Search Results: Catalog 76 - Books & Bibliography from Joseph Valles - Books

Montclair, N.J. : Allanheld & Schram, 1978., 1978. Very Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 209 pp. ; Dewey: 020.75 ; ISBN: 0839002084 ; LCCN: 77-15896 ; LC: Z987.R83 ; OCLC: 218498132 ; tan cloth with gold lettering, in brown, red and grey dustjacket ; price-clipped dustjacket ; ex-lib, with stamps on title page and page 209, accession numbers on copyright page, but no other marks ; "Their jointly written chapter on the how to's of catalogues and collecting will be especially useful to collectors and dealers...also offer chapters ...on some of the unu sual collectibles they have tracked down: uncommon Americana, feminism, political catalysts, and curious books and non-books, and provide a bibliographic listing for each category. Three chapters written in a light vein are both cautionary and instructive. 'Public Relations' and "'Perils and Pitfalls at Home & Abroad' supply practical do's and don't's and point out hazards awaiting the unwary. 'Adventures of a Literary Sleuth' demonstrates the… Read More

[London] : Andre Deutsch, 1964., 1964. Very Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 192 pp. ; 18 cm. ; LCCN: 66-2211 ; LC: Z323; Dewey: 658.89070573 ; OCLC: 574443 ; "A Grafton Book" ; black cloth with gold lettering ; "...the theme of Bibliography in the Bookshop, starting with the function of the bookseller in the community, and proceeding to a discussion of trade and other bibliographies, the terminology of bibliography and allied topics, ending with notes on a knowledge of basic book stock, and some aspects of the daily practice of bookselling in the average well-stocked shop. The material has been used on the syllabus of the Booksellers' Association Diploma Examination..."--Introduction ; spine sunned ; tiny, contemporary label from Blackwell's Bookstore, Oxford, England on front ep ; VG

London : John Baker, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, 1969., 1969. Fine. Revised and republished ; 173 pp. ; 23 plates ; illustrated, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0212983598; 9780212983599 LCCN: 75-465277 ; LC: PR110.L6; Dewey: 820.9 ; OCLC: 1135846 ; yellow and red cloth with silver lettering, in yellow, white and black photographic dustjacket ; dustjacket spine sunned ; slight wear to dustjacket ; illustrated end papers ; "Frank Swinnerton is the wise, old (and still sanguine) bird of the book trade...he is back in the fascinating world of books and b ookmen, authors, publishers and booksellers of yesterday and today. From Wych Street and Grub Street and Paternoster Row to Bloomsbury and Park Lane, from the hack editor to the three-volume Victorian bestseller and to the purveyors of literary pro vender of our own time--Frank Swinnerton charts the unsteady progress of a trade...among its special features are the many illustrations collected from prints, paintings and photographs." ; FINE/VG

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1925., 1925. Very Good. 1st trade edition, 4th impression ; [so-called 4th edition] ; xvii, 451 pp. ; illustrated, (some in color), facsimiles, portraits ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 25-17139 ; LC: PS3527.E917; Dewey: 081 ; OCLC: 773877 ; An Atlantic Monthly Press publication ; beige and brown cloth with pasted paper label on spine ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The greatest book in the world -- The ghosts of Gough Square --Shakespeare and the "Old Vic" -- Dialogue between father and son -- Change cars at Paoli -- A royal book-coll ector -- A "divine" and his works -- London in the eighteen-eighties -- Are comparisons odious? -- Colored-plate books -- Sporting-books -- Skinner Street news -- The greatest little book in the world -- The last of his race. ; previous owner's statement in front ep ; a spot on back ep ; top edge gilt ; slight wear, else VG

London : Library Association, Chaucer House, Malet Place, 1964., 1964. Very Good. 2d, rev. ed. ; 332 pp. ; LCCN: 62-1104 ; LC: Z791 ; OCLC: 575005 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; bump to fron top cover corner ; binding imperfection on front cover affects one thread ; spine slightly sunned ; a summary retrospective of the "contemporary background of London's libraries will indicate something of the wealth of literary and scientific resources to which the chapters of this book may serve as signposts. The libraries described are of every kind and size, and the chapters are arranged so far as possible in a logical order. The first six chapters are concerned with those having a definitely national status, beginning of course with the British Museum itself. Two chapters follow describing the libraries of Parliament and the Government Departments, and then three dealing with those maintained by the City of London, the London County Council and the London boroughs..." ; VG

New York : Schram ; London : Prior, 1974., 1974. Very Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 234 pp. ; illustrated ; ISBN:0839001304 ; LC: Z286.A55R67 ; Dewey: 658.809070573 ; LCCN: 74-8970 ; OCLC: 181818298 ; brown cloth with gold lettering, in brown, red and white pictorial dustjacket ; 12 pages of black an d white photographs with slight edge wear at gutters; slight foxing, slight knock ; "From the Renaissance to a refugee-bookseller's Manhattan office, to an old house in the Bronx, the authors trace the engrossing and sometimes hilarious story of th e founding of the business and partnership [of Leona Rostenberg Books] that were to bring them lasting and fruitful associations with booksellers, librarians and collectors throughout the world...The authors vividly convey the fascination of the search...from an entire library of Italian Renaissance books in a suburban house to single rarities or sleepers: modest calfbound volumes printed at clandestine, subversive presses, flimsy-looking pamphlets… Read More