Search Results: Book collecting from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Éditions des Cendres, 2008 4to (28.5 cm), 35, {5] pp. Printed wrappers with flaps. Limited to 521 copies, this is copy 242. Beautifully printed essay on two great scholars of Aldus Manutius: Antoine Augustin Renouard and Ambroise Firmin Didot, who also were great book collectors.

London: The Soncino Press, 1930 2 volumes, 8vo (24 cm), XI, 420 pp; XI, 434 pp. Publisher's cloth, top edge gilt (slight foxing of edges and endpapers, bookplates of Frederick Arnold Brett). This is the first edition, copy number 211 out of 1000 printed. George Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948), a British journalist, writer, and publisher, was widely recognized as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. "The Anatomy of Bibliomania," the most ambitious and important work in Holbrook Jackson's extensive bibliography, is composed in the style of the seventeenth-century prose master, Robert Burton, whose prototype "The Anatomy of Melancholy" inspired this project. This monumental work showcases an erudition in its field comparable to Burton, along with the same racy and witty style of the earlier work. However, Jackson, in his love for and knowledge of books, emerges as a distinct personality as he writes on every conceivable topic in the world of bibliomania, ranging from the… Read More

Paris: Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1870 2 volumes in one, 4to (27cm), [6], 254 pp; [6], 272 pp. Contemporary half-morocco over marbled paper, raised bands, marbled endpapers, and wrappers of the first volume bound in (binding slightly rubbed, some foxing). The second volume was published in 1873. This work is an illustrated dictionary of French supralibros with detailed biographies of collectors. It remains very useful for identifying the owners of a significant number of French armorial bookplates.

New York: International Association of Bibliophiles, 2011 4to (27 cm), XXIII, 226, [6] pp. Printed wrappers with flaps, pasted on labels with title and logo (collector's blind stamp on the title). Proceedings of the 25th Congress of the International Association of Bibliophiles. Included papers "New York Bibliophily" by Eric Holzenberg, "Pierpont Morgan: Collector Extraordinaire" by Charles E. pierce, Jr., "The Gutenberg Bible in America" by Paul Needham, "Printed in the Mind of Man: The Strange World of Catalogues of Imaginary Books" by Roland Folter, "Gilding the Lily: Three Collections of Medieval Manuscripts in Chicago" by Sandra Hindman. Limited to 650 copies. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly.

La Bibliotheque Royale Belgique, 2010 4to (30 cm), 320 pp. Laminated boards (bookplate and collector's blind stamp on the title). Catalogue of the exhibition devoted to 100 anniversary of the Societe Royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique held at the Royal library in Brussels 17 September - 30 October 2010. 179 entries including medieval manuscripts, incunabula and early printed books, atlases, illustrated books, fine bindings.

Moscow: Kniga, 1980 12mo (16.5 cm), 117, [5] pp. Printed wrappers, publisher's transparent dust jacket. In Russian. "Bibliophily and Bibliomany". A facsimile reprint of a study originally published privately by the author in 1927. Contents included: General analysis of bibliophily; Psychological analyzis of bibliomany; when bibliophily becomes bibliomany; Physiology of bibliophily; Cultural importance of bibliophily.

Kraków: Wydawn. Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, 2003 8vo (24 cm), 194 pp, 4 ff of plates in color. Publisher's laminated wrappers. A history and description of the library of the monastery of Canons Regular in Krakow in 16-17 centuries.

Bielsko-Biała: Beskidzka Oficyna Wydawnicza BTSK, 1978 8vo (24 cm), 110 pp, 5 ff of plates. Printed wrappers. A history and description of Branicki-Tarnowski library in Suchej. In Polish.

David & Charles, 1988 8vo (22 cm), 192 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and d update on ust jacket. An authoritative work on book collecting that provides an introduction fro those just starting a collection as well as many new discoveries for the knowledgeable and well established collectors. Included chapters on changes in the book business, finding perfect book, the book as investment, collectors, dust jacket, bookplates, ephemera and fine binding.

London: The Dropmore Press Limited, 1951 12mo (19 cm), 50 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly darkened at edges). Included articles "Gil Vicente and Shakespeare" by Ann Livermore, "Signed manuscripts in my collection: IV" by Sydney Cockerell, "Four 'Q' rarities" by F. Brittain, Litt. D., "An encounter with G.B.S." by Gillbert A. Fables, Notes and notices, The latest catalogues.

London: Cassell and Co., 1931 13 volumes 12mo (20 cm), printed wrappers. Good copies (please inquire for collations, conditions and additional scans). Overall 17 issues were published, here missing are no. 1-3 (1930) and 11 (1933).

Simon & Schuster, 2009 8vo (20 cm), [10], 259, [3] pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). "Spanning a lifetime of literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded at a wide variety of genres, from coming-of-age novels, such as The Last Picture Show to the reinvention of the "Western" on a grand scale like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. Here at last is the private McMurtry writing about himself as a boy growing up in a largely "bookless" world, as a young man devouring the world of literature, as a fledgling writer and family man, and above all as one of America's most prominent "bookmen." He brings the reader along on his journeys to becoming an astute and adventurous collector who would eventually open book stores of rare and collectible books in Georgetown, Houston, and finally in his previously "bookless" hometown of Archer City, Texas." (from the blurb)

London: James Nisbet & Co. 16mo (17 cm), front. portrait interleaved with tissue paper, 63, [1] pp. Publisher's white and brown cloth, gilt-letter paper label (corner of the label chipped off, foxing to 2 leaves at the beginning). An essay on book collecting by the Scottish minister John Watson (1850-1907), who published under pen-name of Ian MacLaren.

Paris: Chez P. Jannet, 1858 12mo (16 cm), 63 pp. Untrimmed in printed wrappers. "Bibliothèque elzévirienne" was a collection of masterpieces of French literature curated and published by the French bibliophile and bibliographer Pierre Jannet (1820-1870). Typographically, these editions imitated the style of Elzevier's editions. This rare catalog serves as a prospectus for the collection, printed in the same size on the same papier vergé as the books within the collection.

Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1969 4to (27.5 x 17 cm), 350 pp. Publisher's cloth. Reprint of the first edition, published by Bernard Quaritch in parts, 1892-1921. "An alphabetical list of seventy-eight collectors. Each entry includes a biographical sketch and a catalog of principal books. The sketches also discuss the disposition of the collection." (Rosenblum)

Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1969 4to (27.5 x 17 cm), 350 pp. Publisher's cloth. Reprint of the first edition, published by Bernard Quaritch in parts, 1892-1921. "An alphabetical list of seventy-eight collectors. Each entry includes a biographical sketch and a catalog of principal books. The sketches also discuss the disposition of the collection." (Rosenblum)

Antwerpen: De Nederlandse Boekhandel, 1972 8vo (25 cm), 182 pp. Uncut and untrimmed in printed wrappers. For contents see the scan.

Ambo, 2008 8vo (23 cm), 336 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket.

Leipzig: Verlag von E. A. Seemann, 1922 3 volumes 4to (26.5 cm), [8], 512, [2] pp; XVI, [2] pp, 123 plates; [8], 248 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front covers and spines (bindings slightly rubbed at extremities, endpapers somewhat toned, the first and the last leaves of plates in the vol. 2 somewhat foxed). A very good copy of the classical work on book-collecting by Gustav Adolf Erich Bogeng (1881-1960), a German lawyer and avid book-collector. The first volume is dedicated to the history of book-collecting in regions such as the Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, Slavic countries, and Scandinavia, covering a broad spectrum of topics ranging from the autograph collections to bibliomaniacs. The second volume features 329 illustrations, while the third volume contains extensive bibliographical notes.

De Buitenkant, 2017 8vo (24 cm), 1492 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). A catalog of authors' collections of Jewish bookplates, featuring descriptions and illustrations of 1700 bookplates. The volume commences with a detailed introduction outlining the history of the Dutch bookplate tradition and the significant contributions made by Jews. Presented in Dutch with a summary provided in English.