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PENZER (Norman M.)
An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton.
First Edition, 4to, xvi,351,[1]pp., limited to 500 numbered copies (this out of series and unnumbered), frontis., 23 plates, orig. cloth, 4cm tear to lower hinge otherwise a nice copy, uncut, t.e.g.
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LADA-MOCARSKI (Valerian)
Bibliography of Books on Alaska Published Before 1868. With an Introduction by Archibald Hanna.
First Edition, 4to, 567pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. a nice copy. With detailed paginations and collations, facsimiles of the title pages of more than 160 books described, detailed notes, and the English translations of Russian titles.
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FONTANINI (Giusto) & ZENO (Apostolo)
Biblioteca dell'Eloquenza Italiana di Monsignore Giusto Fontanini, Arcivescovo d'Ancira: Con le Annotazioni del Signor Apostolo Zeno, Istorico E Poeta Cesareo, Cittading Veneziano.
2 Vols., in one, small 4to, xv,[i],536,[4]; 525,[3],31,[1]pp., later cloth-backed marbled boards. An important bibliography of Italian writers, which contains annotated descriptions of the works of poetry, history, drama, natural philosophy, mathematics, music and theology.
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS. GUMUCHIAN & CIE.
Les Livres de l'Enfance du XVe au XIXe Siecle. Preface de Paul Gavault.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, xx,[4],446,[4]; 16pp., vol.1 text with 6,251 items described, vol.2 contains 336 plates, cont. half morocco, lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded, t.e.g. The Grolier Club, Bibliography: Its History and Development. No. 158. "This splendidly illustrated bookseller's catalogue of 6,251 children's books is the first major bibliography solely devoted to children's books and has become a standard reference work on the subject."
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WISE (Thomas J.)
A Pope Library. A Catalogue of Plays, Poems and Prose Writings by Alexander Pope. Collected by Thomas James Wise.
First Edition, 4to, xxiv, 112, [4]pp., one of 160 copies on 'antique paper', ex-Hammersmith Public Library, frontis., numerous facsimiles throughout, orig. buckram, uncut, t.e.g.
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WISE (Thomas J.)
A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of William Wordsworth.
First Edition, small 4to, xv,[i],268,[2]pp., one of 100 copies, ex-Hammersmith Public Library, frontis., numerous facsimile plates, library buckram.
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WISE (Thomas James)
A Landor Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Walter Savage Landor.
First Edition, 4to, xxi, [v], 103, [1]pp., one of 170 copies printed on 'antique' paper, ex-Hammersmith Public Library, frontis., numerous facsimile plates, orig. buckram, small nick to spine, uncut, t.e.g.
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TECHENER (J.)
Description Bibliographique des Livres Choisis en tous Genres Composant la Librairie J. Techener.
2 Vols., xiii,[i],526; [vi],560pp., cont. vellum-backed boards, lower cover of volume two detached and rather crudely held on with tape.
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MOREAU (C.)
Bibliographie des Mazarinades. Publi?e pour la Soci?t? de l'Histoire de France.
First Edition, 3 vols., lxiv,426; [vi],398; [vi],464pp., ex-Inner Temple Library, cont. quarter morocco, hinges rubbed and cracked, head of spine of volume I defective.
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IRWIN (Raymond)
British Bird Books: An Index to British Ornithology A.D. 1481 to A.D. 1948.
First Edition, xix,398pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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ROHDE (Eleanour Sinclair)
The Old English Gardening Books.
4to, xii,144pp., one of 500 numbered copies, 16 plates, 8 plans, orig. cloth, d.w. The books surveyed in this volume range from 1503 to 1706 (with an extensive bibliography).
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SIMPSON (N. Douglas) Compiler.
A Bibliographical Index of the British Flora. Including Floras, Herbals, Periodicals, Societies and References Relating to the Identification and Occurrence of Phanerogams, Vascular Cryptograms and Charophytes in the British Isles.
First Edition, 4to, xx,429pp., one of 750 copies, orig. cloth.
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TROEYER (Benjamin) & MEES (Leonide)
Bib-bibliographia Franciscana Neerlandica ante saeculum XVI.
2 Parts in 3 vols., text volumes in 8vo, plate volume 4to, 270; 184; 223pp., 510 facsimiles, presentation copy, orig. cloth. The first volume is made up in chronological order, containing the biographies of the Franciscan (Friars Minor) authors from the Netherlands and Belgium who lived during the 13th-15th centuries. The second contains extensive bibliographical descriptions of 131 fifteenth century editions of works by Franciscan authors. The typographical atlas provides 510 facsimiles taken from the 131 books described in the preceding volumes.
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COLLIE (Michael)
George Gissing: A Bibliographical Study.
167pp., limited to 500 copies, 6 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
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BACKER (Aloys de) & SOMMERVOGEL (Carlos)
Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus.
9 Vols., large 8vo, orig. cloth. A welcome reprint of this massive work on the Jesuits, covering some 150,000 items. Neither the supplementary volumes published after 1916 nor the marginal notes which appeared in the 1960 reprint are included in this issue.
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VALENTINELLI (Giuseppe)
Bibliografia del Friuli.
viii,540pp., orig. cloth. A bibliography of the Friuli region of Italy, the principal cities of which are Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia and Trieste. Valentinelli's work is the most comprehensive work on the subject, covering more than 3655 printed items.
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WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY.
A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.
First Edition, 3 vols., 4to, orig. cloth. Vol. 1. Books printed before 1641. Vol. 2. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, A-E. Vol. 3. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, F-L. Catalogue of one of the World's finest collections of medical literature, an indispensable work of reference.
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SCHNAPPER (Edith B.) Editor.
The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music Printed Before the Year 1801. A Record of the Holdings of over One Hundred Libraries Throughout the British Isles.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, xx, 583; xx, 585-1178pp., orig. cloth, a very nice set. A major reference tool for work with early printed sources of music. These volumes provide the key sources in British libraries. Brief bibliographical entries; locations established in more than 100 libraries in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Breslauer & Folter, 167. "The first catalogue of the printed music holdings of a whole country."
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GILBERT (H.M.)
Bibliotheca Hantoniensis. An Attempt at a Bibliography of Hampshire.
First Edition, iv,43,[1]pp., orig. quarter morocco, lacking upper spine.
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BOWES (Robert)
A Catalogue of Books Printed at or Relating to the University Town & County of Cambridge from 1521 to 1893. With Bibliographical & Biographical Notes. [with:] Index.
First Edition, 2 vols., xxxii,516; [viii],67,[1]pp., with the bookplate of John William Willis Bund, 98 illustrs., of ornaments, initial letters etc., orig. cloth, uncut, t.e.g. Upwards of 3,000 items described.
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OSMONT (J.B.L.)
Dictionnaire Typographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares, Singuliers, Estimes et Recherches en tous Genres...
First Edition, 2 vols., xii,515,[1]; [iv],456,[4]pp., with half-titles, several ornamental head & tail-pieces, stamps of Merton House Library on verso of titles, recent blue cloth, maroon & gilt leather spine label, red speckled edges. There are over 700 works listed, many with prices fetched for them on the open market and at particular auctions. Points are given for recognizing the best editions and several "Anecdotes historiques, critiques & interessantes". This book "had a large share in determining the character of the later French catalogues of rare books... Osmont's title suggests his preface states clearly that he was making a list of choice books suitable for a good private library as well as a list of rare books." (Taylor, Catalogues of Rare Books). Osmont was helped in his compilation by Barthelemy Mercier, Librarian of the abbey of Ste.-Genevieve, and Albert Francois Floncel, the royal censor and owner of a large library of Italian books.
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BRUNET (Gustave)
Lettre au Bibliophile Jacob au sujet de l'?trange accusation intent?e contre M. Libri, membre de l'Institut, contenant des recherches sur les livres a la reliure de Grolier, sur les volumes Elzeviriens non rogn?s, et sur quelques particularit?s bibliographiques.
8vo (225 x 140 mm), 32pp., text lightly browned, orig. printed wrappers. "Also supportive of Libri, the bibliographer and publisher Gustav Brunet of Bordeaux wrote to Lacroix confirming Lacroix's accounts of large-scale thefts from libraries and the resultant suicides of librarians."?Norman. Norman, 40.
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BOOKBINDING. HIERSEMANN (Karl W.)
300 Kunstlerische Buch-Einbande aus dem 14. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Zugleich eine Sammlung seltener und werthvoller B?cher. Anhang: Literatur ?ber Buch-Einb?nde. Katalog 215 von Karl W. Hiersemann.
72pp., 10 plates, orig. printed wrappers, 352 items.
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SITWELL (Sacheverell) & BLUNT (Wilfrid)
Great Flower Books 1700-1900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books.
New expanded edition, 4to, xii,189pp., coloured frontis., 50 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w. A well-illustrated guide to coloured plate flower books. The text describes the illustrators and the age in which these books were produced. The bibliography describes over 750 books.
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HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS. BAKER (Ernest E.)
Are Shakespeare's Deeds to go to America? Reprinted from 'The Times' of 27th August, 1890.
4pp. Ernest E. Baker, nephew and beneficiary to the Halliwell-Phillipps library, here pleas to the "many wealthy Englishman" to purchase the Shakespearean deeds (for approximately ?10,000) before they are to be sold to an American library at the close of 1890. An English buyer was not found, and it was sold, in 1897, to Mr Marsden J. Perry of Providence, who re-sold it Mr H.C. Folger of New York.
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HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS.
An Inventory of Certain Books and Manuscripts, Including Notes for Shakespearian Researches, Preserved at Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.
Small 4to, 7,[1]pp., inscribed on front paste-down "F.C.N. Hall, Executor's Copy. 1887. All these articles are at Copse, with the exception of the second [the diaries of the late Henrietta Elizabeth Molyneux Halliwell (n?e Phillipps)], the four volumes comprising which are in London", cont. cloth.
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KENNINGTON (Don)
The Sourcebook of Golf.
First Edition, vi,256pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. This work highlights and evaluates the key English language sources of golf from both sides of the Atlantic and elsewhere.
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GEE (Ernest R.) Compiler.
The Sportsman's Library. Being a Descriptive List of the most important Books on Sport.
First Edition, xx,158pp., one of 600 copies, frontis., 7 plates, orig. buckram.
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LAKE (Fred) & WRIGHT (Hal)
A Bibliography of Archery. An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 Articles, Books, Films, Manuscripts, Periodicals and Theses on the use of the Bow for Hunting, War, and Recreation, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
4to, xviii,501pp., orig. cloth, d.w. Includes American and British library locations for the rarer books and manuscripts.
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HEALEY (George Harris) Compiler.
The Cornell Wordsworth Collection. A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Presented to the University by Mr Victor Emanuel.
First edition, 4to, [xiv], 458pp., one of 750 copies, 24 plates, orig. cloth. Complete bibliographical descriptions of books written by Wordsworth also including periodical appearances, anthologies, Wordsworthiana, etc.
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COOPER (John) & PIKE (B.A.)
Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide.
Second edition, 4to, x, 341pp., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. The second edition of this essential reference book which includes practical advice on all aspects of assembling and maintaining detective fiction collections.
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BRITISH MUSEUM.
Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century now in the British Museum. Part IX. Fascicule I: Holland. Facicule II: Belgium. Lithographic Reprint.
Folio, xxxi,123,[6],222,[7]pp., 19 plates of facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards.
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YATES THOMPSON (Henry)
A Lecture of some English Illuminated Manuscripts. With fifty plates taken from ten of the volumes exhibited by the lecturer.
4to, 32pp., followed by 50 collotype plates, presentation inscription from Henry Yates Thompson to Ellen Murray Smith, endpapers spotted, orig. buckram, fore-edges of boards lightly water stained, uncut, t.e.g. A very rare work, private printed in a small number for Henry Yates Thompson and given away by him to friends. Copac locates the a single copy at Manchester; No locations on OCLC.
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[THOMPSON (Henry Yates)] Editor.
Facsimiles of Two "Histoires" by Jean Foucquet from Vols. I. and II. of the "Anciennet?s des Juifs", Numbered Respectively 247 fran?ais in the National Library of France, and 101 in in the Supplemental Volume... of the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts in the Collection of Henry Yates Thompson, to Which is Added a Notice with 2 Photogravures and Four Photographic Facsimiles (By Three-Colour Process) from Detached Pages of a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript of "Historie Ancienne jesqu'? Romains".
2 Vols., folio and royal 4to, 10; [ii]pp., limited edition of 20 copies, 5 photogravure, 4 coloured photograph plates, each with a leaf of letterpress explanatory text, cont. printed wrapper, cloth spine, enclosed in orig. portfolio, a nice copy. Extremely scarce, limited to 20 set for private distribution.
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THOMPSON (Henry Yates)
Facsimiles in Photogravure of Six Pages from a Psalter, written and illuminated about 1325 A.D. for a member of the St. Omer family in Norfolk, subsequently (c. 1422 A.D.) the property of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, fourth son of King Henry IV, and now in the library of Henry Yates Thompson, 19, Portman Square, London.
Folio, [6]pp., no. 37 of 53 copies for private distribution, presentation inscription by HYT to C.W. Dyson Perrins, along with 2pp., A.L.s tipped in, subsequently owned by D.H. Turner & Janet Backhouse (with their signatures), 6 photogravure plates, each with a letterpress leaf of description, loose in the orig. morocco-backed printed boards, lightly stained.
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BOSSUAT (Robert)
Manuel Bibliographique de la Litt?rature Fran?aise du Moyen Age.
First Edition, large 8vo, xxxiv,638pp., orig. printed wrappers bound in, cloth. 5,797 Items described.
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TCHEMERZINE (Avenier)
Bibliographie d'Editions Originales et Rares d'Auteurs Francais des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles.
Folio, 10 vols., in one, 450pp., 6,000 original pages reproduced at 12 per page, orig. cloth. The standard bibliography of French literary first editions from the beginning of printing until 1800. Gives detailed bibliographical descriptions, line-by-line transcriptions, and many reproductions of title pages and engravings.
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MELZI (Gaetano) PASSANO (G.B.) & ROCCO (R.)
Dizionario di Opere Anonime e Aseudonime di Scrittori Italiani o come che sia aventi Relazione all'Italia. [With:] Supplemento.
4 Vols., 482; 484; 701; 518,16pp., orig. cloth. The standard reference for Italian works of published anonymously from the 16th to the 19th century, this reprint also includes the supplement by Passano & Rocco.
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MAGGS BROS.
Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World. Vol. 1-5. A Descriptive Catalogue.
5 Vols., numerous plates, general indices to each volume, orig. buckram, spines gilt with two contrasting morocco labels. A highly regarded reference work. The prices maybe out of date but the valuable annotations are timeless, making this a most valuable work of reference.
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QUINBY (Jane) & STEVENSON (Allan)
Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt.
3 Vols., in 2, 4to, limited to 400 sets, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth. Vol. 1. Printed Books 1477-1700 with several manuscripts of the 12th, 15th, 16th & 17th centuries. Vol. 2. Part 1. Introduction to Printed Books 1701-1800. Vol. 2. Part 2. Printed Books 1701-1800.
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FABER DU FAUR (Curt von)
German Baroque Literature. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Yale University Library [With the Supplement].
2 Vols., in one, orig. cloth. Describes a total of 2,375 original editions of baroque books in Yale University Library, with full information on size, pagination, and illustrations. The first volume covers 1,875 books. The supplement describes an additional 500 books.
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DUVEEN (Denis I.) & KLICKSTEIN (Herbert S.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 1743-1794. With a Preface by John F. Fulton.
First Edition, large 8vo, xxiv,491,[3]pp., frontis., 42 full page facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. The standard reference for one of the most extraordinary men in the annals of literature and science.
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WEBER (Carl J.)
Fore-Edge Painting. A Historical Survey of a Curious Art in Book Decoration.
First printing under this title, small 4to, coloured mounted frontis., illustrs., throughout (some coloured and mounted), orig. cloth, d.w. a little torn. Definitive work to-date on the subject.
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GOSSETT (Rev. Isaac)
A Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Library of the Late Rev. Is. Gossett, Which Will be Sold by Auction, by Leigh and Sotheby... On Monday, June 7, 1813, and Twenty-two Following Days...
[iv],213,[1]pp., tipped-in engraved portrait of Gossett published July 6, 1813 by R. S. Kirby (partially effected by a circular water-stain), title-page a little dusty, ruled in red throughout with prices in a cont. hand, cont. half calf, worn, re-backed with remains of orig. spine laid-down, label chipped. Rev. Isaac Gossett (1735-1812) was "the most regular attendant at book sales of his generation, who bought more bibliographical treasures for 6d. than any man before or since" according to Frank Herrman's 'Sotheby's'. "For over thirty years a familiar figure in the London auction rooms where he... gave a running commentary, critical and bibliographical, on the lots as they were offered" ? Munby. Gossett helped Dibdin with his 'Introduction to the Classics' and was cast as "Lepidus" in his 'Bibliomania'. A tiny man with a liking for old fashioned hats he appeared in several contemporary caricatures and was the subject of an amusing obituary poem in the 'Gentleman's Magazine, for 1813. He also played a formative role in the young Richard Heber's career as a book collector. Munby, Some Caricatures of Book-Collectors, 1948.
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LITHOGRAPHY. BR?GEAUT (R. L.)
Manuel Complet Th?orique et Pratique du Dessinateur et de l'Imprimeur Lithographe. Seconde ?dition revue, corrig?e, augment?e et orn?e de douze lithographies.
Second edition, revised, 12mo, xxxvi,176pp., 12 illustrs., (6 of which are on 2 folding leaves), the folding leaves creased and waterstained, some light spotting and staining, bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky, new marbled endpapers, recent full calf. The second revised edition which was published in the same year as the first. It provides a good overall account of the art of lithography up this date and illustrates the apparatus involved along with examples of techniques. Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 264.
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LACKINGTON (James)
Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life of James Lackington... Written by Himself, in Forty-Seven Letters to a Friend...
New Edition, corrected and much enlarged, xvii,[1],339,[1],[8] + 4pp., of Books Published by Lackington, Allen, & Co., LACKING THE FRONTISPIECE, orig. half calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, spine chipped. James Lackington made bookselling history by his speculations in the remainder trade. He was determined to sell for cash at the lowest possible price and broke through the trade custom of destroying all but a few copies of remainders, and sold the whole stock at little profit.
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DERKSEN (Dr. Walter) & SCHEIDING (Dr. Ursula)
Index Litterature Entomologicae. Serie II: Die Welt-Literatur ?ber die gesamte Entomologie von 1864 bis 1900.
5 vols., 4to, orig. cloth, vol. III soiled. The standard bibliography of entomology. This is the continuation of Series I by Horn & Schenkling covering the years up to 1864.
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BRADSHAW IRISH COLLECTION. [SAYLE (C.E.)] Compiler.
A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge.
First Edition, 3 vols., 4to, x,690; [vi],693-1340; iv,1341-1696pp., orig. cloth. An important catalogue and probably the best general catalogue of Irish printed books. Records 8,743 numbered items: vol.1, books printed in Dublin by known printers 1602-1882; vol.2, books printed in Dublin of which the printer in not known, etc; vol.3, index.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. BARLOW (T.D.)
The Medieval World Picture & Albert D?rer's Melancholia.
4to, x,[ii],22,[2]pp., frontis., 3 plates, title printed in red and black, orig. buckram, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. Presented by Sir Thomas Barlow. Barker, 213.
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WOOD (Casey A.) Compiler.
An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology. Based Chiefly on the Titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology...
First Edition, 4to, xix,643pp., coloured frontis., orig. cloth. "A comprehensive summary and bibliography of the literature of vertebrate zoology."?Garrison & Morton, 354.
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