:]
A Catalogue of Old Books, for the Year 1841...
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1840-41.
2 Vols., in one, ii,284;ii,285pp., from a institutional library now
dispersed, recent cloth. £110
56. BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of Sanskrit
Literature, Chiefly Printed in Europe. To Which is Added; A Catalogue
of Sanskrit Works Printed in India; and a Catalogue of Pali Books.
Constantly for Sale by Trübner & Co. Trübner &
Co. 1875.
iv,84pp., from a institutional library now dispersed, margins
slightly chipped, orig. printed wrappers loose. £45
57. BOOKSELLER’S CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of Leading
Books on Egypt and Egyptology, and on Assyria and Assyriology, to be
had at the Affixed Prices, of Trübner & Co. Trübner
& Co. 1881.
iv,52pp., from a institutional library now dispersed, orig. printed
wrappers bound-in, orig. cloth-backed boards, lacks spine.
£35
58. BOOKSELLER’S TOKEN. Halfpenny of J. Lackington
& Co. Cheapest Booksellers in the World. 1794.
Token, mounted and framed. £95
James Lackington 1746-1815. A celebrated bookseller who started
his London career as a poor shoemaker in 1770. He borrowed five
pounds, interest free, from the Methodists, and started the business
of selling cheap books for cash only. In 1779 he issued a catalogue
of 12,000 volumes. In 1793 he admitted his apprentice Robert Allen as
a partner and soon afterwards built the spectacular bookshop known as
the Temple of the Muses.
59. BOSANQUET (Eustace F.) English Printed Almanacks and
Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600.
Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press.
1917.
First Edition, 4to, 35 facsimiles on 28 plates (some double-page),
title in red and black, orig. buckram backed-boards, a little soiled,
corners bumped, uncut, t.e.g. £95
60. BOUCHOT (Henri) The Book: its Printers, Illustrators,
and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time... With a Treatise on
the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed Books, and a
Latin-English and English-Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest
Printing Places. H. Grevel & Co. 1890.
First Edition, 4to, one of 100 numbered copies on large paper,
frontis., 172 illustrs., orig. full vellum, gilt, small worm hole to
hinge, slightly soiled, uncut. £110
This work covers type, paper, ink, bookbinding and libraries but
concentrates most attention on the illustration and adornment of
books.
61. BOYESEN (Einar) J.W. Cappelen 1805-1878. Noen Blad av
Norsk Bokhandels og Norsk Kulturkamps Historie. J.W. Cappelens,
Oslo. 1953.
First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 96 plates, orig. half calf,
rubbed. £38
62. BRADFORD (Thomas Lindsley) Compiler. The
Bibliographer’s Manual of American History. Containing an
Account of all States, Territory, Town and County Histories Relating
to the United States of North America, with Verbatim Copies of their
Titles, and useful Bibliographical Notes, Together with Prices at
which they have been Sold for the Last Forty Years. And with an
Extensive Index by Titles, and an Index by States... Edited and
Revised by Stan. V. Henkels. Stan. V. Henkels & Co.,
Philadelphia. 1907-9.
Revised Edition, 5 vols., slight water staining to margins of volume
one, orig. buckram, uncut, leather labels on spines rubbed and
chipped. £95
63. *BRADLEY MARTIN (H.) The Library of H. Bradley
Martin... Sotheby’s. 1989-90.
9 Vols., 4to, with a letter from Sotheby’s inviting Adams to
write the introduction for the French Literature portion of the
catalogue and a short note by Adams “Ans. to Sotheby Paris by
phone June 7 ... (no can do)”, numerous coloured plates,
illustrs., orig. cloth, 3,672 lots. £195
Vol. I. John James Audubon.
Vol. II. Magnificent Color-Plate Ornithology.
Vol. III. The Original Watercolors for Selby’s Illustrations of
British Ornithology.
Vol. IV. Highly Important French Literature.
Vol. V. Highly Important Illustrated and Scientific Ornithology.
Vol. VI. Highly Important American and Children’s
Literature.
Vol. VII. Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana.
Vol. VIII. Highly Important English Literature.
Vol. IX. Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated
Manuscripts.
64. BRAGGE (William) Bibliotheca Nicotiana; A Catalogue of
Books About Tobacco, Together with a Catalogue of Objects Connected
with the use of Tabacco in all its Forms. Collected by William
Bragge. Privately Printed. 1880.
4to, 251pp., large paper, one of 200 numbered copies signed and
numbered by the author, orig. printed wrappers bound in, margins a
little chipped, recent cloth, leather label on spine, uncut.
£295
65. BRANNER (John Casper) A Bibliography of Clays and the
Ceramic Arts. American Ceramic Society. 1906.
Second Edition, revised, ex-library, inner hinges shaken, orig.
cloth. £38
Contains 6,027 entries.
66. *BRESLAUER, Martin Inc. Catalogue One Hundred Eight.
Martin Breslauer, Inc., New York. 1985.
4to, T.L.s from Bernard Breslauer, folding coloured frontis.,
illustrated throughout, 23 coloured plates, price list loosely
inserted, orig. decorated wrappers, 92 items. £35
67. *BRESLAUER, Martin Inc. Catalogue One Hundred and Nine.
Published on the Occasion of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the Firm of
Martin Breslauer, Inc. Martin Breslauer, Inc., New York.
1988.
4to, one of 450 copies, tipped-in is Adams 4 page manuscript review
for Martin Breslauer’s catalogue 110, coloured frontis.,
illustrated throughout (some coloured), price list loosely inserted,
orig. decorated cloth, 137 items. £95
68. BREWER (Luther A.) My Leigh Hunt Library. The Holograph
Letters. University of Iowa Press. 1938.
First Edition, 4to, orig. cloth.
[sold with:]
My Leigh Hunt Library. First Editions. Burt Franklin, New York.
(Reprint of the 1932 Edition) 1970.
Frontis., 100 illustrs., orig. cloth. £45
69. BRIQUET (C.M.) Les Filigranes. Dictionnaire Historique
des Marques du Papier des leur Apparition vers 1282 Jusqu’en
1600. (Reprint of the 1923 Edition) 1997.
4 Vols., 16,000 illustrs., orig. cloth. £175
An invaluable reprint of the second (and best) edition of this
great work. Although in reduced format, the reduction in size from
the wide margins and large type-size of the original does not effect
either the legibility or clarity of the reproduction, and has allowed
the work to be made available at a very reasonable price.
70. BRITISH LIBRARY. Catalogue of Seventeenth Century
Italian Books in the British Library by D.E. Rhodes. The British
Library. 1988.
3 Vols., orig. cloth. £150
71. BRITISH MUSEUM. Librorum Impressorum qui in Museo
Britannico Adservantur Catalogus. [Edited by Sir Henry Ellis and
H.H. Baber]. G. Woodfall. 1813-19.
7 Volumes in 8, unpaginated, from the Birmingham Law Society, with
stamps, 3 vols., in cont. half (spines defective), others in library
buckram. £145
Catalogue of the printed books in the British Museum.
72. BRITWELL COURT LIBRARY. The Britwell Handlist or
Short-Title Catalogue of the Principal Volumes from the Time of
Caxton to the Year 1800 Formerly in the Library of Britwell Court
Buckinghamshire. Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 1933.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, frontispieces, plates facsimiles and
title-pages throughout (a few slightly spotted), inner hinges
slightly shaken, orig. brown buckram, uncut. £85
Issued as a record of the Library after its dispersal in a
lengthy number of sales 1900-27. De Ricci, pp. 108-113. Refers to the
Library as “the greatest ever brought together by a private
individual.”
73. BROXBOURNE LIBRARY. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books
from the Broxbourne Library Illustrating the Spread of Printing, the
Property of John Ehrman. Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.
1977-78.
2 Vols., price lists loosely inserted, numerous illustrs., (some
coloured), orig. printed boards, 698 lots. £35
74. BRUSHFIELD (T.N.) A Bibliography of Sir Walter Raleigh
Knt. James G. Commin, Exeter. 1908.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged, fronits., plates and facsimiles
throughout, orig. cloth, spine slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g.
£55
75. *BRUSSEL (I.R.) Anglo-American First Editions
1826-1900. East to West. Describing First Editions of English Authors
whose Books were Published in America Before their Publication in
England. Bibliographia Series, Edited by Michael Sadleir, No. IX.
Constable & Co. Ltd. 1935.
First Edition, limited to 500 copies, presentation copy to Adams,
with the Adams bookplate, frontispieces, facsimiles, orig. quarter
vellum with marbled sides, slightly rubbed, uncut.
£110
76. BRYDGES (Sir Egerton) The Autobiography, Times,
Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges. Cochrane and
M’Crone. 1834.
First Edition, 2 vols., xxvii,[1],424;
xxiv,431,[1]pp., frontispieces foxed and offset, Birmingham
Law Society stamp on title-pages, intermittent foxing, recent cloth,
leather label on spines, uncut. £175
77. BUCHANAN-BROWN (John) The Book Illustrations of George
Cruikshank. David & Charles. 1980.
First Edition, 4to, 250 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£35
The author has selected two hundred and fifty of
Cruikshank’s finest book illustrations from his prolific
output.
78. BURCH (R.M.) Colour Printing and Colour Printers. With
a Chapter on Modern Processes by W. Gamble. Sir Isaac Pitman and
Sons, Ltd. 1910.
First Edition, large 8vo, ex-library, coloured frontis., 29 plates
(21 coloured), orig. cloth, soiled, hinges slightly torn, uncut.
£35
Burch’s book is the only definitive history of colour
printing techniques and contains detailed descriptions of
chromo-lithography, photo-mechanical processes, colour etching,
xylography, intaglio processes, chiaroscuro, Le Blon, Baxter, the
Chiswick Press, and many dozens of their topics.
79. CAPEK (Josef) Knizní Obálky Jesefa Capka.
Státní Grafická Skola, Prague.
1934.
4to, [6]pp., 16 leaves of coloured plates, signed by Josef
Capek on title-page, orig. printed wrappers, slightly soiled.
£65
80. CAREY (Annie) The History of a Book. Cassell,
Peter, & Galpin. [1873].
First Edition, 176+4pp., of adverts, small 4to, frontis., illustrs.,
in the text, orig. decorated cloth, faded. £32
Bigmore & Wyman, I. p.102. “A popular account of the
processes of printing, engraving, paper-making, and bookbinding, with
some details of the history of those subjects. It is chiefly intended
for the instruction of juveniles.”
81. CARPENTER (Kenneth E.) & BARUCCI (Piero) Italian
Economic Literature in the Kress Library, 1475-1850. Banco di
Roma. 1987.
First Edition, 2 vols., xxii,230; [iv],231-490pp., orig.
decorated wrappers. £35
Indispensable for anyone concerned with Italian economic thought
and history. Arranged chronologically, with a list of references and
several indexes, the 1200 richly detailed entries will further new
uses for old books.
82. CARTER (Harold B.) Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). A
Guide to Biographical and Bibliographical Sources. St Paul’s
Bibliographies. 1987.
First Edition, 4to, 19 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£38
83. *CARTER (J.) & MUIR (H.) Compilers. Printing and
the Mind of Man. A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of
Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization During Five Centuries.
With an Introductory Essay by Denys Hay. Cassell and Company.
1967.
First Edition, 4to, with the Adams bookplate, numerous illustrs.,
orig. cloth, d.w. £110
424 full descriptions of books etc., which, for the ideas that
they brought to the world for the first time, are of prime importance
to the mind of man.
84. *CARTER (John) Books and Book-Collectors. Rupert
Hart-Davis. 1956.
First Edition, with a A.L.s from John Carter and the Publisher,
prospectus tipped-in along with several newspaper cuttings, orig.
cloth, d.w. a nice copy. £85
A rare selection of distinguished essays and studies of exceeding
interest and value. These essays are on great book collectors,
typographers, the collecting of detective fiction and the Wise
forgeries.
85. CARTER (John) Compiler. A Handlist of the Writings of
Stanley Morison. With some Notes by Mr Morison and Indexes by Graham
Pollard. Printed at the University Press for Private
Distribution, Cambridge. 1950.
First Edition, orig. boards, slightly faded. £35
86. CARTERET (L.) Le Trésor du Bibliophile
Romantique et Moderne 1801-1875. L. Carteret, Paris.
1924-28.
4 Vols., 4to, numerous coloured facsimiles, orig. wrappers preserved,
cont. half calf, very slightly rubbed, uncut, t.e.g. a nice set.
£395
87. CASLEY (David) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the
King’s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian
Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late
Fire... and some Observations upon MSS... Printed for the Author.
1734.
4to, xxiv,360,[23]pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with
stamps, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), some light spotting, cont.
calf, rubbed, hinges cracked. £325
De Ricci p.54. The splendid catalogue of the Royal Library of the
English monarch which was presented to the British Museum in 1757 by
George II. Casley was deputy librarian of the Royal and Cottonian
libraries and his account of the latter collection is especially
interesting as he had done much to salvage the library from its
potentially disastrous fire three years earlier in 1731.
88. CAXTON. Bibliotheca Curiosa. The History of Reynard the
Fox. Translated and Printed by William Caxton, 1481. Edited by Edmund
Goldsmid. Privately Printed, Edinburgh. 1884.
2 Vols., in one, 99; 120pp., one of 275 copies, ex-library, orig.
printed wrappers bound-in, library quarter calf, slightly rubbed,
uncut. £75
89. CHAMPIER (Vctor) Les Anciens Almanachs Illustrés
Histoire du Calendrier Depuis les Temps Anciens Susqu’à
nos jours: Ouvrage Accompagné de 50 Planches hors Texte, en
noir et en Couleur, Reporduisant les Principaux Almanachs
Illustrés ou Gravés par Léonard Gaultier,
Crispin de Passe, Abraham Bosse, De Larmessin, Lepautre, Cl. Audran,
Gravelot, Cochin, Quéverdo, Dorgez, Debucourt, Devéria,
etc. L. Frinzine, Paris. 1886.
Folio, 136,[4]pp., 50 plates, some light foxing, orig.
portfolio, spine torn. £145
90. *CHAPMAN (R.W.) HAYWARD (John) CARTER (John) & SADLEIR
(Michael) Book Collecting: Four Broadcast Talks. Bowes and
Bowes, Cambridge. 1950.
First Edition, presentation inscription from John Carter to Adams,
with the Adams bookplate, orig. cloth, d.w. £45
This was a series of talks by bibliographers and members of the
antiquarian book trade.
91. CHILD (Heather) Calligraphy Today. Studio Vista.
1976.
Second Edition, 4to, 150 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£32
A revised and updated edition of Heather Child’s classic
survey with a new range of illustrations.
92. CHIVERS (Cedric) The Paper of Lending Library Books,
with some Remarks on their Bindings, Illustrated by Diagrams and
Photomicrographs. Cedric Chivers Ltd., Bath.
[c.1909].
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, 23 illustrs., orig. cloth.
£65
Not in Meyer or Brenni. A look at the deterioration of paper in
lending library books.
93. CHIVERS (Cedric) The Relative Value of Leathers and
other Binding Materials. Summary of a Lecture Delivered Before the
American Library Association, Supplemented by Further Facts and
Illustrations Included in a Lecture given to the British Library
Association. Cedric Chivers, Ltd., Bath.
[c.1911].
Large 8vo, 32pp., ex-library, 20 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.
£50
94. CHRISTIAN (Arthur) Débuts de l’Imprimerie
en France. L’Imprimerie Nationale. L’Hôtel de Rohan.
Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. 1905.
4to, [iv],xxiv,343, illustrs., throughout (some tinted in
green and red), orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed boards,
leather label on spine, unopened, uncut. £65
95. CHURCH (Elihu Dwight) A Catalogue of Books Relating to
the Discovery and Early History of North and South America Forming a
Part of the Library of E.D. Church. Compiled and Annotated by George
Watson Cole. Peter Smith, New York. (Reprint of the 1907
Edition). 1951.
5 Vols., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth. £225
A monumental work which includes 1,385 entries of books about
America, arranged chronologically by date of publication from the
earliest period to 1884, with author and title index. Includes full
collations with many facsimiles of title-pages, colophons,
etc.
96. [CHURTON (Edward)] The Hand-Book of Taste in
Book-Binding. E. Churton. [1847].
First Edition, 31pp., 4 actual samples of marbled paper, engravings
in the text, orig. decorated wrappers (a little faded and rubbed),
spine neatly repaired. £495
Only one copy (this copy) recorded as being sold at auction. A
rare item.
97. CLAIR (Colin) Christopher Plantin. Cassell &
Co. Ltd. 1960.
First Edition, large 8vo, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
One of the most important figures in the history of
printing.
98. CLAIR (Colin) A History of European Printing.
Academic Press. 1976.
First Edition, 90 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. £45
A comprehensive reference work detailing the story printing from
the 15th century to the present day.
99. CLARK (John Willis) Fasciculus Ioanni Willis Clark
Dicatus. Cambridge University Press. 1909.
First Edition, large 8vo, one of 500 copies printed for private
circulation, portrait, 1 plate, 1 map, orig. buckram, uncut, t.e.g.
£75
A ‘festschrift’ including ‘Catalogue of the
Library of the Augustinian Friars at York’ by M.R. James,
‘Le Registre des Depenses de la Bibliotheque Vaticane de 1548 a
1555’ by Leon Dorez, ‘Un Catalogo fin qui scionsciuto della
Biblioteca Papale d’Avignone’ by Franz Ehrle, and the only
bibliography of Clark.
100. [COCKBURN (Henry)] Compiler. Catalogue of
Books in the Library of the Alpine Club. Edinburgh University
Press. 1899.
First Edition, 223pp., front inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth.
£75
101. CONWAY (William Martin) The Woodcutters of the
Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century. In Three Parts: I. History of
the Woodcutters. II. Catalogue of the Woodcuts. III. List of the
Books Containing Woodcuts. Cambridge University Press.
1884.
First Edition, ex-library, one leaf a little creased with slight loss
to blank margin, library buckram. £38
102. *CORBETT (Margery) & LIGHTBOWN (Ronald) The Comely
Frontispiece. The Emblematic Title-Page in England 1550-1660.
Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1979.
First Edition, with a A.L.s from Margery Corbett, 20 plates, orig.
cloth, d.w. £32
Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and
1660 were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. We learn
that these title-pages were not intended simply as ornaments but as
visual epitomes in the emblematic mode of significant aspects of the
book.
103. CORRIE (G.E.) A Catalogue of the Books Which were
Given to the Library and Chapel of St Catharine’s Hall,
Cambridge, by Dr Woodlark, the Founder of the College.
[Bound with:]
SMITH (Rev. J.J.) Abbreviata Cronica. Ab Anno 1377 Usque ad Annum
1469.
[Bound with:]
GOODWIN (Rev. James) An Account of the Rites and Ceremonies Which
Took Place at the Consecration of Archbishop Parker, with an
Introductory Preface and Notes. J. & J.J. Deighton: T.
Stevenson, Cambridge. 1840.
4to, 3 parts in one, viii,11; viii,21,[1]; viii,9-27pp.,
frontis., one folding plate, re-cased, cont. half morocco, marbled
sides, a nice copy. £145
Publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Quarto Series;
volume 1, nos. 1,2 & 3.
104. COSTER (Germaine de) & DUMAS
(Hélène) Reliures 1935-1980. Introduction by
Jacques Guignard. Librairie Auguste Blaizot for the
Société des Amis de la Reliure Originale, Paris.
1981.
Oblong 4to, one of 100 numbered copies signed by De Coster and Dumas,
text on Romiana tinted laid paper, 33 original photographs (14
colour) tipped onto tinted card with printed captions, loose sheets
as issued within chemise of hand-made paper, upper cover with title
and embossed abstract design by De Coster, orig. buckram slip-case
with perspex window panel. £745
Descriptive catalogue of 270 bindings designed by De Coster
(b.1895) and executed by Dumas (b.1896).
105. COTGREAVE (Alfred) Views and Memoranda of Public
Libraries. Library Aids Co. 1901.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, frontis., 450 illustrs., orig. cloth,
spine defective. £75
A collection of views and plans of libraries, portraits of
librarians, etc.
106. COTTONIAN LIBRARY. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in
the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum. [Compiled
by Joseph Planta]. Printed by Command of His Majesty King
George III [by Luke Hansard, Printer]. 1802.
Folio, [xvi],618,[73]pp., some light spotting,
re-backed, orig. boards, uncut. £245
The British Parliament passed an act in 1753 that the Cottonian
Library, a collection of valuable historical Manuscripts which had
been made by Sir Robert Cotton, during the Reign of Elizabeth and
James I., and which had been acquired by Government in 1700, should
be added to the British Museum. 900 volumes especially rich in
historical documents, from the time of the Saxons to that of James I.
Still of great use and includes a preface by the principal librarian
Joseph Planta on the founding of the collection and its later
transfer to the British Museum.
107. COWLEY (A.E.) A Concise Catalogue of the Hebrew
Printed Books in the Bodleian Library. Oxford University Press.
(Reprint of the 1929 Edition) 1971.
816pp., orig. cloth. £95
108. CRAIG (Mary Elizabeth) The Scottish Periodical Press
1750-1789. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. 1931.
First Edition, orig. cloth, uncut. £45
Including a bibliography.
109. CRANE (R.S.) & KAYE (F.B.) A Census of British
Newspapers and Periodicals 1620-1800. The Holland Press.
1979.
Orig. cloth, d.w. £32
This work is indispensable as a reference tool for all those
interested in the bibliography of early newspapers and
periodicals.
110. *CROFT (P.J.) Editor. Autograph Poetry in the English
Language. Facsimiles of Original Manuscripts from the Fourteenth to
the Twentieth Century. Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1973.
First Edition, 2 vols., folio, with a receipt from Maggs Brothers,
197 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, d.w’s, slip-case.
£85
A unique work covering the period from the fourteenth century to
Dylan Thomas in the twentieth, and representing 146 poets on 197
chronologically-arranged plates reproducing complete pages of
manuscript.
111. DANA (John Cotton) Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries.
Library Bureau, Chicago. 1906.
First Edition, perforation library stamp on title, frontis.,
illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, gilt, library number on spine.
£58
112. DARLEY (Lionel S.) Bookbinding Then & Now. A
Survey of the First Hundred and Seventy-Eight Years of James Burn
& Company. Faber & Faber. 1959.
First Edition, coloured frontis., 18 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. a
little torn. £32
Recounts one binding firm’s history from 1781 to the end of
the Second World War with plates of binding styles, a specimen of
gold blocking and illustrations of presses and handbinding
tools.
113. DAUZE (Pierre) Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de...
Henri Leclerg & Auguste Blaizot, Paris. 1914-17.
3 Parts in one, prices in cont. hand, modern cloth, orig. wrappers
bound-in, uncut, 3,322 lots. £40
The third part not in Blogie.
114. *DAVENPORT (Cyril) English Embroidered Bookbindings.
Edited by Alfred Pollard. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.,
Ltd., 1899.
First Edition, large 8vo, coloured frontis., 52 plates of bindings
(some coloured), orig. buckram, spine slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g.
£145
With 4 chapters; Introduction, Books Bound in Canvas, Books Bound
in Velvet and Books Bound in Satin.
115. DAVENPORT (Cyril) The Book: Its History and
Development. Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1907.
First Edition, frontis., 7 plates, 126 illustrs., in the text, orig.
cloth, a nice copy. £35
116. DAVENPORT (Cyril) English Heraldic Book-Stamps.
Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd. 1909.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, frontis., heraldic illustrations and
figures throughout, library buckram. £85
Description with illustrations of armorial devices stamped on the
outside of books. These occurred in England from the end of the 15th
century and began to decline in popularity towards the end of the
17th century.
117. DAVIES (Hugh Wm.) Compiler. Catalogue of a Collection
of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray. The
Holland Press. (Reprint of the 1913 Edition) 1962.
2 Vols., large 4to, frontispieces, numerous illustrs., endpapers a
little spotted, orig. quarter parchment, covers slightly stained.
£195
Lavishly illustrated with full-page plates of bindings, and
reproductions of woodcuts, many full size; exact collations,
meticulous, often original, descriptions and investigations are given
for all the vast amount of material which is here assembled. A
bibliographical monument of lasting importance.
118. DAVIS (Ronald) & SIMONSON (Raoul) Bibliographie
des Oeuvres Paul Valéry (1895-1925). Plaisir de
Bibliphile, Paris. 1926.
First Edition, 42pp., one of 310 numbered copies, portrait, orig.
printed wrappers, uncut. £40
119. DE MORAES (Rubens Borba) Bibliographia Brasiliana. A
Bibliographical Essay on Rare Books About Brazil Published from 1504
to 1900 and Works of Brazilian Authors Published Abroad before the
Independence of Brazil in 1822. Colibris Editora Ltda. Amsterdam.
1958.
First Edition, 2 vols., numerous plates and illustrs., in the text,
orig. cloth. £145
120. DE MORGAN (Augustus) Arithmetical Books from the
Invention of Printing to the Present Time. Being Brief Notices of a
Large Number of Works Drawn up from Actual Inspection. Taylor and
Walton. 1847.
First Edition, xxviii,124pp., with George Potter’s bookplate,
several newspaper cuttings tipped-in, orig. cloth, re-backed, a nice
copy. £145
An invaluable work containing over 1,500 titles, with valuable
critical and historical notes, and index of 1,580 names of reported
authors and editors of works on Arithmetic.
121. *DE RICCI (Seymour) English Collectors of Books &
Manuscripts (1530-1930) and Their Marks of Ownership. Burt
Franklin, New York. (Reprint of the 1930 Edition), 1969.
With the Adams bookplate, 8 plates, illustrations, orig. cloth.
£50
This book still stands as a reliable work of reference.
122. DEGERING (Hermann) Lettering. A Series of 240 Plates
Illustrating Modes of Writing in Western Europe from Antiquity to the
End of the 18th Century. Ernest Benn Ltd. 1929.
First Edition, 4to, 240 plates, orig. cloth, faded, corners rubbed,
slight tears to head and foot of spine. £50
An essential reference book for the study of the evolution of
letterforms both calligraphically and as typefaces.
123. DENT (John) Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and
Extensive Library of the Late John Dent... Which Will be Sold by
Auction, by Mr. Evans... On Thursday, March 29, and Eight Following
Days. [Printed by W. Nicol]. 1827.
2 Parts in one,
[ii],84,[2];[ii],94,[1]pp., prices
and buyers’ names in a cont. hand, recent boards, 2,527 lots.
£395
De Ricci, p. 99. “Also in 1827 was dispersed the even more
valuable library of John Dent... containing numerous volumes of the
greatest beauty, several remarkable illuminated manuscripts, the
second volume of the first Homer on vellum (afterwards in the
Phillipps collection), the 1462 Bible, and a number of other books
printed on vellum, such as the 1469 Livy from the Canonici, Edwards
and Sykes collections (now in the Grenville Library).”
124. DENUCÉ (Jean) Bibliographie Antarctique.
(Reprint of the 1913 Edition) 2001.
One of 50 copies, 271pp., orig. cloth, d.w. £65
3,225 Items listed.
125. DESMOND (Ray) Bibliography of British Gardens. St.
Paul’s Bibliographies. 1988.
First Edition, ex-library, frontis., 20 plates, orig. cloth.
£35
The first bibliographical guide to the literature on individual
gardens providing references to about 5,500 gardens.
126. DIBDIN (Rev. T.F.) The Bibliographical Decameron: or,
Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and
Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and
Bibliography. Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co.
Shakspeare Press. 1817.
First Edition, large 8vo, 3 vols., half-titles,
[vi],vi,[ii],ccxxv,[1],410,[2];
[ii],535,[2]; [ii],544,[4]pp., 37
engraved plates (without the ‘Presentation in the Temple’
plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very
few copies), numerous woodcuts engravings, cont. full calf, re-backed
with original spines laid-down, hinges cracked, rubbed.
£645
“It is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin’s works...
Dibdin states that over £4500 was spent on its production, the
composition alone amounting to six guineas a sheet. Its publication
was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of
the Dibdinian bibliomania. On the 9th of December 1817 Dibdin gave a
dinner in celebration of the publication of this book to which he
invited a dozen of his Roxburghe Club friends...” -
Jackson.
Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
127. DIBDIN (Rev. T.F.) The Library Companion; or, the
Young Man’s Guide, and the Old Man’s Comfort, in the Choice
of a Library. Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard.
1824.
First Edition, 2 vols., in one,
[iv],li,[i],912,[2]pp., orig. boards,
re-backed, uncut. £175
8pp., publisher’s catalogue bound in along with a prospectus
for the fourth edition of “Introduction to the knowledge of Rare
and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics”.
Jackson, 64; Windle & Pippin, A 50a.
128. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ON CD-ROM. Dictionary
of National Biography on CD-Rom. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney
Lee. Oxford University Press. 1996.
CD-Rom, cased. New. £170
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is widely recognised
as one of the great historical and literary achievements of the last
100 years. Since the publication of the original work between 1885
and 1900, regular supplements have been issued bringing the current
total to thirty-two printed volumes. Until now, searching through the
original volumes have been a painstaking, time-consuming process. The
availability of the DNB on CD-ROM--the original publication plus all
chronological and Missing Persons Supplements--not only increases the
speed and efficiency with which one can access the DNB, it creates a
new range of possibilities for exploring this monumental
publication.
129. *DOHENY (Estelle) The Estelle Doheny Collection from
The Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary,
Camarillo, California. Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd.
1987-89.
7 Vols., 4to, several lots priced with buyers’ names in
Adams’ hand, numerous coloured plates throughout, illustrs.,
orig. cloth, 2,370 lots. £195
Part I. Fifteenth-Century Books including The Gutenberg
Bible.
Part II. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
Part III. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Western
Americana.
Part IV. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing,
Literature and Fine Bindings.
Part V. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, Literature
and Fine Bindings.
Part VI. Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and
his Circle.
Part VII. Index and Price Lists.
130. DOUGLAS (David C.) WHITELOCK (Dorothy) & GREENAWAY
(George W.) Editors. English Historical Documents. Volume I:
c.500-1042. Volume II: 1042-1189. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1955.
2 Vols., xxiv,867; xxiv,1014pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, slightly
faded and a little rubbed. £145
The early documents are given in English translation from the
original Latin, French, or Anglo-Saxon. A valuable collection, with
extensive introductions and bibliographies.
131. DREYFUS (John) Editor. Type Specimen Facsimiles II.
Reproductions of Reproductions of Christopher Plantin’s Index
sive Specimen Characterum 1567 & Folio Specimen of c.1585.
Together with the Le Bé-Monetus Specimen c.1599. With
Annotations by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet and Harry Carter. University
of Toronto Press. 1972.
Folio, ix,[1],15pp., xxx,24 + 40pp., of facsimiles, inner
front hinge shaken, orig. cloth, d.w. a little torn.
£45
132. [DUFF (E. Godron)] Early English Printing. A
Series of Facsimiles of all the Types used in England during the XVth
Century, with some of those used in the Printing of English Books
Abroad. With an Introduction by E. Gordon Duff. Kegan Paul,
Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd. 1896.
Folio, viii,40pp., one of 300 numbered copies, ex-library, 40
facsimiles, lightly spotted, loose as issued, enclosed in a library
buckram portfolio. £85
Whole-page facsimiles of every 15th-century English type. The
reproductions are as near full size as possible. The plates are
described separately, followed by a “Table of English Type”
arranged by press or printer with dates given. The following are
represented: (1) William Caxton; (2) Wynkyn de Worde; (3) Julian
Notary; (4) Lettou and Machlinia; (5) printer of Caoursin’
‘Siege of Rhodes'; (6) Richard Pynson; (7) the Oxford Press; (8)
St. Albans Press; (9) foreign printers.
133. DUFF (E. Gordon) The Printers, Stationers and
Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535.
Cambridge University Press. 1906.
First Edition, 7 plates, orig. cloth. £35
The text of the eight Sandars lectures for the Lent term 1899 and
May 1904. Four concern the printers of the period, three relate to
the stationers and one to the bookbinders.
134. DUFF (E. Gordon) Editor. Information for Pilgrims unto
the Holy Land. Lawrence & Bullen. 1893.
First Edition, one of 350 numbered copies, with the Signet library
bookplate, frontis., exact facsimile, orig. buckram-backed boards,
unopened, uncut. £38
With a List of Editions of ‘Information for Pilgrims unto
the Holy Land’ also giving collations.
135. DUFF (E. Gordon) & Others. Hand-Lists of English
Printers 1501-1556. Part I [-IV]. Printed by Blades, East
& Blades for the Bibliographical Society. 1895-1913.
First Edition, 4 parts in 3, small 4to, parts 1 & 2 in
cloth-backed boards, 3 & 4 in orig. printed wrappers, uncut.
£95
This pioneer bibliography is still indispensable.
136. DUNCAN (Alastair) & DE BARTHA (Georges) Art
Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: The French Masterpieces 1880-1940.
Thames and Hudson. 1989.
First Edition, 4to, 254 illustrs., (202 in colour), orig. cloth, d.w.
£85
This is the first major study of the sudden flowering of
bookbinding in France at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning
of the twentieth centuries. The sixty years between 1880 and 1940
formed one of the richest and most exciting periods in the history of
the book, spanning two attractive and currently popular styles: Art
Nouveau and Art Deco.
137. DUNN (George) Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive
Library... The First Portion [-The Third and Final Portion].
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. 1913-17.
3 Vols., 4to, 34 plates (4 coloured), orig. printed wrappers
bound-in, half morocco, t.e.g. a nice set, 3,929 lots.
£145
De Ricci, pp.182-3. “George Dunn (1865-1912), of Woolley
Hall, Maidenhead, was a keen student of palaeography and early
printing... and it is much to be regretted that his choice and
extensive library should have been dispersed at auction... a generous
and systematic buyer, collecting early English law books (his
collection, sold in one lot at his sale [the first portion of
this catalogue], is now mainly at Harvard University); mediaeval
manuscripts, chiefly from Phillipps and Ashburnham sales... early
printed books, of which he had a most carefully selected series,
including volumes from the most unusual towns and presses; lastly,
early stamped bindings, which he was one of the first collectors to
notice and preserve.”
A fourth portion, comprising Modern Books, was sold on December 9 and
10, 1915.
138. *DYSON PERRINS (C.W.) The Dyson Perrins Collection.
Catalogue of... Exceptionally Important Illuminated Manuscripts...
Sotheby & Co. 1958-60.
3 Vols., 4to, with Adams’ notes on the bids for The Pierpont
Morgan Library, also a telegram and invoice from E.P. Goldschmidt for
a lot bought on commission, 184 plates (18 in colour), orig. printed
boards, slightly worn, 155 lots. £95
Dyson Perrins formed his collection early in the twentieth
century when exceptional manuscripts of this type, through rare
enough, were by no means unobtainable, and it seems unlikely that any
series of quite such quality will come on the market again.
139. EASTON (Phoebe Jane) Marbling: A History and a
Bibliography. Dawson’s, Los Angeles. 1983.
First Edition, 4to, limited to 750 numbered copies, includes a number
of tipped-in samples (of which some are coloured), orig. cloth,
fore-edges slightly soiled, marbled paper sample inset in front
cover, out of print. £135
One of the most comprehensive texts written on marbling, designed
by Joseph Simon and Lillian Marks. Included is a history of the craft
in Japan, the Near East, Europe and America.
140. EDMOND (J.P.) Catalogue of a Collection of Fifteen
Hundred Tracts by Martin Luther and his Contemporaries 1511-1598.
Burt Franklin, New York. (Reprint of the 1903 Edition).
4to, limited to 150 copies, orig. cloth. £55
1,491 Items described with collations.
141. EDWARDS (Edward) Libraries and Founders of Libraries.
Trübner & Co. 1864.
First Edition, xix,[1],507pp., 2 folding tables, prelims
foxed, front inner hinge shaken, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed.
£110
Gives a brief historical survey of libraries, and deals in detail
with the Royal Library, government archives and some important
private libraries in England. Also includes a list of the catalogues
of English monastic libraries.
142. EGGELING (Arthur) Bookbinding by Hand. Eggeling
Bookbindery, New York. 1925.
First Edition, 32pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. slightly chipped.
£45
A brief account of the steps involved in hand binding, together
with instructions on the care of fine books. It promotes the services
of Eggeling’s bindery, while also providing useful
information.
143. EICHENBERG (Fritz) The Art of the Print. Masterpieces,
History & Techniques. Thames and Hudson. 1976.
First Edition, 4to, illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig.
cloth, d.w. £45
A comprehensive book which covers every technique of printmaking,
from the major processes of woodcut, intaglio, lithography,
mezzotint, and silkscreen, to less common processes such as the
monotype.
144. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITISH BOOKS. A Subject Catalogue
Extracted from the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books.
Edited by G. Averley, A. Flowers, F.J.G. Robinson, E.A. Thompson and
P.J. Wallis. Dawson, Folkestone. 1979.
First Edition, 4 vols., 4to, orig. cloth. £95
The details for each entry should enable scholars and researchers
to fing material relevant to their interests and locate such items in
the B.M. catalogue. Details include the life span of the author, date
and number of edition, place of publication, number of volumes,
format and bibliographical notes, with the entries covering all books
printed in English, published in Britain or America, or published in
those countries in any language, or translated from or into English.
Total entries number c. 200,000.
145. *EISLER (Colin) & CORBETT (Patricia) The Prayer
Book of Michelino da Besozzo. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
George Braziller, New York. 1981.
Small 8vo, 93pp., coloured facsimiles throughout, orig. suede
decorated in silver, slip-case. £32
146. ELBERLING (Carl) Breve fra en Bogelsker. Forening
for Boghaandvaek, Coppenhagen. 1909.
4to, 121,[4]pp., de-luxe edition, presentation inscription,
16 plates, numerous facsimiles of bindings in the text, orig. printed
wrappers bound-in, full light tan calf, gilt, slightly faded and
rubbed, uncut. £65
147. [ELLIS (Sir Henry)] Editor. A Catalogue of
Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of Francis Hargrave... now
Deposited in the British Museum. Printed by G. Woodfall.
1818.
First Edition, 4to, [iv],188pp., from the Birmingham Law
Society, with stamps, library buckram. £185
148. ESDAILE (Arundell) A List of English Tales and Prose
Romances Printed before 1740. Printed for the Bibliographical
Society by Blades, East & Blades. 1912.
First Edition, small 4to, ex-library, orig. cloth-backed boards,
unopened, uncut. £45
Part I. 1475-1642.
Part II. 1643-1739.
149. FERGUSON (J.A.) Bibliography of Australia. Angus
and Robertson Ltd., & National Library of Australia.
1955-76.
7 Vols., mixed edition, facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w’s.
Vol. 1. 1784-1830 [Reprint].
Vol. 2. 1831-1838 [Reprint].
Vol. 3. 1839-1845 [Reprint].
Vol. 4. 1846-1850 [First Edition].
Vol. 5. 1851-1900 (A-G) [First Edition].
Vol. 6. 1851-1900 (H-P) [First Edition].
Vol. 7. 1851-1900 (Q-Z) [First Edition].
£285
The standard reference source for printed matter relating to
Australia.
150. FERGUSON (John) Bibliographical Notes on Histories of
Inventions and Books of Secrets. The Holland Press. (Reprint of
the 1959 Edition) 1981.
2 Vols., in one, orig. cloth. £65
The secrets are chemical, horticultural, metallurgical, herbal,
pyrotechnical, botanical, gastronomical, medical etc.
151. FIFOOT (Richard) A Bibliography of Edith, Osbert and
Sacheverell Sitwell. Soho Bibliographies XI. Rupert Hart-Davis.
1971.
Second Edition, revised, 3 facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
£35
152. FLEEMAN (J.D.) A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel
Johnson. 2000.
2 Vols., 1056;1024pp., orig. cloth, slightly bumped.
£210
A long-awaited and much needed new bibliography of Johnson,
greatly updating the hitherto standard work of Courtney and Nichol
Smith (1925) and including editions of Johnson’s works published
up to 1984, the bi-centenary of his death. In print at
£280.
153. FOCKEMA ANDREAE (S.J.) & ‘T HOFF (B. van)
Geschiedenis der Kartografie van Nederland. Van den Romeinschen Tijd
tot het Midden der 19de Eeuw. With a Summary in English. Martinus
Nijhoff, ‘s-Gravenhage. 1947.
4to, [viii],127pp., 25 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards.
£50
154. [FOILLET (Jacques)] Nouveaux Pourtraicts de
Point Coupé et Dantelles en Petite Moyenne & Grande Forme.
Nouuellement Inuentez & mis en Lumiere. Montbeliard. 1598. E.
Wasmuth, Berlin. (Facsimile Reprint of the 1598
Edition)1891.
4to, [6]pp., 83 plates, loose in portfolio (slightly torn) as
issued. £95
155. FORD (H.L.) Shakespeare 1700-1740. A Collation of the
Editions and Separate Plays with Some Account of T. Johnson and R.
Walker. Oxford University Press. 1935.
First Edition, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut.
£55
320 Items described.
156. FORMAN (Muarice Buxton) A Bibliography of the Writings
in Prose and Verse of George Meredith. [With:] Meredithiana,
Being a Supplement to the Bibliography of Meredith. Printed for
The Bibliographical Society at the Dunedin Press, Edinburgh.
1922-24.
First Edition, 2 vols., frontispiece facsimile and 5 facsimiles,
orig. cloth-backed boards, unopened, uncut, a nice set.
£85
157. FOSCARINI (Marco) Venezia, la Priima Citta’,
Fuori della Germania, dove si Esercito’ l’Arte della
Stampa, Dissertazione. Pietro Bassaglia, Venice. 1756.
48pp., blank margin of title-page repair expertly repaired, ink stain
to final leaf (only slightly affecting text), recent decorative paper
boards. £125
158. FOXON (D.F.) English Verse 1701-1750. A Catalogue of
Separately Printed Poems with Notes on Contemporary Collected
Editions. Cambridge University Press. 1975.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, orig. cloth, d.w. slip-case.
£195
Volume 1 contains some 10,000 entries, giving full bibiographical
details and information on the first lines, subject, and
locations.
Volume 2 comprises a full series of indexes.
An utterly comprehensive work which immediately established itself as
the standard work.
159. FOYLE (William) The Library of William Foyle. Part I:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Part II: Early Continental
Books. Part III: English Literature and Manuscripts, Travel Books.
Christie’s. 2000.
3 Vols., 4to, 312; 200; 424pp., numerous coloured illustrs.,
throughout, orig. decorated wrappers, 911 lots. £50
160. FREDEMAN (William E.) Pre-Raphaelitism: A
Bibliographical Study. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
1965.
First Edition, ex-library, 8 plates, 47 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£85
This indispensable book is divided into a commentary and a
bibliography. The bibliography, a complete outline of which follows
the listing of contents, is composed of 100 sections which are
divided into four major parts: sources for bibliography and
provenance, bibliographies of individual figures, a general
bibliography of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, and a bibliography of
Pre-Raphaelite illustrations.
161. FREELING (Sir Francis) Catalogue of the Curious,
Choice and Valuable Library of the Late Sir Francis Freeling... Which
will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Evans.. On Friday, November 25, and
Nine Following Days. [Printed by W. Nichol].
1836.
[ii],145pp., none offensive perforated stamp on title-page,
ruled in red and priced with buyers’ names in a neat cont. hand,
disbound. £325
Sir Francis Freeling (1764-1836) was Secretary to the General
Post Office and instituted many postal reforms. Also a friend of
Dibdin who memorialised him as one of the ‘interlocutors’
in his ‘Bibliomania’. The library included a number of
Caxtons, the 1525 edition of the Coverdale Bible and other famous
early books, as well as a selection of books on witchcraft.
De Ricci, p.107.
162. FREEMAN (Arthur & Janet Ing) Anatomy of an
Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919. The Book Collector.
1990.
First Edition, viii,169pp., frontis., facsimiles, orig. printed
wrappers. £45
The dispersal of the Foley family library in October 1919 was
notable for the richness of the books sold - and for the general
inadequacy of the prices they fetched. Drawing on records kept by
principal participants in the sale and in the four subsequent
“knock-outs”, the Freemans reveal the intricacies of a
practice whose workings have not previously been subject to such
detailed and informed scrutiny.
163. *FREEMAN (Margaret B.) Les Belles Heures du Duc de
Berry. Introduction by James J. Rorimer. Thames and Hudson.
[1958].
First Edition, 32 facsimile pages printed in gold and colour in the
same size as the originals, imitation vellum, gilt, in the original
box. £35
In 1954 this priceless Book of Hours was acquired by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mr James J. Rorimer, Director
of the Museum at the time, has written an introduction outlining the
history of the Belles Heures, and there are notes on each plate by
Margaret B. Freeman.
164. *FRENCH (Hannah Dustin) Bookbinding in Early America.
Seven Essays on Masters and Methods. With Catalogues of Bookbinding
Tools Prepared by Willman Spawn. American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester. 1986.
4to, with the Adams bookplate, 95 illusts., orig. cloth.
£45
Articles on Andrew Barclay (an early Boston binder), Caleb
Buglass (a Philadelphia binder), John Roulstone’s Harvard
bindings, and Frederick August Mayo (Thomas Jefferson’s last
binder). Also contains catalogues of bookbinding tools by William
Spawn.
165. FROUDE (James Anthony) History of England. From the
Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. AMS Press.
(Reprint of the 1856-1870 Edition) 1969.
12 Vols., orig. cloth. £50
Frounde’s ‘History of England’ enjoyed enormous
success on its literary merits but was attacked as inaccurate and
biased. Few historians however had used as many documentary sources
as Froude marshalled for his ‘History’.
Originally Published at $910.00.
166. *FRY (Roger) & LOWE (E.A.) English Handwriting.
With Artistic and Paleographical Criticisms.
[Bound with:]
English Handwriting Continued... Edited by Robert Bridges with Notes
on Penmanship by Alfred Fairbank. Oxford University Press.
1926-27.
2 Vols in one, 65 facsimile plates, orig. printed wrappers bound-in,
cloth, leather label on spine. £38
S.P.C. Tract No. XXIII & XXVIII.
167. FUCHS (Eduard) Honoré Daumier Lithographien:
1828-1851. Albert Langen, Munich. [c.1930].
First Edition, folio, 72 plates, 47 text illustrs., orig. decorated
boards. £85
168. FUSSELL (G.E.) The Old English Farming Books 1523 to
1730. Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1947.
First Edition, 16 plates, orig. cloth. £32
169. GABLER (James M.) Wine into Words. A History and
Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language. Bacchus Press
Ltd., Baltimore. 1985.
First Edition, 4to, facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. £35
A most complete and comprehensive reference work containing
information on virtually every wine book ever published in English
(there are over 3,200 entries).
170. GARDNER (F. Leigh) A Catalogue Raisonne of Works on
the Occult Sciences. Vol. I: Rosicrucian Books. Vol. II: Astrological
Books. Vol. III: Freemasonry. Privately Printed, F.L. Gardner.
1903-12.
First Edition, 3 vols., one of 300 numbered copies signed by the
author, ex-library, 2 frontispieces, library buckram.
£110
171. GASKELL (Philip) A Bibliography of the Foulis Press.
With Additions and Amendments. St Paul's Bibliographies.
1986.
Second Edition, limited to 450 copies, orig. cloth, out of print.
£45
Philip Gaskell has presented 129 additions and amendments to 724
entries, including 56 completely new entries and 20 entries for
editions previously not seen but since discovered.
172. GAZLAY (Theodore) The Practical Printer’s
Assistant: Containing Numerous Schemes of Imposition. Definite
Directions for Making Composition Rollers, and many useful Tables.
J.A. James & Co., Cincinnati. 1836.
First Edition, 135pp., lacking frontispiece, front inner hinge
broken, light foxing throughout, cont. cloth, rubbed.
£345
A little known printer’s manual. We have only been able to
locate 2 other copies (Library of Congress & New York Public
Library).
Not in Bigmore & Wyman; Saint Bride Catalogue or McMurtrie.
173. GERRING (Charles) Notes on Book Binding. The
Nottingham Sette of Odde Volumes III. Privately Printed [by
W.B. Cooke], Nottingham. 1899.
12mo, 23,[1]pp., frontis., 36 plates of bindings, cont.
quarter calf, marbled boards, spine rubbed, head and foot of spine
chipped, uncut. £85
The author was an admirer of the work of Birdsall, Northampton,
and of the ‘vellucent’ bindings of Cedric Chivers of Bath;
seventeen of the plates are of Birdsall bindings, and twelve are
those of Chivers.
174. GIBSON (Strickland) Abstracts from the Wills and
Testamentary Documents of Binders, Printers, and Stationers of
Oxford, from 1493 to 1638. Printed for the Bibliographical
Society by Blades, East & Blades. 1907.
First Edition, with Lord Kenyon’s bookplate, orig. printed
wrappers bound in, in the Kenyon half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine
titled in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. £45
175. GILLISPIE (Charles Coulston) Editor. Dictionary of
Scientific Biography. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.
1970-80.
16 Vols., 4to, ex-library, orig. cloth. £1250
An important work, including scientists from all periods of
history and encompassing the fields of astronomy, biology, chemistry,
the earth sciences, mathematics, and physics. Articles are signed by
the contributing scholars; include bibliographies of original and
secondary works; and emphasis the scientific accomplishments and
careers of the biographers. In some cases the article is the first or
the most comprehensive study of a figure’s total contribution to
science.
176. GODDARD (Canon Ed. H.) Compiler. Wiltshire
Bibliography. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Pamphlets and Articles
Bearing on the History, Topography and Natural History of the County.
The Wilts Eduction Committee. 1929.
First Edition, orig. cloth. £38
Part I: Wiltshire as a whole.
Part II: Individual parishes arranged alphabetically.
177. GOLDSCHMIDT (E.P.) Gothic & Renaissance
Bookbindings Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author’s
Collection. Ernest Benn, Ltd. 1928.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, coloured frontis, 102 plates, slightly
spotted, orig. buckram, d.w’s a little browned otherwise a nice
copy. £475
Volume I, contains an introduction, a catalogue raisonné,
a synopsis of the collection, an index of binders’ and
booksellers’ names, monastic binders and cyphers. This remains
one of the most scholarly works on the subject.
178. *GOLDSCHMIDT (E.P.) The First Cambridge Press in its
European Setting. Cambridge University Press. 1955.
First Edition, large 8vo, with a compliments slip from Mr Vellekoop
and 2 pages of related notes in Adams’ hand, frontis., 11
illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. £45
Gives important information on John Siberch and the first
printing of the Cambridge Press.
179. GOLDSCHMIDT (Lazarus) Hebrew Incunables: A
Bibliographical Essay. B.H. Blackwell, Ltd., Oxford.
1948.
First Edition, small 8vo, ex-library, one of 500 copies, orig. cloth.
£35
180. GOLDSMID (Edmund) Bibliotheca Curiosa. A Complete
Catalogue of all the Publications of the Elzevier Presses at Leyden,
Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, with Introduction, Notes, and an
Appendix Containing a List of all Works, Whether Forgeries or
Anonymous Publications, Generally Attributed to their Presses.
Privately Printed, Edinburgh. 1885-88.
First Edition, large 12mo, 3 vols., in one, limited to 200 copies on
thick paper, a very good ex-library copy, later buckram, leather
label on spine. £110
181. *GOODWIN (Jonathan) Important Modern First Editions
with Autograph Letters & Manuscripts of Ernest Hemingway and
others... Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York. 1977-78.
3 Parts bound in one, 4to, with the Adams bookplate, numerous
illustrs., throughout, price lists loosely inserted, orig. cloth,
leather label on spine. £35
182. *GOTO (Seikichiro) Japanese Hand-Made Paper. Japanese
Paper and Paper-Making. Vol. I. Bijutsushuppan-sha, Japan.
[1953].
Folio, one of 300 copies, text in English and Japanese, 101
separately mounted stencil illustrations and 29 paper samples, orig.
cord-tied decorated paper wrappers, fore-edges slightly spotted, a
very nice copy, slip-case defective. £595
Before turning his attention to the study and manufacture of
native Japanese paper, Goto achieved a reputation as a maker of
stencil prints. His art and scholarship are combined in this work.
This is volume one of Seikichiro Goto’s ‘Picture
Dairy’. It was compiled after visits to paper-making villages
and towns scattered throughout eastern Japan. Volume two, published
in 1960, covers the results of his research in the villages and towns
of western Japan which are devoted to the paper-making art.
183. GRASSET (Eug.) Ornements Typographiques. Lettres
Ornées, Tétes de Pages et fins de Chapitres
Dessinés et Publiés en 1880 pour ‘Les Fêtes
Chrétiennes’ par M. l’Abbé Drioux. Sagot,
Paris. [c.1895].
First Edition, 4to, [iv]pp., followed by 37 plates, orig.
printed wrappers bound-in, recent quarter vellum, a nice copy.
£45
Shows the ornaments of the 36 chapters and introduction of
Drioux’s book.
184. *GREENHILL (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Greenhill Bookbinder.
A Catalogue Raisonne. K.D. Duval, Foss. 1986.
First Edition, 4to, limited to 500 copies, with the Adams bookplate,
TLS review tipped-in, two short notes and several pencil markings in
the text, 81 illustrs., in colour and 22 in black and white, cloth,
one corner slightly bumped, spine gilt. £85
A catalogue raisonne of nearly all of Elizabeth Greenhill’s
designed bindings, with illustrations of all that it has been
possible to trace.
185. GRIFFITH (Reginald Harvey) Alexander Pope, a
Bibliography. The Holland Press. (Reprint of the 1922 Edition)
1962.
2 Vols., limited to 350 copies, variant bindings, buckram and buckram
with marbled sides. £85
Indispensable bibliography, giving exact collations and
illuminating notes for every item described.
186. GROWOLL (A.) Three Centuries of English Booktrade
Bibliography. An Essay on the Beginnings of Booktrade Bibliography
Since the Introduction of Printing and in England Since 1595. Also A
List of the Catalogues, &c., Published for the English Booktrade
from 1595-1902 by Wilberforce Eames. The Dibdin Club, New York.
1903.
First Edition, ex-library, frontis., 10 Facsimiles, library buckram.
£45
A classical work on English book trade bibliography.
187. GUMUCHIAN & CIE. Les Livres de l’Enfance du
XVe au XIXe Siecle. Preface de Paul Gavault. The Holland Press.
(Reprint of the 1930 Edition) 1967.
2 Vols., in one, 4to, numerous plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
£110
The Grolier Club, Bibliography: Its History and Development. No.
158. “This splendidly illustrated bookseller’s catalogue of
6,251 children’s books is the first major bibliography solely
devoted to children’s books and has become a standard reference
work on the subject.”
188. *HACHETTE (André) Collection André
Hachette. Manuscrits de XIIe au XVIe Siècle, Miniatures,
Imprimés des XVe et XVIe Riches Reliures Armoriées.
Librairie Giraud-Badin, Paris. 1953.
4to, 40pp., with a few notes and some prices and buyers names’
in Adams’ hand, coloured frontis., 18 plates, orig. printed
wrappers, a little torn, 88 lots. £35
189. HAEBLER (Konrad) The Early Printers of Spain and
Portugal. Illustrated Monographs No. IV. Printed for The
Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1897.
First Edition, 4to, title in red and black, frontis., 33 full page
facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, recent cloth, leather
label on spine, uncut. £195
Haebler presents a good history of printing in the Iberian
peninsula. Haebler discusses the imprints of Valencia, Saragossa,
Seville, Tortosa, Lerida, Salamanca, Zamora, Mallorca, Burgos,
Toledo, and elsewhere. Arrangement is chronological by press rather
than location. Although the account sometimes extends to the
sixteenth century, the focus remains on fifteenth century printers
and their work. Includes a bibliography of Spanish incunabula and
thirty-three facsimiles.
190. HAGELIN (Ove) Compiler. Rare and Important Medical
Books In the Library of the Karolinska Institute. An Illustrated and
Annotated Catalogue. Hagelin Antikvariat, Stockholm.
1992.
First Edition, large 8vo, 143 illustrs., (27 in colour), orig. cloth.
£45
For each item full collation is given as well as information on
edition, binding and provenance.
191. HAGELIN (Ove) Compiler. Kinetic Jottings. Rare and
Curious Books in the Library of the Old Royal Central Institute of
Gymnastics. An Illustrated and Annotated Catalogue.
Idrottshogskolans Bibliotek, Stockholm. 1995.
4to, coloured frontis., illustrs., throughout, orig. decorated
boards. £45
Covers works from 1606 to 1912, each item there is a collation,
information of provenances, and a bibliographical and historical
commentary.
192. HALLIWELL (James Orchard) Editor. Morte Arthure. The
Alliterative Romance of the Death of King Arthur. Now First Printed
from a Manuscript in Lincoln Cathedral. For Private Circulation
Only, Brixton Hill. 1847.
4to, xxii,[2],368pp., one of 75 copies signed by the printer,
frontis., recent cloth, leather label on spine, unopened, uncut.
£155
193. [HANNETT (John)] An Inquiry into the Nature
and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of
Bookbinding, from the Times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present
Day; Interspersed with Bibliographical References to Men and Books of
All Ages and Countries. By John Andrews Arnett. Richard
Groombridge. 1837.
First Edition, 12mo, iv,212pp., frontis., 13 plates (one of the
plates reproduces a binding designed by embossing), woodcuts in the
text, cont. cloth. £395
Pollard & Potter. 100. “This formed the basis of ‘A
History of the Art of Bookbinding, with some Account of the Books of
the Ancients’, edited by W.S. Brassington, London, 1894, which
contains a memoir of John Hannett. The first American manual, James
B. Nicholson's Manual of the art of bookbinding, Philadelphia, Henry
Cavey Baird & Co., 1856 was also based on it”.
John Hannett (1803-93) after being apprenticed to a printer and
bookbinder in Sleaford, Lincs., worked for ten years in the
publishing house of Simpkin, Marshall & Co., then set up as a
printer and bookbinder at Market Rasen, Lincs., in 1837, and, in
1844, at Henley-in-Arden. The first editions of his books were
published under the pseudonym John Andrews Arnett.
194. *HARDY (Thomas) Catalogue of an Exceptionally
Interesting Assemblage of Modern Literary Manuscripts... Including
Sir Sydney Cockerell’s Collection of MSS., Proofs and First
Editions of Thomas Hardy [lots 252-314]... Sotheby &
Co. 1956.
With a T.L.s from Maggs Bros. informing Adams of his successful
commission bids, also two A.L.s from Richard Purdy regarding his
purchases, and three letters from Sir Sydney Cockerell referring to
the sale, Hardy lots marked and priced by Adams, 3 plates, orig.
printed wrappers, 488 lots. £45
195. HARRISSE (M. Henry) Bibliographie de Manon Lescaut et
Notes pour Servir a l'Histoire du Livre. Damascene Morgand et
Charles Fatout. 1877.
Second Edition, one of 300 copies, frontis., facsimiles, orig.
decorated boards, leather label on spine. £38
196. HART (Horace) Notes on a Century of Typography at the
University Press Oxford 1693-1794. A Photographic Reprint of the
Edition of 1900 with an Introduction and Additional Notes by Harry
Carter. Oxford University Press. 1970.
Large 4to, frontis., orig. cloth, d.w. slightly soiled and torn.
£65
Research done since the book was issued, particularly by the late
Stanley Morison into the origins of the Fell types, is digested in
revisions by Hart have been added. This edition is, therefore, an
up-to-date survey of one of the world's richest collections of
historical printing types.
197. HASLAM (W.) The Library Handbook of Genuine Trade
Secrets and Instructions for Cleaning, Repairing and Restoring Old
Manuscripts, Engravings and Books, as Practised by the Experts.
W. & G. Foyle, Ltd. [1923].
51pp., orig. printed wrappers, a little chipped. £32
Set out in the form of a glossary, it has much information which
is relevant to bookbinding.
198. HATCHARD (John) A Catalogue of Books, Ancient and
Modern, in Every Branch of Literature, Now Selling (at the Prices
Affixed) by John Hatchard... S. Gosnell, Printer. 1814.
[iv],281,[1]pp., from a institutional library now
dispersed, title-page dusty and slightly cropped (affecting a few
letters), new half-calf. £175
John Hatchard founded the business in 1797 when he was
twenty-nine years of age. He had served his apprenticeship with a
bookseller named Ginger, and thereafter went to the famous shop of
Thomas Payne at Mews Gate. Hatchard quitted Payne’s service on
June 30th, 1797, and having prepared the way he opened a shop in
Piccadilly. John Hatchard died on June 21st, 1849, and Thomas, his
son, who succeeded him, died in 1858.
Only the British Library copy (imperfect) in NSTC.
199. HAY (Marie) Madame Dame Dianne de Poytiers. La Grande
Seneschale de Normandie Duchesse de Valentinois. A Monograph.
John & E. Bumpus, Ltd. 1900.
First Edition, 4to, [iv],37,[3]pp., frontis.,
numerous engraved plates, large folding photogravure facsimile, 2
chromolithographs of bindings, two bookplates on front paste-down
endpaper, ink stain to upper blank margin (affecting 1 plate and 2
leaves of text), cont. parchment. £45
200. HERBALS. Early Herbals from the Library of Dr. F.W.T.
Hunger. International Antiquariaat, Amsterdam. 1951.
4to, 40 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, 40 lots.
£35
201. HERBERT (A.S.) Historical Catalogue of Printed
Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961. Revised and Expanded from
the Edition of T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule, 1903. The British and
Foreign Bible Society. 1968.
4to, orig. cloth. £85
202. *HERBERT (J.A.) Illuminated Manuscripts. Methuen
and Co., Ltd. 1912.
Second Edition, large 8vo, with the Adams bookplate, inner hinges
shaken, 50 plates, orig. cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed.
£45
Begins with a chapter on the illumination in the classical
period; the rest of the book considers medieval manuscripts. A solid
history especially helpful in showing parallels among various
national schools.
203. HESSELS (J.H.) Gutenberg: Was he the Inventor of
Printing? An Historical Investigation Embodying a Criticism on Dr.
Van Der Linde’s “Gutenberg”. Bernard Quaritch.
1882.
First Edition, one of 200 copies, orig. quarter calf, spine rubbed,
uncut, t.e.g. £75
Hessels seems to write Gutenberg out of the history of printing,
and to replace him with the traditional Dutch favourite, Laurens
Janszoen Coster.
204. HESSELS (J.H.) The Gutenberg Fiction. A Critical
Examination of the Documents Relating to Gutenberg, Showing that he
was not the Inventor of Printing. Alexander Moring Ltd.
1912.
First Edition, large 8vo, orig. cloth, spine faded.
£65
205. [HEWETT (Mary Crane)] Compiler. Catalogue of
the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Cambridge
University Press. 1918-20.
2 vols., in one, 4to, vi,372;x,373-587pp., orig. cloth.
£145
The catalogue is of importance because of the detailed collations
provided for this vast library of 22,000 volumes on horticultural and
botany. Plate count is provided, as are details concerning contents
and editions.
206. HEYWOOD (John) Specimens of Printing Type.
Manufactured by John Heywood, Typefounder, Electrotyper, &
Stereotyper, Deansgate & Ridgefield, Manchester. [John
Heywood, Manchester]. [1888].
[vi]pp., followed by 60 leaves of printing specimens printed
on one side only plus 2 leaves of adverts (loose), disbound, lacking
wrappers, staples rusted. £165
The only other copies we have found are the Saint Bride &
British Library (consists of 52 leaves only).
207. HIND (Arthur M.) A Short History of Engraving &
Etching for the use of Collectors and Students. With Full
Bibliography, Classified List and Index of Engravers. Constable
and Co., Ltd. 1911.
Second Edition, frontis., 110 illustrs., orig. cloth, uncut.
£45
208. *HIND (Arthur M.) An Introduction to a History of
Woodcut. With a Detailed Survey of Work Done in the Fifteenth
Century. Constance and Co., Ltd. 1935.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, frontispiece, 484 illustrs., cloth
buckram, uncut, spines of dust wrappers a little soiled with two
small nicks otherwise a fine set. £250
The central purpose of this important work of art history is to
survey the origins and early developments of woodcut and wood
engraving.
Volume I: The Primitives, Single Cuts and Block-Books.
Volume II: Book-Illustration and Contemporary Cuts.
209. HISTORICAL BINDINGS. Very Choice Books Including an
Extremely Important Series of Historical Bindings Together with
Original and Illuminated Manuscripts Etc. [Offered for Sale
by] J. Pearson & Co. Chiswick Press.
[1902].
Small 4to, ex-library, 76 half-tone plates (some folding) of which
most are of bookbindings, library buckram, 211 items.
£45
210. HOBBES (James R.) A Picture Collector’s Manual,
Adapted To The Professional Man And The Amateur; Being a Dictionary
of Painters Containing Fifteen Hundred more Names than any other
Work, Together with an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Scholars...
T. & W. Boone. 1849.
First Edition, 2 vols., xxii,508; [iv],640pp., orig. cloth,
minor stains otherwise a nice set. £45
211. HOBSON (G.D.) English Binding Before 1500.
Cambridge University Press. 1929.
First Edition, folio, one of 500 copies, title lacking and supplied
in photocopy facsimile, 60 pages followed by 55 full page plates of
bindings, orig. buckram, slightly stained, library shelf number at
foot of spine, t.e.g. £125
This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings,
before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given at the
Sandars Lecture for 1927.
212. HOBSON (G.D.) Blind-Stamped Panels in the English
Book-Trade c.1485-1555. Bibliographical Society. 1944.
First Edition, 111pp., 8 plates, orig. printed wrappers, uncut.
£35
This, together with Oldham’s works form a full study of the
subject.
213. HODGSON (Henry W.) Compiler. A Bibliography of the
History and Topography of Cumberland & Westmorland. Hindson
& Andrew Reid Ltd. 1968.
First Edition, large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn.
£35
214. *HODNETT (Edward) English Woodcuts 1480-1535.
Oxford University Press. (Reprint of the 1935 Edition)
1973.
Reprinted with Additions and Corrections, 4to, 251 facsimiles, orig.
cloth. £45
The core of the work is a catalogue of cuts, covering all the
books containing cuts printed by Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, Richard
Pynson and minor printers, preceded by an introduction, and followed
by a bibliography of illustrated books and an index of cuts by
sizes.
215. HODNETT (Edward) Image and Text. Studies in the
Illustration of English Literature. Scolar Press. 1986.
Small 4to, 42 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. £35
A work of scholarship, knowledge and insight. It sets the
illustrations in their cultural and historical context and provides a
lasting source of information and ideas for anyone interested in book
illustration.
216. *HOE (Robert) Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe
of New York... The Anderson Auction Co., New York.
1911-1912.
8 Parts in 4 vols., with the Adams bookplate, also the Mortimer L.
Schiff red morocco gilt book labels, frontispieces, numerous plates
(some of bindings), orig. printed wrappers bound-in with the list of
prices, half calf blue morocco by Stikeman & Co., hinges cracked,
corners rubbed, spines gilt, t.e.g. £345
One of the finest collections of books sold in America, the Hoe
sale (comprising of 14,579 lots) realized $1,932,000 which was larger
than the previous four largest book sales added together. Hoe had and
excellent collection of bindings and had many of his own books bound
by the famous binders of the day.
217. *HOGAN (Frank J.) The Frank J. Hogan Library. Part
One: American Authors. Part Two: English Literature of the XVIII and
XIX Centuries. Part Three: English Literature of the XVI-XVII
Century. Part Four: Bibliography, Press Publications, First Editions
and Two Leaves of the Gutenberg Bible. Parke-Bernet Galleries
Inc., New York. 1945-46.
4 Vols., first two volumes signed by Adams on front wrapper, partly
priced with buyers’ names and notes in Adams’ hand,
facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, 1,900 lots. £45
218. HOLLOWAY (Owen E.) French Rococo Book Illustration.
Alec Tiranti Ltd. 1969.
First Edition, large 8vo, 283 illustrs., on 65 leaves, orig. cloth,
d.w. £45
219. HOLMES (Michael) The Country House Described. St
Paul’s Bibliographies. 1986.
First Edition, 4to, frontis., 29 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
£48
An invaluable index and bibliography of the literature on country
houses and their contents. Not only an immediate key to the study of
existing houses, but a record of those which no longer
exist.
220. *HOMBURGER (Otto) Die Illustrierten Handschriften der
Burgerbibliothek Bern. Der Burgerbibliothek, Bern. 1962.
First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 72 plates (9 coloured), orig.
cloth, d.w. £65
221. HOPPE (A.J.) A Bibliography of the Writings of Samuel
Butler (Author of “Erewhon”) and of Writings about him.
Dunedin Press, Edinburgh. [1925].
First Edition, limited to 500 copies, facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut.
£35
222. *HOUGHTON (Arthur A.) Books and Manuscripts from the
Library of Arthur A. Houghton, Jnr. Christie’s.
1979-80.
2 vols., with six T.L.s from H.D. Lyon relating to the sale, coloured
frontispiece, plates and facsimiles throughout, with prices and
buyers’ names loosely inserted, orig. boards, 553 lots.
£35
223. *HUNTER (Dard) Papermaking by Hand in India. Pyson
Printers, New York. 1939.
First Edition, small folio, 129,[5]pp., number 3 of 370
copies, signed by the author and Elmer Adler, with the Adams
bookplate, prospectus loosely inserted, also the prospectus for
‘Papermaking by Hand in America’ which Adams gave a speech
at a meeting to honour Dard Hunter commemorating the publication of
this book, A.L.s from the publisher to Adams tipped-in, 84
photogravures on 42 plates, 27 specimens of hand-made paper, orig.
quarter black leather, with the very slightest sign of rubbing,
floral patterned sides, uncut, slip-case, a very nice copy.
£1100
This book is the result of Dard Hunter’s journey to India to
investigate mills and collect specimens. The photogravures are
produced by the hand printing process and are of special interest,
being almost entirely from photographs taken by Dard Hunter.
Schlosser 39.
224. HUNTER (Dard) My Life with Paper: An Autobiography.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1958.
First Edition, with 2 specimens of paper tipped-in; a sample of
Chinese spirit paper and a specimen of hand-made paper from
Hunter’s Lime Rock Mill, 58 illustrs., orig. cloth, spine
rubbed, uncut. £65
An autobiography of America’s most famous papermaker and
historian of papermaking. Also has a bibliography of the writings of
Dard Hunter.
225. HUNTER (David) Opera and Song Books Published in
England 1703-1726: A Descriptive Bibliography. The
Bibliographical Society. 1997.
First Edition, large 8vo, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth.
£50
226. HUTH LIBRARY. Catalogue of the Famous Library of
Printed Books, Illuminated Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and
Engravings Collected by Henry Huth, and Since Maintained and
Augmented by his Son Alfred H. Huth, Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire.
[With:]
The Autograph Letters...
[With:]
The Engravings & Woodcuts... Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.
1911-1922.
Together 12 catalogues bound in 4, 4to, 176 plates (of which 27 are
coloured), additional related plates and facsimiles tipped-in,
title-page to part 9 misbound at the start of part 8, parts 2 & 8
priced with buyers’ names in manuscript, 3,4,7 & 9 with
printed price list with buyers’ names, hole in blank margin of
last few leaves of part 12 repaired, later quarter morocco.
£495
A complete record of the sale of printed books and manuscripts
which De Ricci described as “one of the most striking events in
the history of the English sale-rooms”. Huth’s collection,
which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula,
voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. The
sale catalogue of the Woodcuts and Engravings was underprinted and is
especially difficult to obtain. Together these 12 sales consisted of
9,176 lots.
227. HUTT (Allen) The Changing Newspaper. Typographic
Trends in Britain and America 1622-1972. Gordon Fraser.
1973.
First Edition, 4to, frontis., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig.
cloth, d.w. £35
228. HYDE (Douglas) & O’DONOGHUE (D.J.) Compiler.
Catalogue of the Books & Manuscripts Comprising the Library of
the Late Sir John T. Gilbert. Printed by Browne and Nolan,
Limited, Dublin. 1918.
First Edition, 4to, xxiii,[1],962pp., orig. printed wrappers
bound-in, recent cloth, uncut. £245
“Few Irish libraries, if any, so compact and of such
interest and extent have ever been brought together by a private
collector... invaluable from the point of view of the student of
Irish History.” - Introduction.
229. INCUNABULA. English Incunabula in the John Rylands
Library. A Catalogue of Books Printed in England and of English Books
Printed Abroad Between the Years 1475 and 1500. The Manchester
University Press. 1930.
First Edition, 4to, xi,[v],102pp., 16 facsimiles, orig.
cloth, a fine copy. £95
The collection dealt with in the present catalogue is not large,
but is of considerable importance by reason of the extreme rarity of
a number of the works which find a place in it. It describes 154
items. Of these 132 formed part of the famous Althrop
Library.
230. INCUNABULA. Incunabula in Dutch Libraries. A Census of
Fifteenth-Century Print Books in Dutch Public Collections. Edited by
Gerard van Thienen. De Graaf, Nieuwkoop. 1983.
2 Vols., large 8vo, viii,698; [vi],374pp., orig. cloth.
£120
Volume I: Catalogue (4,759 entries, including the holdings of 85
libraries, museums and archives).
Volume II: Indexes and Concordances.
The first comprehensive Census of fifteenth-century printed books
preserved in the Netherlands.
231. IRELAND (William Henry) The Confessions of William
Ireland. Containing the Particulars of his Fabrication of the
Shakspeare Manuscripts; Together with Anecdotes and Opinions
(Hitherto Unpublished) of many Distinguished Persons in the Literary,
Political, and Theatrical World. Printed by Ellerton and Byworth.
1805.
First Edition, [viii],317,[18]pp., engraved frontis.,
foxed, plate of facsimile signatures, later half calf, black label, a
bit rubbed and worn. £165
Ireland, the famous forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, had first
revealed his deceit in 1796, before publishing a much fuller account
in the present volume, in which he exculpates his father and takes
all the blame himself; his reputation in tatters he remained in
obscurity the rest of his life. With signature on the title of
Shirley W.E. Smith, with inscription on endpaper ‘Given to me by
my mother Shirley Morse [?] Codd 1860, as a memorial of our
hereditary friendship for the family of old Mr
Ireland.’
232. ISAAC (Frank) English & Scottish Printing Types
1535-58 * 1552-58. The Bibliographical Society, Oxford.
1932.
First Edition, 4to, title printed in red and black, 171 facsimiles,
orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g. £45
233. ISAAC (Peter) William Bulmer: The Fine Printer in
Context 1757-1830. Bain & Williams Ltd. 1993.
4to, frontis., 42 plates, orig. cloth. £95
234. ISAACS (Haskell D.) Medical and Para-Medical
Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. Cambridge
University Press. 1994.
Folio, 20 plates, orig. cloth. £35
235. *JACKSON (Holbrook) The Anatomy of Bibliomania.
Printed at The Curwen Press for The Soncino Press. 1930.
First Edition, 2 vols., limited edition, with the Adams bookplate,
orig. buckram, d.w. slightly torn, t.e.g. £120
The author’s vast bibliographical panorama reveals the world
of books in its historical, psychological, political, religious,
scientific, rhetorical, gastronomical, erotical, medicinal,
aesthetical, hedonistical, and other aspects, how men have loved or
hated books, protected or destroyed them, and the various sanities
and insanities which they have engendered.
236. *JACKSON (Holbrook) The Printing of Books. Cassell
& Company Ltd. 1938.
First Edition, with the Adams bookplate, numerous illustrs.,
throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. £35
A collection of pieces by the always-entertaining
Jackson.
237. JACKSON (Stuart W.) Compiler. La Fayette: A
Bibliography. With a Foreword by Brand Whitlock. William Edwin
Rudge, New York. 1930.
First Edition, one of 400 copies, frontis., 2 plates, orig. cloth,
spine gilt, uncut, t.e.g. £48
238. *[JACKSON (William A.)] An Annotated List of
the Publications of the Reverend Thomas Frognal Dibdin, D.D. Based
mainly on those in the Harvard College Library with Notes of others.
Printed for The Houghton Library, Cambridge. 1965.
First Edition, small folio, limited to 500 copies, with the Adams
bookplate, TLS review and Houghton Library presentation label
tipped-in, portrait and 6 plates, orig. cloth, printed paper labels.
£95
106 items with full descriptions.
239. JACOBI (Chales T.) Some Notes on Books and Printing. A
Guide for Authors and Others. Chiswick Press. 1912.
Signed by Lord Kenyon with his bookplate, specimens of types and
samples of papers, orig. cloth, uncut, a nice copy.
£32
240. JAMES (Montague Rhodes) A Descriptive Catalogue of the
McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Cambridge University Press. 1912.
4to, xxxii,410pp., 108 photogravure plates, endpapers spotted, orig.
buckram, gilt. £225
Pfaff, pp.272-3.
241. JAMES (Montague Rhodes) A Descriptive Catalogue of the
Manuscripts in the Library of St John’s College Cambridge.
Cambridge University Press. 1913.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, inner hinges shaken, orig. buckram,
gilt, head and foot of spine slightly frayed, t.e.g.
£75
Pfaff, M.R. James, pp274-6. “The collection is without doubt
a splendid one...”.
242. JEWITT (Edwin) Manual of Illuminated and Missal
Painting. With an Historical Introduction by Llewellynn Jewitt.
J. Barnard. [1860].
First Edition, 47pp., illuminated half-title and headpieces, 6
coloured plates, orig. embossed cloth, gilt, a very nice copy.
£95
"Price catalogue of materials for oil & water-colour painting
& drawing, manufactured and sold by Jabez Barnard":
iv,[5]-22pp., following text. Advertisements: 4pp., before
text; [2] pp., following text.
243. JOHNSON (Alfred Forbes) Selected by. German
Renaissance Title-Borders. Facsimiles and Illustrations No. I.
The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1929.
First Edition, 4to, title in red and black, 86 plates, orig.
cloth-backed boards, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. £65
244. JOHNSON (Edward) Formal Penmanship and other Papers.
Edited by Heather Child. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd.
1971.
First Edition, 4to, illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
Towards the end of his life Edward Johnson, widely acknowledged
as the pioneer of the revival of calligraphy, intended to set down
the fruits of his experience, but at his death in 1944 this book
still remained unfinished. Here Heather Child has edited the material
and included articles Johnson wrote for ‘The
Imprint’.
245. KARLSON (William) Bokband och Bokbindare I Lund.
Lund. 1939.
4to, 297pp., with the bookplate of Abraham Horodish, coloured
frontis., 64 plates, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut.
£95
246. KARPINSKI (Louis C.) Bibliography of Mathematical
Works Printed in America Through 1850. And Supplement and Second
Supplement. Arno Press, New York. (Reprint of the 1940 Edition)
1980.
4to, xxvi,697,[14]pp., 908 facsimile title-pages, orig.
cloth. £75
A chronological record of mathematical works (with collations) in
various languages printed in America. Later editions and issues of
each title are listed under the first edition. Includes more than
1,000 titles and some 3,000 editions. Locates copies in more than 100
libraries.
247. *KAYE (Barbara) Second Impression, Rural Life with a
Rare Bookman. Werner Shaw. 1995.
First Edition, presentation inscription from the author to Adams,
also with 2 T.L.s from the author, frontis., 18 illustrs., orig.
cloth, d.w. £45
Barbara Kaye (Mrs. Percy Muir) describes how she and Percy
continue the bookselling business from 1945 to 1955 as Percy becomes
embroiled in the antiquarian book trade’s national and
international politics. Their story includes worldly bibliophilic
adventures during their U.S. lecture tour and Percy’s term as
president of the ILAB.
248. *KENYON (F.G.) Books and Readers in Ancient Greece and
Rome. Oxford University Press. 1932.
First Edition, small 8vo, inscribed by Adams “Probably an
essential for the ambitious yokel, like me, who wants to know more
about book production from the earliest days. This copy was thrown
out of the window of our apartment and fell 15 stories with only
slight damage”, with the Adams bookplate, paragraphs highlighted
in pencil throughout, orig. cloth, pages slightly creased, d.w. with
a small tear but in remarkable good condition considering its plight.
£45
249. KER (Neil R.) Fragments of Medieval Manuscripts used
as Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings with a Survey of Oxford Binding c.
1515-1620. Oxford University Press. 1954.
First Edition, 4to, 278pp., 14 plates, a few leaves slightly affected
by damp staining, orig. printed wrappers, a little worn, uncut.
£125
Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol.
5.
Howard-Hill IV, 1374. “A most important though rather scarce
work”.
250. KERSTEN (Paul) Der Exakte Bucheinband. Der Gute
Halbfranzband der Künstlerische Ganzlederband die Handergoldung
der Einband mit Echten Bünden der Pergamentband. Nebst einem
Beiwort: “Entwurf des Bucheinbandes” von L. Sütterlin.
Wilhelm Knapp, Halle a.d. Saale. 1912.
Second Edition, expanded and corrected, 4to, vii,[1],184pp.,
48 plates illustrating 136 bindings, 11 plates with 84 actual samples
of various paper, orig. wrappers bound-in, later cloth-backed boards.
£185
Paul Kersten on the technique of precision handbinding, bradels,
full leather bindings, finishing, gilding and vellum bindings. A
classical work.
251. KEYNES (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne
Dean of Saint Paul’s. Oxford University Press. (Reprint of
the 1914 Edition) 1973.
Fourth Edition, 4to, frontis., 12 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
£45
This handsomely produced reference book to the works of John
Donne was Keynes's finest bibliography.
252. *KEYNES (Geoffrey) Religio Bibliographici. Offprint
from ‘The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society’.
The Bibliographical Society. 1953.
[iv],63-76pp., presentation inscription from the author, with
the Adams bookplate, orig. cloth. £35
253. *KEYNES (Geoffrey) Bibliotheca Bibliographici. A
Catalogue of the Library Formed by Geoffrey Keynes. The Trianon
Press. 1964.
First Edition, large 4to, limited edition of 500 copies, with the
Adams bookplate, Keynes’ obituary from ‘The Library’
tipped-in, 45 collotype plates, orig. buckram, slightly worn, gilt.
£195
254. KEYNES (Geoffrey) John Evelyn. A Study in Bibliography
with a Bibliography of his Writings. Oxford University Press.
1968.
Second Edition, large 8vo, frontis., 15 plates, facsimiles
throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. soiled. £150
255. KEYNES (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of Henry King D.D.
Bishop of Chichester. Douglas Cleverdon. 1977.
First Edition, one of 45 special numbered copies, signed by Keynes,
39 full page facsimiles, orig. quarter morocco, uncut.
£65
256. KEYNES (Geoffrey) Bibliography of William Hazlitt.
St Paul’s Bibliographies. 1981.
Second Edition, revised, frontis., 40 illustrs., including 32
title-pages, orig. cloth. £35
257. *KEYNES (Geoffrey) & WOLF 2ND (Edwin) Compilers.
William Blake’s Illuminated Books: A Census. The Grolier
Club, New York. 1953.
First Edition, 4to, loosely inserted is Adams’ manuscript speech
given as an introduction to Sir Geoffr