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4to (27.5 x 21.5 cm), 140 pp on shiny art paper. In original light-green red and black printed wraps. Tight, on lightly-aged paper, a little dog-eared at back. In worn and chipped wraps. Filled with striking and attractive engraved illustrations and advertisements. Illustrations include stock cabinets, book presses, printing presses, ledgers, notebooks, artists' materials, magnifying glasses. Long obituary of Edward Lloyd of Lloyd's News. Advertisers over one or two whole pages include Nops' Electrotype Agency; Eyre and Spottiswoode; James Upton, Chromo Almanack Printer; Wiggins, Teape and Co.; James Wrigley & Son, Ltd.; Fourdrinier, Hunt & Co.; Rock Bros. Ltd. Prize Medal Specialities; Meissner & Buch; Ernest Nister. Tipped-in illustrated leaf, headed 'Supplement to "Stationery and Bookselling," April, 1890', in 'The Ipswich Series of Printing Inks', by Edward Packard & Co., printed in ' "Ipswich" Bronze Blue'.

Stabbed as issued. 23pp. The Editor's view of a dispute with Mr Stock as publisher of The Antiquary magazine, mainly concerning payment.

Striking advertisement, in red ink, on one side of a piece of paper roughly seven inches by seventeen wide. With something of a wartime feel, it reads 'DORKING URBAN DISTRICT | BOOK, WASTE PAPER | and CARDBOARD DRIVE | [in box on right] 12th April | TO | 1st May | 1948 [end of boxed text] | Save the Nation from having to import Waste Paper from abroad | PROVIDE | MORE Employment = MORE Cartons for Food | = MORE Materials for Housebuilding ='. See Image.

Wrappers. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait from a drawings by Muriel Landseer Very nice copy. Upper wrapper stamped "With the publisher's compliments" Includes an annotated checklist of the works written or edited by the discoverer of Thomas Traherne.

Orig. olive-brown cloth, paper label rubbed; sl. marked. 2,927 items at attractive prices. 'Telegraphic address: Lycidas, London'. Described in the brief introduction as 'this rough list'.

12mo, 32 pp. Stapled. Text clear and complete. On aged and worn paper, with rusted staples causing the outer bifolium to detach. Items 2067 to 2786, with 'Supplément. Deutsche Werhe.' (Items from the firm's Leipzig branch.).

Octavo: 32 pp. Stapled and unbound. Rather worn, particularly at first and last leaves. A few pencil marks and notes, and slight ink staining at head of first leaf. Twenty illustrations. 168 items; three-part index on final page. Influential catalogue, the collection sold in its entirety to Duke University. One of Birrell & Garnett's managers was Graham Pollard, co-author of the book which unmasked T. J. Wise as a forger.

All three items in good condition, on lightly aged paper. The two Aitken letters are both signed 'G A Aitken'. ONE: ALS by Aitken, 3 December 1907. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. He begins by suggesting an emendation to a note on an 'enclosed proof' regarding Dr Pearce and 'The Tatler'. He then discusses a reprint by the firm of his edition of the 'Spectator', which he has not seen. 'If it bears a current date on the title-page, I trust you have preserved the date to the Preface, to show that I have not revised the work. After ten years some corrections or additions could no doubt be made, and in such cases it ought, in the editor's interests, be made clear that the work is a mere reprint, without revision.' He ends by stating that he presumes that the firm 'have incorporated in their proper places the "Errata" at the end'. TWO: ANS by Aitken, 6 December 1907. 1p., 12mo. ANS. He thanks them for their letter (Item Three below), and for the volume of the 'Spectator', concluding: 'The note you have printed in the book is quite satisfactory'. THREE: Copy of Typed Letter from George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 4 December 1907. Informing Aitken that they are 'printed the book as per proof sent to you', and that as soon as 'our little reprint of your edition is completed we are proposing to send you a set for your kind acceptance'. In the meantime they are sending the first volume, 'from which you will see we hahve added a note stating that the book is a reprint from the 1898 edition'. They end by apologising for not suggesting to him 'before we undertook the reprint that corrections were possible'.

Zustand: Very good condition. An archive of ten letterhead invoices and 7 franked envelopes from British booksellers to Mr. James H. Parker of Strand, London for books including 'Chaucer's Poems', a Bible, Miscellaneous Almanacks, 'Siege-life in Paris" by Michell and various newspapers dating 1869 through 1873. Booksellers include a woman, Olive Lasbury of Bristol, and a series of booksellers from London: Rivington & Co., Edward Stanford, Trubner & Co., James Truscott & Son, Dobbs, Kidd & Co., John Van Voorst, and W.H. Smith & Son. The invoices themselves have square one penny 'inland review' stamps on them, and the envelopes have one penny oval embossed stamps which are franked and have a bank note bar cancellation. Invoices measure approximately 7.5 x 5", and 8 x 5"; the envelopes vary from approximately 5 1/4 x 3 1/8" to 4 3/4 x 3 3/4".

Orig. maroon paper boards, darker maroon leather spine; a little rubbed & worn. Four copies only on Copac. A substantial 307 page catalogue including at least one incunable and books dating up to 1858. Descriptions are short and matter-of-fact with only the occasional brief note or quotation about the work. Toovey was a leading London bookseller and publisher based from 1854 onwards at 177 Piccadilly. He is perhaps best known for his purchase of the famous Gosford Castle library in 1878, listing the Aldines in a special catalogue (Bibliotheca Aldina) in 1880.

The manuscript is closely-written over 80pp., 4to, in green cloth, and is interleaved with the twenty leaves of Peet's printed bibliography from the 1910 edition of Mumby's book (paginated 431-470), to which it does not correspond, with only a small amount of the information in the manuscript also in Peet's bibliography. It contains a mass of material not present in Peet's bibliography, and has the main list followed by entries under the following headings: 'Booksellers' Portraits', 'Tokens', 'Petitions & Memorials', 'Charities', 'Magazine Articles', 'Book Labels' and 'Copyright'. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in modern green cloth binding with 'BIBLIOGRAPHY MS.' in gilt on spine. Bound in at the beginning is an Autograph Letter Signed to the presumed compiler 'Mr Abrahams' from Peet ('Wm. H. Peet'), dated from Alleyn, Burcott Road, Purley, on 4 December 1910. In the letter (which is written after the publication of the first edition of Mumby's book) Peet thanks Abrahams for his offer of help with 'my Bibliography. I will go carefully through your list and ask you for what I should like to see'. In the meantime he asks Abrahams to accept 'these rough Sheets which may be useful'. At the head of the first page of the manuscript is the following note signed by 'Aa': 'Mr Peet in his bibliography includes contributions to the Periodical Press. I have provided a separate list of these supra "Magazine Articles" as they are frequently discussions of current topics and not of historical importance. The author was clearly a scholar and collector of material relating to British book trade history. Occasional entries in the list are signed 'Aa', and one reading 'Aa collection', and a slip from a bookseller's catalogue annotated 'now in my collection cost 23/- 7/4/12'. A few extraneous items are bound in or loosely inserted: including engravings from the European Magazine of Dr Ralph Griffiths, editor of the Monthly Review, and Robert Orme; and a leaf from a catalogue of 'John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside', dated 2 April 1764.

First Edition. Frontispiece, plates Fine copy in price-clipped dust-wrapper.

Several James Joyce scholars have turned their attention to Schwartz, an early dealer in his books and manuscripts, as well as publisher of a couple of pirated editions. See William S. Brockman, 'Jacob Schwartz - "The Fly in the Honey"' in Joyce Studies Annual, Summer 1998. 1p, 4to. On the Ulysses Bookshop letterhead, printed on green paper. Addressed to 'Dear Sir:' and with valediction 'Au Revoir / Dr J Schwartz / prop / Ulysses Books'. Begins: 'Im taking a chance sending them without inquiring about [Flashers?] etc / You must pardon my damn timidness: but I just lost (for good) 4 valuable Norman Douglas manuscripts by being too trustful'. He states the amount of the bill, adding: 'please remit at once as Im really hard up'. Ends: 'I hope you enjoyed reading the catalogue / The Leslie item was sold'. See Image.

4°, circa 25 x 19,7 cm. 2 ff., with large woodcut vignette folded double-leaf Rare decree about an illegal bookseller called Jean Belleman from Vieux-Faverge, Savoie who sold books on a table at the market in Nancy without having a license to do so. The decre, signed by le maréchal de Ségur, takes this occasion to make known that anyone selling books with permission will be punished and the books with be seized. - A little dusty, else well preserved.

Zustand: Modern shadowbox frame. Hand colored lithographed print, linen-backed with wooden rollers top and bottom. Approx. 17-1/2x20 inches. "Advertisement depicting a view looking toward the rear of the busy store. Shows bookcases filled with texts mounted atop cabinets and drawers lining the walls. Stacks of books and eight busts of prominent literary figures, including Shakespeare, adorn the tops of the cases. A clerk works from within and patrons surround a U-shaped central book display that contains a 'Gifts' case. Patrons include men, women, and children. The individuals receive assistance at the case, peruse books on the shelves, carry their purchases, converse, and make payment at the cashier booth. The booth, enclosed with ornate white iron work, contains advertising text that reads 'A Gift with Each Book Sold at Retail Price.' Store signage is also displayed on three banners stretching across the ceiling. Additional advertising text includes 'Gift Book Sales Originated by G.G. Evans' 1854.' View also shows a ladder leaning against a bookcase, chandeliers, and a parquet floor" (Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalogue). Philadelphia on Stone 385. Not in Wainwright Hand colored lithographed print, linen-backed with wooden rollers top and bottom. Approx. 17-1/2x20 inches.