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Chicago, Illinois: ALA Books, American Library Association, 1993. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page (signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Appears unread. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked -- probably never read. Large softcover. 7" wide by 10" tall. Pages 135 through 263 contain an annotated bibliography of juvenile literature on the Holocaust, Apartheid, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and The Widening World. List of chapter notes/sources. Index. Bound in the original black pictorial wrappers, lettered in white and red. First Printing with complete number row (54321).. Signed by Author (on title page - signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. 288pp.

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1976. A beautiful, pristine copy. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp. First edition. This work consists of a selection of Alfred William Pollard's influential writings in the fields of bibliography and book history. There is also a bibliography of his writings. Compiled by Fred W. Roper. Biographical introduction by John Dover Wilson. The Great Bibliographers Series, No. 2. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in black.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. viii, 244pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berlin: A. W. Hayn, 1827. Good+ condition. Square and tight. Moderate rubbing to the covers. Mild foxing to a few pages. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked albeit just a bit age toned. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1827. First Edition. In German. Erster Band & Ersten Bandes zweites Heft. Two parts in one book: Part I, viii, 192pp. Part 2, pp. 193-368. Includes Register. Bound in brown boards, stamped in bright gold over two light blue panels on the spine.. First Edition (1. Auflage). Hardcover. Good+ condition. viii, 368pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1938. Very Good condition. The spine's background color is sun lightened as usual, but all lettering remains clear and distinct. NOT a library discard. Clean and square. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white, crisp, and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This bibliography lists and describes 1,125 books, theses, and periodical articles on the teaching of foreign languages. The entries are arranged by subject and most are extensively annotated. Author Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in black on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xviii, 561pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1965. Light corner wear. Previous owner's name stamp on top and bottom edge. Introduction. Bibliography has 2,646 expertly annotated entries, organized into these 7 main divisions: Tree Growth; Growth Factors; Taxonomy and Distribution; Tree Rings; Bibliographies; Semi-Popular; Tree Rings and Archeology. Author index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 4to. viii, 180pp .

New York: Kraus Reprint Co, 1969. Two volumes, bound as one. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp - obviously never read. Over 4000 entries, many annotated. Introduction by E. Preston Dargan. Bound in the original dark green cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Full titles: A Balzac Bibliography, Writings Relative to the Life and Works of Honoré De Balzac (with) Indexes to a Balzac Bibliography Containing an Index to Periodicals and a Topical Index to Items in this Bibliography.. Reprint of the 1929 and 1930 originals. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 2 vols in 1: xvii, 481pp + xi, 190pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

1961. INSCRIBED: "For Dan MacGrath with bibliographical Esteem [SIGNED] Allan Stevenson." Very Good condition. Short closed tear to wrap. Lightly sunned at the extremities. 1961? Reprinted from the CATALOGUE OF BOTANICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF RACHEL MCMASTERS MILLER HUNT. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Bound in the original blue wraps, stamped in black on the spine and front cover.. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 104 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: The University of California, 1967. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1967. First Edition. Profiles Alexander Smith Taylor, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Robert Ernest Cowan, and Henry Raup Wagner. Illustrated with portraits of them. Printed at the Plantin Press. Bound in the original beige wraps with French flaps, stamped in black on the spine and front cover.. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 29pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: The University of California [Plantin Press], 1967. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1967. First Edition. Printed at the Plantin Press. Biographical profiles of Alexander Taylor, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Robert Ernest Cowan, and Henry Raup Wagner. Illustrated with portraits and title page facsimile. Bound in the original wraps with French flaps, printed in black. 6.5" wide by 10" tall.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 34pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1978. A gorgeous copy in perfect condition. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. The standard reference. This is a full dress, fully descriptive bibliography in the Soho and Pittsburgh style. Provided here are collations of first editions, title page transcriptions, number of copies printed, binding descriptions, etc. Includes some photos of title-pages, book covers and dust jackets. Also included are an extensive catalog of Sayers' contributions to periodicals, book reviews, broadcasts, plays produced, films and lectures. This is a well-made book, printed on acid-free paper. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo. 264pp. Great… Read More

Washington D.C.: Regular Common Carrier Conference, A.T. A. , 1953. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Original blue pictorial wraps. Light cover soil. Previous owner's name. Scarce. From the Foreword: "The following pages represent the first effort, to our knowledge, to compile a Motor Freight Transportation Bibliography." . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. vi, 10pp .

London: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1984. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Protected since DAY 1 by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. First Edition, with "First published 1984" so stated. This useful reference received favorable reviews from ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY REVIEW (March 1985); THE LIBRARY (March 1985); and BULLETIN OF BIBLIOGRAPHY (June 1986). Bound in the original dark green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Contents: List of reference sources. Preface. Introduction (Emunerative bibliographies, bibliography in general, the need for bibliographies, the history of bibliographies, the nature of bibliographical work. Scope (Topics, literature, readers; Adopting and adapting; Deliminations: Peripheries. Citation Style (Elements, sequence, design, Style manuals.)… Read More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. Brand New in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrink wrap so we could write this description). Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. Not all "odd volumes" are worth only peanuts. What appear to be odd volumes are sometimes all that exist of a work, because additional volumes projected were discontinued due to death, political suppression, discouragement, economics or other reasons. This bibliography identifies and describes uncompleted works by Macaulay, Lord Acton, Bacon, Keats, Spenser, Goldsmith, Thackeray, Dickens, R. L. Stevenson, etc. It is cross referenced to Allibone, the British Museum Catalog, DNB, Lowndes, Upcott, Watt, etc. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Besterman 840.. 1969 reprint of the 1915 original. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xvi, 255pp.

Washington D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1949. 6" wide by 9" tall. United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Circular 482. Original tan printed wraps. No underlining. No margin notes. Date received stamp on cover and title page. Light cover soil. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 49pp.

Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1980. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. 1980. First Edition. An entertaining selection of 39 of the society's most important and informative contributions by a who's who of bookdom, e. g. George Parker Winship, R. W. G. Vail, Rollo Silver, Donald Gallup, William Bond, W. W. Greg, William B. Todd, W. A. Jackson, Lawrence C. Wroth, A. N. L. Munby, Gordon Ray, Fredson Bowers, C. K. Shipton, G. Thomas Tanselle, Thomas R. Adams, etc. Includes profiles of Thomas W. Streeter, Lathrop C. Harper, Luther Livingston; histories of Sabin's Dictionary, Wing's Short-Title Catalogue, Goff's Third Census of Incunabula; Jacob Blanck on bibliographical… Read More

Cambridge and London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd, 1969. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped (50s net). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. A volume from the ASPECTS OF LIBRARIANSHIP SERIES, edited by E.V. CORBETT, F.L.A From the dust jacket: "This book... is a clear and concise introduction to the methods used in analytical and descriptive bibliography... Since R. B. McKerrow's classic work AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LITERARY STUDENTS was first published in 1927, there have been many advances... locked away in numerous professional journals, but BIBLIOGRAPHICAL METHOD now makes this new material easily accessible by bringing it together, for the first time... Students will also find a digest of the methods of bibliographical… Read More

Oxford (at the Clarendon Press): Oxford University Press, 1989. New and unread in a New dust jacket. Near PERFECT condition. . The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Sharp corners. Bright, clean, square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is a full-scale fully descriptive bibliography from the acclaimed Soho series. It provides title page transcriptions, collations, content summaries, descriptions of bindings, printing and publishing histories, references to reviews, etc. Illustrated with selected facsimiles. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold. From the dust jacket: "This comprehensive bibliography of Katherine Mansfield covers her books, pamphlets, translations from the Russian, contributions to periodicals and… Read More

New York: Africana Publishing Corporation, 1970. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (only one short closed tear). The spine of the jacket is a little spotted. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1970. First U. S. Edition. Includes contributions on the cataloguing of African names, African archives and discography, and on the bibliographies of Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar, etc. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Very Good jacket. 8vo. xii, 362pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Brand New in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. 267pp. 11 illustrations. A practical manual to describing collation, format, pagination, type, capitalization, ligatures, plates, inserts, etc. Especially valuable for describing "awkward material" such as peculiar typography, decorations, borders, ornaments, misprints, omissions, printing in multiple colors, pamphlets, maps, periodicals, newspapers, etc. The preface acknowledges the assistance of Dr. W. W. Greg, Mr. Esdaile, and Dr. Hans Meier "for invaluable help and advice on many difficult points." List of Reference Works. Index. Bound in the original bluish-green cloth, stamped in shiny gold.. Reprint of the 1939 original. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xi, 256pp. Great… Read More

Paris: Jean - Thomas Herissant, 1771. NOT a library discard. Vol. 3 only (of 5). Tome Troisieme containing the political and civil history of France Cover is in Good condition only, with worn edges. Paper over boards is quite rubbed. Corners bumped. Wear/chips to front leather hinge. SEE PHOTOS. Internally Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked with minimal foxing and NO stains. Contemporary brown leather spine, with 6 raised bands, gilt-stamped over a red leather title label. SEE PHOTOS. Full title: "Bibliotheque historique de la France, contenant le catalogue des ouvrages, imprimes & manuscrits, qui traitent de l'histoire de ce royaume, ou qui y ont rapport; avec des notes critiques et historiques: par feu Jacques Lelong, pretre de l'Oratoire, bibliothecaire de la Maison de Paris. Nouvelle edition revue, corrigee & considerablement augmentee par M. Fevret De Fontette, Conseiller au Parlement de Dijon, Tome Troisieme." This 1771 "Nouvelle edition" is a… Read More