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New York: R. R. Bowker, 1966. Later printing. Good +. Pictorial cloth, 8vo.; 399 pages. Rubbing to spine ends, tips. Ex-library stamp to ffep, no other markings, solid binding, just looks a bit aged on the exterior.

Austin, TX: Humanities Research Center,University Of Texas , 1964. First printing. Hardcover. Good +. Introduction by Warren Roberts. Published on the occasion of the dedication of the Academic Center and Undergraduate Library at the University of Texas. This small book catalogues 100 of the selections available in the student library and academic Center, with facsimile signatures of each author included with each description. Some of the authors whose works are catalogued here are: e.e.. cummings, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack Kerouac, D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, and Tennessee Williams. An interesting book, if only from a bibliographic perspective, as well as the signatures reproduced. 5"x9.25"; 71 pages; some soil and chipping to paper boards, and what may be a few mouse bites (possibly kitten or puppy) at lower corners; pages clean and unmarked. Limited to 3,000 copies.

New York: Dover Publications. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Reprint of third revised edition.

New Castle, DE And Folkestone, England: Oak Knoll Books/St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1999. Hardcover. As New. A series of scholarly essays on the history of travel, travelers and their relation to the book trade. Contributors include the following British scholars: Bill Bell, University of Edinburgh; Jeremy Black, University of Exeter; Michael Harris, University of London; Charles Newton, Victoria and Albert Museum; Anthony Payne, Bernard Quaritch Ltd. ; Andrew Tatham, Royal Geographical Society; and Giles Barber, University of Oxford. Publishing Pathways Series; 8vo; 170 pages. Pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued.

Portland, OR: Collectors Press, 2001. Second printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Pulp covers of the past such as the Shadow, Max Brand, Talbot Mundy, Erle Stanley Gardner, Black Mask, Sax Rohmer and Fu Manchu, C.S. Forester, and Captain Horatio Hornblower, Doc Savage, the Phantom Detective, and on and on. Printed in Hong Kong. Awesome graphics in this folio sized book. Pop Culture of the Year Award sticker on front cover of dust wrapper. 208 pages, 11.5 x 10.7". Dust wrapper in brodart.

Yorktown Heights, NY: Book Hunter Press, 1997. Paperback. New. Over 1,250 used book dealers grouped by location and category. Covers Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, North and South Dakota, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. Second revised. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated throughout in b/w, with 16 different color plates than the first edition, but which "relate to them", as McLean states. McLean approached this book not as an examination of book illustration in the Victorian era, as so many already have, but as a factual account of the process and materials and labor that went into the actual making of the book. The scope of the book is therefore narrowed to the period between the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837, to the establishing of The Kelmscott Press in 1890. McLean goes into impressive detail, from the evolution of the use of color in childrens books, to the detailed guaffering of SAKOONTALA - published, printed, and bound by Stephen Austin. It's a fascinating look at Victorian era book design (and production), and an invaluable reference for the field. 9"x11.5"; xii, 241 pages. Beige cloth with… Read More