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RUSSELL (Norma)
A Bibliography of William Cowper to 1837.
First Edition, xxvi, 339pp., frontis., 12 plates, 4 facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
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HOROLOGY.
Bibliographie G?n?rale de la Mesure du Temps suivie d'un essai de classification technique et g?ographique. Pr?face de Paul Ditisheim.
First edition, 352, [2]pp.,one of 150 copies, with the armorial bookplate of the University of London, a couple you small withdrawal stamps, orig. cloth.
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CALIFORNIA.
California. The Library of Jennie Crocker Henderson with Additions. Catalogue 50. [Offered for Sale by] John Howell Books.
5 Parts, 4to, munerous facsimiles throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 1,665 items. An important collection of material relating to California.
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HAMILTON (Harlan W.)
Doctor Syntax. A Silhouette of William Combe, Esq. (1742-1823).
First edition, xx, 340pp., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. With a complete bibliography of Doctor Syntax.
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BROOKS (Harold F.)
A Bibliography of John Oldham, the Restoration Satirist.
4to, 47pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers Vol. V, Part I.
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ROSSETTI (William Michael)
Bibliography of the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
First edition, 53, [1]pp., limited to 250 copies, orig. printed wrappers, upper wrapper detached.
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LAURIDSEN (P.)
Bibliographia Groenlandica eller Fortegnelse paa Vaerker, Afhandlinger og danske manuskripter, der handle om Gr?nland indtil Aaret 1880 incl.
x, 247pp., orig. cloth.
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DUFOUR (Th?ophile)
Recherches Bibliographiques sur les Oeuvres Imprim?es de J.-J. Rousseau Suivies de l'Inventaire des Papiers de Rousseau Conserv?s a la Biblioth?que de Neuchatel. Introduction de Pierre-Paul Plan.
2 Vols., in one, xi, 273; [iii], 299pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth.
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DAVIES (Godfrey) & KEELER (Mary Frear)
A Bibliography of English History: Stuart Period 1603-1714.
Second edition, xxxvi,734pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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CORDIER (Henri)
Bibliotheca Indosinica. Dictionnaire Bibliographique des Ouvrages Relatifs ? la P?ninsule Indochinoise.
5 Vols., in 3, 4to, orig. cloth. The standard reference on Indo-China with around 20,000 items listed mainly in French and English. The index volume contains both author and subject indexes.
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O'DELL (Sterg)
A Chronological List of Prose Fiction in English Printed in England and other Countries 1475-1640.
vi, 147pp., orig. cloth.
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FORMAN (Muarice Buxton)
A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of George Meredith. [With:] Meredithiana, Being a Supplement to the Bibliography of Meredith.
2 Vols., frontispieces, facsimiles, orig. cloth.
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ROSS (F. A.) & KENNEDY (L. V.)
A Bibliography of Negro Migration.
First edition, 251pp., John Howell's copy with his bookplate, orig. cloth.
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COLAS (Rene)
Bibliographie General du Costume et de la Mode...
2 Vols., 1411pp., 69, [3]pp., orig. cloth. The 3,121 entries are listed by author.
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LANDWEHR (John)
Studies in Dutch Books with Coloured Plates Published 1662-1875. Natural History, Topography, Travel, Costumes and Uniforms.
First edition, 4to, 603pp., 16 coloured plates, many illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. a little soiled. The first monograph on the subject; the major part of the book consists of the bibliography. I. Studies. - II. Catalogue (detailed descriptions of 484 books). - III. Indices.
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ARCHITECTURE. FISCHER (Marianne)
Katalog der Architektur-und Ornamentstichsammlung. Teil 1: Baukunst England. Bearbeitet von Marianne Fischer.
Volume 1 [all published], 4to, 183pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth. The first volume, and last, in a planed series of specialised catalogues. This volume deals with the English section of the libraries holdings of architectural and ornamental books and prints.
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McKERROW (Ronald B.)
Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640. Illustrated Monographs No. XVI.
First edition, 4to, liv, 216, [2]pp., 428 facsimiles (nearly all full-page), orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. The introduction to this definitive work classifies the devices as: signs indicating where the printer worked, puns upon the owner's name, monograms, portraits, heraldic devices or emblems. There are lists of devices, notes on their transfer from one printer to another, also indexes of the devices used by booksellers and printers, of mottoes, of initials of artists or engravers, and of devices according to subject.
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ISAAC (Peter)
William Davison's New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types. Introduced with an Account of his Activites as Pharmacist and Printer in Alnwick, 1780-1858.
4to, 39 pages of text followed by about 140 pages of reproductions of type specimen, orig. cloth, d.w. Reproduces this very unusual specimen book put out in the early nineteenth century.
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SPENCE (Sydney A.)
A Bibliography of Selected Early Books and Pamphlets Relating to Australia 1610-1880.
First edition, 4to, xii, 88pp., one of 525 copies, orig. printed wrappers.
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TOBLER (Titus)
Bibliographia Geographica Palaestinae. Kritische Uebersicht Gedruckter und Ungdruckter Beschreibungen der Reisen in Heilige Land.
265pp., orig. printed wrappers. Covers some 2,500 works on Palestine and the Near East and including extensive and often exhaustive notes and annotations.
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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.
An Annotated Bibliography of the Southwest Pacific and Adjacent Areas. Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area.
3 Vols., 4to, 317; 274; 230pp., orig. cloth-backed boards. Volume I: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume II: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume IV: Supplement to volumes 1, 2 & 3.
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BONNAFFE (Edmond)
Dictionnaire des Amateurs Francais au XVIIe Siecle.
Large 8vo, 353pp., orig. cloth.
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BENNETT (Whitman)
A Practical Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books.
140pp., orig. cloth.
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ADAMS (Thomas R.) & WATERS (David W.) Compilers.
English Maritime Books Printed Before 1801. Relating to Ships, their Construction and their Operation at Sea...
4to, xxxi, 602pp., orig. cloth. Consists of almost 4,000 works, that in one way or another deal directly with the creation of ships and their operation at sea, printed in England or English between 1528 and 1801.
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GREEN (Richard L.) & GIBSON (John M.)
A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. With a foreword by Graham Greene.
First edition, xvi, 712pp., frontis., 13 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
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WISE (Thomas J.) & SMART (James P.)
A Complete Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of John Ruskin, with a List of the more Important Ruskiniana.
2 Vols., 4to, 329; 263pp., frontis., orig. cloth, d.w.
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TURLEY (Raymond V.) Editor.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Bibliographies: Selected Nineteenth Century Sources.
xxviii, 432pp., limited to 250 copies, frontis., facsimiles, orig. cloth.
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RICCARDI (Pietro)
Saggio di una Bibliografia Euclidea.
Orig. cloth.
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GREEN (J. A.) Compiler.
Thomas De Quincey. A Bibliography based upon the De Quincey Collection in the Moss Side Library.
viii, 110pp., orig. cloth.
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MULLENS (W.H.) & SWANN (H.K.)
A Bibliography of British Ornithology, from the Earliest Times to the End of 1912. Including Biographical Accounts of the Principal Writers and Bibliographies of their Published Works.
xx, 691pp., orig. cloth. Comprises not only detailed descriptions of the books but biographies of the authors and critical comments on their work.
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STARKMAN (Susan B.) & READ (Stanley E.) Compiler.
The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of the University of British Columbia.
First edition, 138pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.
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GILLETT (Charles Ripley) Compiler.
Catalogue of the McAlpin Collection of British History and Theology.
First edition, 5 vols., orig. cloth, spine lightly spotted. A most valuable work, giving full bibliographical descriptions of many thousands of works published between 1501-1700.
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MARSH (Elsie A.G.) Compiler.
The Economic Library of Jacob H. Hollander, Ph.D.
xii, 324pp., frontis., orig. cloth.
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PRAZ (Mario)
Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery.
Second Edition, considerably increased, large 8vo, 607pp., illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly frayed. A comprehensive study of 17th-century emblems and devices. The Appendix is a critical bibliography of emblem books, including important earlier books. With detailed bibliographical descriptions.
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PAUL MELLON COLLECTION.
Books on the Horse and Horsemanship. Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941. A Catalogue Compiled by John B. Podeschi. [With:] British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874. A Catalogue Comiled by Dudley Snelgrove. [With:] British Sporting and Animal Drawings c.1500-1850. A Catalogue Compiled by Judy Egerton & Dudley Snelgrove. [With:] British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867. A Catalogue Compiled by Judy Egerton.
First edition, 4 vols., 4to, 463 plates (109 coloured), illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, d.w's. Mr Paul Mellon's collection of British Sporting and Animal Paintings is unrivalled in scope and size.
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SAUER (Gordon C.)
John Gould the Bird Man: A Chronology and Bibliography.
First edition, xxiv, 416pp., limited to 300 copies, frontis., 32 coloured and 115 monochrome plates and illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. This book is the first comprehensive reference work to be publish on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century.
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OSLER (Sir William)
Bibliotheca Osleriana. A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected, Arranged, and Annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and Bequeathed to McGill University.
4to, xxxv, 785pp., orig. cloth, d.w. One of the greatest physicians of his day, Sir William Osler (1848-1919) was also a bibliophile with an outstanding library of some 7,000 volumes that reflect literary and antiquarian as well as scientific interests. Completed posthumously to Osler's idiosyncratic plan, the catalogue begins with the 'Bibliotheca Prima' containing seminal scientific works arranged chronologically from Hippocrates to R?ntgen. Seven further sections, among them a fine collection of literary works relating to medicine, revert to alphabetical ordering. Particularly valuable for its annotations.
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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...
xix, 643pp., orig. cloth. "A comprehensive summary and bibliography of the literature of vertebrate zoology."?Garrison & Morton, 354.
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ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.
Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages in the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
First edition, 4to, viii, 530pp., cloth.
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EAST-INDIA COMPANY.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Hon. East-India Company.
2 Vols., 324; 237pp., orig. cloth.
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NEWSPAPERS.
Catalogue of the Newspaper Library, Colindale.
First edition, 8 vols., folio, orig. cloth, a nice set.
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WISE (Thomas James) & WHEELER (Stephen)
A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Walter Savage Landor.
xii, 426pp., frontis., 11 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
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MAGGS BROS.
Books Printed in Spain and Spanish Books Printed in Other Countries. Catalogue No. 495.
Frontis., small 4to, 869pp., 48 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, 1,358 items. Compiled by Sarah de Laredo. It includes a copy of the first edition of Don Quixote (priced at ?3,800).
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WINANS (Robert B.)
A Descriptive Checklist of Book Catalogues Separately Printed in America 1693-1800.
First edition, xxxii, 207pp., orig. cloth. This checklist describes over 300 printed catalogues of books separately issued in America prior to 1801 by booksellers, publishers, book auctioneers, circulating libraries, social libraries, college libraries, and private libraries.
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GOLDSMITH (V. F.)
A Short Title Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum.
4to, vi, 250pp., orig. cloth.
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WINKLER (Ernest W.)
Check List of Texas Imprints 1846-1860. Foreword by Thomas W. Streeter.
First edition, xx, 352pp., frontis., orig. buckram, uncut, d.w. a nice copy. One of the most valuable reference items of Texana ever to be published.
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TOOLE-STOTT (Raymond)
Circus and the Allied Arts. A World Bibliography 1500-1970. Based Mainly on Circus Literature in the British Museum, The Library of Congress, The Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, The Biblioth?que Nationale and on his own Collection.
First edition, 4 vols., 4to, limited edition, signed by the author, numerous plates, orig. cloth, d.w's (no d.w. on vol. 1), slightly faded. Describes books and pamphlets in various languages dealing with circus history and biography; technical aspects of performances; and the circus in drama, literature, art and fiction.
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EALES (Nellie B.)
The Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology.
First edition, 2 vols., 4to, 426; 428pp., frontispieces, volume 1 orig. cloth, volume 2 orig. printed wrappers. Part I. 1472 to 1800. Part II. 1800 to the present day and supplement to part I.
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LE PETIT (Jules)
Bibliographie des Principales Editions Originales d'Ecrivains Francais du XVe au XVIIIe Siecle.
4to, 383pp., 300 facsimiles of title pages, orig. cloth. Facsimiles of the title pages with long detailed descriptions of original editions.
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NIELSEN (Birger Frank)
H. C. Andersen Bibliografi. Digterens Danske Vaerker 1822-1875.
First edition, small 4to, 462pp., orig. boards, a little faded, uncut.
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