TREATYSE OF FISHING WITH AN ANGLE, FROM THE BOOK OF ST. ALBANS. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN’S FAVORITE RECREATION. by BERNERS, DAME JULIANA. ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING - 1903

Kingston ON, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973, trade paperback, 162 pp, First Edition, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light edge bumps, shallow creasing and faint smudging to covers. Contributions include; Steven J. Ingle-The Politics of George Orwell, Eric E. Lifton-"Machismo" and Prison Reform, E.F. Shields-Death and Individual Values in "Mrs. Dalloway", Tom Middlebro'-The Spirit and the Clay: the Poetry of Jack Clemo. Poetry and fiction by Nora Keeling, Carolyn Rosqui, Roy Fuller, Miriam Waddington and David Waltner-Toews, book reviews by Don Bailey. Appended: Notes on Contributors, Index of Book Reviews.

Kingston ON, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1973, trade paperback, 181 pp, First Edition, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner bumps, very faint smudging to covers. Contributions include; Michael Bell-Yeats Visionary Poems, Bruce Berman-Nixon and the New Corporate State, Christopher A. Kent-Bohemia in Mid-Victorian England, Douglas Barbour-Ezra Pound's Legacy. Poetry and fiction from Rudy Weibe, Dale Zieroth, Al Purdy, Norman Ward and G.W. Ireland, book reviews by Douglas Barbour. Appended: Notes on Contributors, Index of Book Reviews.

Cairo: Paul Barbey, 1936 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ESTERN (ARABIC, TURKISH, PERSIAN) AND EUROPEAN SECTIONS, 181 , 267 PP, FRONT COVER STAINED. INSIDE V G. ABOUT BOOKS PRESERVED IN THE EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, IBRAHIM HILMI PASHA'S SECTION..

Kuala Lampur: Privately Printed, 1977. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Title page print somewhat bleeds through to verso; Jacket quite edge worn and creased at corners and spine ends.. Limited to 300 copies, this one unnumbered; 10.5" x 8"; Each monograph is individually paginated: [14], (xviii), 14, 24, 94, 20, 6, 20, [16], 8, 12, 8, 6, 10, 20, 68, 26, 8, 28, 16, 16, 8, [16], 12, 12, 12, 20, 20, 28, [16], [4]; 596 total pages; With numerous illustrations; There is no reference to this being volume I but in the front matter there is reference to a pending volume II;. "31 monographs at different wavelengths - basically chronologically - a centennial biography.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Fine. SIGNED, limited to 1000 [7.5x10.75"]; xxvii,771 pp., 34 images, Over 700 entries, abbreviations, references consulted and index; Dark blue cloth board with gilt illustration of shovel, pick ax and mining pan on front and gilt lettering in black field on spine; Slight shelf wear with rubbing and soiling to covers and slightly fading of spine, no internal markings, signed by Kurutz and dated on half title with State of California Library business card tipped in. [BCC 206]. This is a significant bibliography focusing on the California Gold Rush with 706 entries with extensive bibliographic descriptions and annotations on editions. There are also extensive narratives of relating to the authors, the times and settings relating to the books. An essential research book for collectors and book dealers in the California Gold Rush.

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 254 pages. The history of the book trade in Medieval London before the age of print has long remained a matter of speculation. Few records survive that name the book artisans and entrepreneurs involved with this early trade venture or that document directly their methods of producing books and creating markets for them. In this directory, C. Paul Christianson assembles an extensive body of alternative data drawn from archival documents that identifies 262 participants in the London trade during a period of 200 years. This group includes stationers, manuscript artisans (called limners), textwriters, bookbinders, parchment sellers, and other London citizens active in book production and sale. This book provides a summary of information about the independent book craftsman working in London during this period. Four appendices contain indexes, and two maps, one modern and one from the sixteenth century, illustrate the historical… Read More

Cairo: Paul Barbey, 1936 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ESTERN (ARABIC, TURKISH, PERSIAN) AND EUROPEAN SECTIONS, 181 , 267 PP, FRONT COVER STAINED. INSIDE V G. ABOUT BOOKS PRESERVED IN THE EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, IBRAHIM HILMI PASHA'S SECTION..

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2019. Embossed paper covers with French flaps. 8.5 x 11 inches. Embossed paper covers with French flaps. 180 pages. Winner of the 2020 Leab Category 2 Book Award: "The creative and dynamic design coupled with the comprehensive content of this catalog contribute to the stand-out character of Wise Men Fished Here. The committee was pleased that the catalog featured conversation regarding not only the collection and its history, but also the process of cataloging, describing and exhibiting the material. The under-told story of the woman bookseller at the center of the exhibition, and her influence on the arc of modernism, has both high scholarly value and broad appeal to a general public." - Leab Awards Committee Catalog for the exhibition of books, magazines, and ephemera from the Gotham Book Mart collection at the University of Pennsylvania from February 18 - May 20, 2019. Full-color catalog, fully illustrated, Includes essays on the history of… Read More

San Francisco: John Howell, 1979. First Edition. Near Fine. , bound complete in Five Parts [10.5x7.25in]; Cream buckram cloth covers with dark blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on maroon leather label on spine, original illustrated light brown wrappers of individual catalogues as originally bound; 560 pp.[21], reference list, index and errata. A five part priced Catalog #50 of 1665 items relating to California history from the Spanish Exploration to American Statehood. The books were part of a major Californiana collection of Jennie Crocker Henderson, granddaughter of Charles Crocker, one of the celebrated "Big Four" of early California development. The Catalogs are a comprehensive listing of California related books, Exploration, Overland Travel, Voyages by Sea, Mexican War, the Gold Rush, San Francisco, the Vigilance Committees, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the Outlaws notably Joaquin Murietta, Tiburcio Vasquez, etc., the Missions, the Indians, the Mountain Men, Guide Books, the Donner… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Fine. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1". The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman; by Sparling, H. Halliday. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. 1924. First Edition. First Printing. Tall 8vo: 9 3/8" x 6 1/8" x 1" (23.8 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a… Read More