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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. Undetermined. as new. 1st Edition. xi, 250pp. Octavo. Photographically-illustrated dust jacket over paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Moire-style endpaper. Signed by Basbanes on the title page. as new A signed first edition of the celebrated book writer's treatise on book collecting in the 21st century. Filled with an engaging collection of anectdotes of and insights into the book world and the future of collectioning. With a useful bibliography of books on book collecting. 2002

Chicago, Illinois: Black Cat Press, 1935. Undetermined. fine. 1st edition limited to 300 numbered copies. 95pp. + Index and Colophonpp. Octavo in original brown cloth with gilt lettered spine and label on front, beige endpapers, printed on Worthy Sterling Cream Wove with decoration on title page by Calvin Brazelton. Copy #254/300. fine 1935

Boston: Hudson House, 2000. Hardcover. as new. new revised and expanded edition with addenda an corrigenda. xvi,726pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from title pages (including portrait frontispiece). Original maroon buckram with gilt lettering on spine with dust jacket. as new A bibliography of the full works of Arthur Conan Doyle. 2000

New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. very good. 19th printing. xii,[2],2048;v,[3],2049-4116pp. Two volumes Folio (approximately 31cm tall) in original blue buckram in paper covered cardboard slipcase complete with magnifying glass. Both volumes in excellent condition. Minor wear to slipcase. N.B. Extra shipping required. Before placing your order please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question. We can then confirm availability and give you an accurate quote for postage, and also discuss any special requirements. very good The essential English dictionary produced in this micro print edition. 1979

Mission, Bc: Barbarian Press, 1994. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition limited to 250 copies. Large octavo. Wood cuts by various engravers. Errata sheet. Unpaginated. Interesting bookplate on front pastedown. Blue quarter cloth and patterned paper over boards. Fine decorative blue slipcase. fine Copy 72/250. Laid in loosely is a small sheet related to the production of the book. A fabulous production and a wonderful addition to the book arts. 1994

London: Constable & Co Ltd; Rupert Hart-Davis, 1934, 1938. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xxii, 400; 95pp. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Spine faded. Light shelfwear to boards with a few spots of discolouration. Head of spine with a few chips to cloth. Binding lightly shaken with cracks to a few signatures but binding holding strong. Custom bookplate to ffep, else internally clean with light age-toning. With "Footnote to an Enquiry" in original blue wrappers and titles in red to front wrapper and spine. Head and tail of spine and edges of wrappers lightly chipped. Sticker ghost to both wrappers. Small custom bookplate to front pastedown, else internally clean with light age-toning. Very good condition First edition with Footnote of Carter and Pollard's investigation into the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. Wise, a bibliographer and book dealer, forged nearly 100 pamphlets of celebrated authors, and after lending legitimacy to these forgeries… Read More

Addis Ababa, Etiopia: Haile Sellassie I University Institute of Ethipian Studies, 1974. Advance proof. very good. 1st Edition. [iv],146pp. Octavo in original grey wrappers. very good 1974

London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1938. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. ix,452;453-822;823-1136pp. 3 volumes octavo with red cloth and gilt lettering on spines. Prices from volumes I and II have been removed and all three volumes have a B&W illustrated frontispiece. The dust jackets of all three volumes have rubbing, age toning to spine and light chipping to edges. Volume I jacket also has two small stains. Volume II has piece of jacket missing at back. Vols II and III have lightly bumped board corners. fine A three volume collection of letters and diary excerpts from Henry Crabb Robinson, English lawyer and diarist. Robinson met and wrote extensively on famous Romantic and early Victorian figures, with this collection focusing on his portraits of literary figures. Volume I contains extracts from 1775-1834, volume II 1835-1867, and volume III letters to various figures such as J.P. Collier. 1938

San Francisco: the Book Club of California, 1949. Folio. Quarter cloth over decorative floral paper boards. Paper label to spine and decorative paper label to front board. Cloth and corners a touch rubbed, else a fine copy. The original leaf is tipped to page [V] and is in near fine condition. with some minor age-toning. An interesting leaf book, printed in red and black, with an account of the life and works of Wynkyn de Worde, including two pages of examples of his printer's marks. The original leaf is from de Worde's 1527 printing in English of the Golden Legend. The leaf is from the "The Lyfe of saynt James lesse" and is printed in two columns. An attractive production with a leaf printed by one of England's great, early printers and the successor to William Caxton. (Dispersed and Disbound 100) 1949

San Francisco: the Book Club of California, 1949. Undetermined. near fine. edition limited to 375 copies. [vi], 15, [2]pp. Folio. Quarter cloth over decorative floral paper boards. Paper label to spine and decorative paper label to front board. Cloth and corners a touch rubbed, else a fine copy. The original leaf is tipped to page [V] and is in near fine antiquarian condition, with some minor age-toning and one small chip to foredge. An interesting leaf book, printed in red and black, with an account of the life and works of Wynkyn de Worde, including two pages of examples of his printer's marks. The original leaf is from de Worde's 1527 printing in English of the Golden Legend. The leaf is from "The Lyfe of Saynt Partyke." and is printed in two columns with a gilt line drawn between the columns on the verso of the leaf. An attractive production with a leaf printed by one of England's great, early printers and the successor to William Caxton. (Dispersed and Disbound 100) 1949

Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. Undetermined. near fine. 1st edition limited to 225 copies. [x],[31]pp.pp. Folio, uncut in original red linen cloth with paper spine label, 12 tipped in colour plates from photos of the twelve bindings executed by Michael Wilcox for W. Thomas Taylor of Austin, Texas, and colour illustrations. Copy #143/225. near fine With remarks on the bindings by Michael Wilcox & on the books by Elaine Smyth & W. Thomas Taylor. Very scarce in today's world. 1985