byrne hackett (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 154; 243 pp., small 8vo, dark green buckram, original wrappers bound in. Bookseller catalogues offering 687 and 916 items, respectively. Ex-library copy with the usual markings and paraphernalia and scattered marginal pencil marks or annotations. Fair/poor copy; covers a bit soiled; chip to title page of List No. 14; List No. 17 is brittle and browned, with tape repair to front wrapper panel, last few leaves separated and loosely laid in, insect damage to textblock edges.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 136 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. In Stock.

1p., 4to. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Bryce writes that he has not forgotten Hackett's 'invitation to the American Booksellers Association's banquet' in New York, but that it is unlikely that he will be able to attend 'seems to be extremely small, so that I must ask you not to announce me as being present. I have to represent my country at an important international conference, which will be in session at that time and it seems extremely improbable that I shall be able to leave Washington for the two days necessary to attend the gathering.' He regrets the fact, as 'the interest of the occasion as the first national gathering of the whole bookselling trade of the United States is very great, and it would have been a real pleasure to me to meet the company present'. In original envelope, lacking stamp.

[iv] + 39 + 7 pp, with a further 17pp. loosely inserted at back (making a total of 67pp.), 4to. Good, in maroon plastic folder. Preface followed by list of 'Past Officers, Roster of Members, etc.', 'Chronology of The Old Book Table [1931-1970]' and 'Alphabetical List of Guests 1933-1970'. The loose leaves mainly consist of 'Extracts from the Minutes: 1931-1954'. The preface begins: 'Five members of the antiquarian booktrade in New York City met for a friendly dinner on the night of 9 January 1931. They were: Ernest R. Gee, a leading specialist in sporting and color plate books; E. Byrne Hackett, head of the Brick Row Bookshop, dealing in rare books and specialising in literature of the Johnsonian period; Frank R. Thoms, head of the firm of Thoms & Eron, general booksellers; Edgar H. Wells, who had given up being a dean at Harvard University to found and operate his own bookshop from the early 1920's until his death in 1938; and Geoffrey J. L. Gomme, who served as Edgar Wells's scholarly cataloguer and shop manager.' At the end of the volume is reproduced over six pages the Club's 1933 constitution. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or WorldCat, the last of which does however give a record for the book.