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THE BEGINNINGS OF THE BOOK TRADE IN CANADA

By: Parker, George L.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1985

Seller ID: 25901

ISBN: 0802025471

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

346 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Red cloth binding with black lettering on spine, black and gold lettering on front board with black illustration. Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Organization of the Pioneer Book Trade; The Quest for a Colonial Literature; Bookselling from 1820 to 1867; The Mid-Century Revolution in Printing Technology; Building a National Publishing Industry; Towards a Compromise; Conclusions; Notes; Appendices: The Growth of the Printing and Allied Trades 1867-1900; Exports: Statistics Based on the Annual Trade and Navigation Returns 1867-1900; Impor...
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JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MORNING: THOUGHTS UPON BOOKS: LOVE: LIFE.

By: Partridge, Eric.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Frederick Muller: 1947

Seller ID: 29453

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

85 pp, 7 1/2" H. "(A) book original in its theme and refreshingly different in its conception. It falls into three parts: firstly, it discusses, freshly and unacademically, British and American prose-writers of the (early) twentieth century; it then makes a penetrating and courageous examination of the different aspects of Comradeship, Friendship, ad Love; and, in the final chapter, the author offers us his own personal and undeluded philosophy of life (particularly the value of idealism, integrity and kindness)." Very light browning on endpapers, three very small foxing marks o...
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES TO 1953 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

By: Peel, Bruce Braden, compiler. Foreword by J.H. Archer.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1973

Seller ID: 28869

ISBN: 0802019722

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

780 pp, 9 3/4" H. Orange cloth with black lettering on spine and front board, green endpapers. Contents: Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the 1963 Supplement; Preface to the First Edition; Libraries, Collections, and Other Sources Cited; Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces; Subject Index - The Environment / The People / History / History, Local / Explorers, Surveyors, and Travellers / Pro Pelle Cutem / Red River Settlement / Rebellions and Regimental Histories / Maintiens le Droit: Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Communications / Settling the West / Ranching / The Wh...
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BOOK ILLUSTRATORS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

By: Peppin, Brigid and Micklethwait, Lucy.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Arco: 1984

Seller ID: 30327

ISBN: 0668056703

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

336 pp, 10 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated in b&w. "A comprehensive reference work of twentieth-century book illustration, this dictionary covers over eight hundred illustrators whose work was first published in Britain. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each includes biographical information, a brief discussion of subjects and style, lists of periodicals to which the artist has contributed and of books illustrated, and a detailed reference bibliography. Some three hundred and fifty of the entries are accompanied by an example of the illustrator's work. The scope of the dicti...
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THE NEW BOOK-ILLUSTRATION IN FRANCE.

By: Pichon, Leon. Translated by Herbert B. Grimsditch.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Studio: 1924

Seller ID: 29775

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

168 pp, 11 5/8" H. Medium green boards with decorative blindstamping on front board and bevelled edges, gilt lettering/decoration on spine and front board, top edge gilt. Colour and b&w reproductions (collated), representing the work of 79 artists, including: Robert Bonfils, Frank Brangwyn, Carlegle, Paul Emile Colin, Jean Gabriel Daragnes, Maurice Denis, Maxime Dethomas, Raphael Drouart, Raoul Dufy, Charles Guerin, PaulHermann, Louis Jou, J.F. Laboureur, Alfred Latour, Auguste Leroux, Bernard Naudin, Achille Ouvre, Picart Le Doux, A. Roubille, Steinlen, Daniel Vierge, et al. Fraying an...
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THE ULTIMATE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY: THE DEFINITIVE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.

By: Pringle, David, ed. Terry Pratchett, foreword.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Woodstock, New York, Overlook: 1998

Seller ID: 4440

ISBN: 0879519371

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

256 pp, 11 1/4" H. Color and b&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Types of Fantasy; Fantasy Cinema; Television Fantasy; Who's Who of Fantasy; A-Z of Fantasy Characters & Entities; Fantasy Games; Fantasy Worlds; Fantasy Magazines; Glossary; Index. "(A)n extensive survey of the whole genre." Dust jacket is price clipped, has minor edgwear at top of spine.
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AN OAK SPRING POMONA: A SELECTION OF RARE BOOKS ON FRUIT IN THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY, DESCRIBED BY SANDRA RAPHAEL.

By: Raphael, Sandra. Introduction by Rachel Lambert Mellon.

Price: $80.00 USD

Publisher: Upperville, Virginia, Oak Spring Garden Library: 1990

Seller ID: 23641

ISBN: 0300049366

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

276 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Patterned endpapers. "(This) is the second of a series of catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs Paul Mellon. The 'Pomona' describes a hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject, as well as original drawings or paintings. The earliest book described is Bussato's 'Giardino di Agricoltura' of 1592, the latest 'The Herefordshire Pomona', an encyclopaedia of apples and pears from the 1870s. In b...
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AN OAK SPRING SYLVA: A SELECTION OF THE RARE BOOKS ON TREES IN THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY. DESCRIBED BY SANDRA RAPHAEL.

By: Raphael, Sandra. Preface by Rachel Lambert Mellon.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Upperville, Virginia, Oak Spring Garden Library, Upperville, Virginia, 1989.: 1989

Seller ID: 23640

ISBN: 0300046529

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

147 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Patterned endpapers. "(This) is the first of a series of catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The 'Sylva', which deals with books and manuscripts on trees, will be the smallest volume of the series, describing nearly fifty books, manuscripts, or drawings, from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early nineteenth-century advice on large-scale tree-planting, a range including both great books, like Evelyn's 'Sylva', Duhamel's 'Traite des Arbres', and Michaux's 'No...
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A CHECKLIST OF THE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE COLLECTION IN THE METROPOLITAN TORONTO LIBRARY. SECOND EDTION.

By: Redmond, Donald A., compiler.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Metropolitan Toronto Library Board: 1977

Seller ID: 18803

ISBN: 0887730027

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

172 pp, 4to (11" H). Contents: Foreword: To Set the Game Afoot; Abbreviations; Classification; The Holmes Canon; Translations; Other Works of Conan Doyle; Biography and Bibliography; Holmesiana; Recordings; Comic Books ; Maps and Films; Playscripts; Plagiarisms; Background: Miscellanea; Ephemera; Addenda; Index to De Waal Numbers. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - Very light edge wear, small creases at bottom corner of front cover.
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THE BUSY, BUSY WORLD OF RICHARD SCARRY.

By: Retan, Walter and Risom, Ole. (Richard Scarry.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1997

Seller ID: 27659

ISBN: 0810940000

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

159 pp, 4to (12" H). Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated throughout in color and b&w with photographs and reproductions of Scarry's work. "In dozens of books, with hundreds and hundreds of illustrations, Scarry revealed to kids that the everyday world was a place that could be understood - and that learning was fun. Scarry's 'Best Word Book Ever', for example, puts names to everyday objects; 'Busy, Busy World' explores geography country by country; and 'What Do People Do All Day?' delivers exactly what the title promises. Such a man is worth knowing more about, and this firs...
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THE HANDPRINTED BOOKS OF LEONARD AND VIRGINIA WOOLF AT THE HOGARTH PRESS, 1917-1932.

By: Rhein, Donna E.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan, UMI Research Press: 1985

Seller ID: 28107

ISBN: 0835716945

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

166 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w reproductions. "The purpose of this study is to give an annotated bibliography of the books and discuss the authors whose words were handprinted by the Woolfs. It has proved easiest to investigate the books and understand how their authors came to be connected with the Press by considering them in groups based on their relationship with the Woolfs. Of course the Woolfs printed their own works and that of their friends. They also printed work by people they admired and wanted to encourage in their endeavor to reach the public eye. Since most of these people d...
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WHO'S WHO IN ENID BLYTON. REVISED EDITION.

By: Rice, Eva. (Enid Blyton.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Orion: 2003

Seller ID: 23354

ISBN: 0752856480

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

304 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w illustrations. "All your old favourites are here along with plenty of facts, details and insights into over a thousand of Enid Blyton's most memorable and enduring characters. In this most comprehensive guide to Enid Blyton's characters to date, Eva Rice brings us a fascinating and humorous look into the imagination of Britain's most well-loved storyteller." Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Adventure Stories (The Adventure Books / The Famous Five/ The Secret Seven / The Adventurous Four / The Put-Em-Rights / The Five Find-Outers / The 'Bar...
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WHO'S WHO IN ENID BLYTON. REVISED EDITION.

By: Rice, Eva. (Enid Blyton.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Orion: 2003

Seller ID: 29335

ISBN: 0752856480

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

OLD BOOKS IN THE OLD WORLD: REMINISCENCES OF BOOK BUYING ABROAD.

By: Rostenberg, Leona & Stern, Madeleine B.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll: 1996

Seller ID: 29662

ISBN: 1884718183

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

175 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "(A) charming account of postwar book buying abroad by the 'Holmes and Watson' of antiquarian books. After the (Second World War), Americans went abroad for European culture, food and art, but Rostenberg & Stern, the Grand Dames of the antiquarian book-selling world, went to Europe to buy old books. (This book) glows with the details of their book-buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Filled with tales of steamships, cobblestone streets and dusty rare bookshops, this illustrated journal draws from original diaries and letters and contemporar...
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OLD & RARE: THIRTY YEARS IN THE BOOK BUSINESS.

By: Rostenberg, Leona & Stern, Madeleine B.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Abner Schram: 1974

Seller ID: 29873

ISBN: 0839001304

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

234 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "The scholar-partners of the firm of Leona Rostenberg - Rare Books have produced a lively, informative memoir of their years in the rare book trade. From the Renaissance archives of Strasbourg on the verge of Nazi occupation, to a refugee-bookseller's Manhattan office, to an old house in the Bronx, the authors trace the engrossing and sometimes hilarious story of the founding of the business and partnership that were to bring them lasting and fruitful associations with booksellers, librarians and collectors throughout the world." Slight lean t...
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BOOKS IN THE BLOOD: MEMOIRS OF A FOURTH GENERATION BOOKSELLER.

By: Rota, Anthony.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press: 2002

Seller ID: 29743

ISBN: 1584560762

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

313 pp, 9" H. From an edition of 1,700 copies, of which 950 were for sale. B&w photographs, repro-ductions. "Anthony Rota, dealer in antiquarian books and first editions for over half a century, talks of the private collectors and university libraries whose collectiions he has helped to enrich over these years, remembering his colleagues in the firm and in the trade generally. His early training under Bertram Rota, and the history of the firm since the latter's early death, are followed by telling com-mentaries on virtually all aspects of the trade, including runners (scouts), auct...
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HART CRANE: AN ANNOTATED CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.

By: Schwartz, Joseph. (Hart Crane.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, David Lewis: 1970

Seller ID: 29917

ISBN: 912012110

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

276 pp, 8 7/8" H. "Many distinguished scholars and critics are in substantial agreement that Hart Crane is one of the most important American poets of the first half of the twentieth century, ranking along with T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Robert Frost. Professor Schwartz has included in his bibliography not only the books and articles exclusively about Crane, but also those which make only brief or passing references to Crane or his work. This is the first annotated critical bibliography of Hart Crane. The appendix is a chronological index of all works about Crane ar...
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A STORY OF A BOOKMAN: A BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY.

By: Shipherd, H. Robinson,

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Exposition Press: 1955

Seller ID: 13173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

96 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H). Signed on the title page: "H. Robinson Shipherd / July 26, 1960". "Here is the story of a busy, useful, and dynamic life - the story of a smalltown boy from Long Island whose alert interest in life and the world has carried him from one happy and rewarding professional experience to another." Typesetter, teacher, minister, editor, printer, publisher. "In this warm, intimate volume is a treasure chest of fascinating, behind-the-scenes information about the art of making books." Contents: In the Country; In the Big Town; To College; In the...
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BLACKLIGHT: THE ART OF ANDREW SKILLETER.

By: Skilleter, Andrew.

Price: $23.00 USD

Publisher: London, Doctor Who Books: 1995

Seller ID: 29706

ISBN: 1852774158

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

122 pp, 12 1/8" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w reproductions of paintings, book covers, posters, calendar art, etc. "Andrew Skilleter's Doctor Who work spans more than fifteen years. This is a collection of the finest of his paintings, including both the best know images and some works never previously reproduced, with explanatory text by the artist." Tiny bump to top corner of both boards, very small ink remainder dot on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling - mostly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing.
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FIRSTS: COLLECTING MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. FEBRUARY, 1995. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2. (ALICE WALKER)

By: Smiley, Kathryn, ed. (Charles Michaud; Peter L. Stern, Jerry Weinstein, Robin H. Smiley.)

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, Firsts Magazine: 1995

Seller ID: 21816

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good -

56 pp, 10 3/4" H, soft cover (magazine format). B&w illustrations. Articles: If You Can't Read Them, Why Buy Them?: The Pleasures of Collecting Foreign Translations; Great Grand-son of You Don't Need a License to Be a Bookseller (catalogue bloopers, etc.); Collecting Alice Walker; Alice Walker: A Selected Checklist with Approximate Values for First Editions in Collector's Condition; Are Best-Sellers Collectable? Part Three - 1962-1972; New York Times Fiction Best Sellers, August 1962-August 1972; Points; A Collector's Guide to Publishers (Viking); Books into Film ('Schindler's List'). ...
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