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ref. 12600Glasgow: Cameron & Co. Publishers and sold by all booksellers. 1880s. 128pp. 12mo. In original wraps with 11.5 x 7 cm label pasted on cover with coloured illustration of a man performing a magic trick for a group of ladies beneath the title 'EVENING PASTIMES OR AMUSEMENTS FOR HEARTHS AND HOMES'. In fair condition a tight copy on aged paper in worn wraps. Ownership stamp of the Sussex ornithologist H. L. F. Guermonprez on front free endpaper. After '. Puzzles and Paradoxes' the title continues: 'With a Series of Comic Lessons for Fireside Recreation.' Among the sections are 'Transposition of Letters' 'Conundrums' 'Enigmas and Riddles' 'Charades' 'Practical Puzzles and Paradoxes' and 'The Alliterative Lesson'. The second half of the volume is devoted to 'Parlour Games'. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on OCLC and the only copy on COPAC at the National Library of Scotland by which it is tentatively dated to the 1880s. See Image. Glasgow: Cameron & Co., Publishers, and sold by all booksellers. [1880s?] paperback
ref. 22174London: George Routledge & Sons Limited Broadway Ludgate Hill Manchester and New York. 1893. Printed by Édouard Guillaume 105 Boulevard Brune Paris. The only copy of this item on OCLC WorldCat is in the Canadian National Archives. An attractive and characteristic piece of late nineteenth-century French printing. The present copy is 14 1 pp 16mo. With frontispiece and eight illustrations and vignettes. Stitched booklet 13 x 7.5 cm. In wraps printed in black and red. In fair condition lightly aged in grubby wraps. Tipped-in before the back cover is a two-page 'Specimen of the text and illustrations on vellum of the paper-mills of Le Marais' on a bifolium with a page of text on the reverse of the first leaf and a full-page illustration on the second. On reverse of title: 'The illustrations in this catalogue are taken from the books that have already appeared in La Petite Collection Guillaume'. Colophon reads: 'THESE BOOKS have been composed engraved printed stitched and bound in cloth at the printing office of Edouard Guillaume 105 boulevard Brune 105 PARIS'. The text begins: 'The highest tribute that could be offered to La Petite Collection Guillaume is the manner in which it has been imitated both in Europe and America.' Later on the announcement is made that 'Messrs. George Routledge & Sons believe that the great Anglo-American public have sufficiently good taste not to support imitations of this kind and therefore intend to issue in English the original Guillaume Collection produced in the same marvellous manner as the French Edition.' Details of forthcoming titles and price are given on a plan of two volumes a month. The illustrators are named as 'Conconi Fournier Grand Prix de Rome Gambard Marold Mittis Rossi and others'. The final two pages carry a list of 'Volumes in Preparation'. London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, Manchester and New York. 1893. Printed by Édouard Guillaume, paperback
ref. 21003On letterhead of Methuen & Co Publishers London. 17 May 1928. 1p. 4to. In good condition lightly aged. Addressed in type to 'My dear Shepard' but with the last word corrected in autograph to 'Ernest'. He has now 'made sufficient progress with Monmouthshire' to be able to give Shephard 'a line': 'The first two verses bear upon the Wye valley and the Usk valley of which Tintern is the best symbol. The last verse states that should King Arthur return to set up his table once more he would be able to make a rapid fortune by providing tea With Guinevere and Lancelot Alert to keep the water hot.' He suggests that 'the lower part of the page shows King Arthur and his knights waiting on a crowd of trippers and in the upper part you have Tintern and perhaps a winding road crowded with cars and chars-à-banc with a background of wooded mountain scenery.' He concludes by stating that he has 'asked Mr. Ashley Cooper the cricket collector' to let Shepard 'have the three Graces' with the assurance that he will return them 'safely and quickly'. The poem appeared in Punch in the same year. On letterhead of Methuen & Co, Publishers, London. 17 May 1928. unknown
ref. 17926On letterhead of 63 New Bond Street 'Corner of Brooke Street' London W. 16 February 1865. An interesting letter concerning a song mentioned in Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass'. 6pp. 12mo. On two bifolium letterheads. In fair condition on aged paper. He begins by statig that he has 'taken much interest in theh discussion in the Athenaeum respecting a song of Moore's "My heart & Lute" and possessing some information relative to it' is sends it to Friswell. He proceeds to give an account of publication with references including the music publisher Power Sir H. R. Bishop John Kemble Sherwood & James 'The London Stage' and 'The National Airs'. He ends by inviting Friswell to make use of the information and to 'see the libretto & music here' but adds that he does not wish his name 'in any way to appear in the affair'. On letterhead of 63 New Bond Street ('Corner of Brooke Street'), London W. 16 February 1865. unknown
ref. 22297London: At the Chiswick Press Tooks Court Chancery Lane'. Colophon: 'Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court Chancery Lane London.' No date 1909. 16pp 16mo 11.5 x 7.5 cm. Stitched unpaginated pamphlet tastefully printed with decorative headpiece to title and the Press's celebrated device to the colophon. A frail survival aged worn and spotted with one corner of last leaf dogeared. At foot of title-page: 'Any volume will be sent on receipt of Postal Order in advance.' Following the title-page are two pages with a history of 'The Chiswick Press. Founded 1789.' Then a full-page advertisement for 'A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography' with a full page containing 'Some Press Opinions'. Similar two-page advertisements follow for 'On the Making and Issuing of Books' 'Some Notes on Books and Printing' 'The Printers' Handbook' 'The Printers' Vocabulary' and 'Gesta Typographica'. Scarce: the only two copies on OCLC WorldCat at the Universities of Cambridge and Michigan. London: At the Chiswick Press | Tooks Court, Chancery Lane'. [Colophon: 'Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court unknown
ref. 21004Without place or date. 1p. 8vo. Signed at bottom right: 'E. V. L.' Sixteen lines of verse divided into two eight-line stanzas beginning: 'As I went down to Hertfordshire To visit Hatfield Oak I met the prettiest girl to whom Courageously I spoke.' The conceit of the poem is that the girl is the 'Queen of Hearts' and the author is trumped in his suit of her by the king the last two lines reading: 'The King strode in the Queen to win And I – I lacked the Ace.' Charles Lamb whom Lucas greatly admired and whose works he edited had particular links with the county of Hertfordshire. Without place or date. unknown
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ref. 24869Two items on merger with Argosy dating from 1974 both from IPC Magazines Ltd London. The other material also from the 1970s. An elusive figure Dosse is certainly a candidate for a full-length study. The novelist Sally Emerson gives an excellent account of her time as editor of ‘Books and Bookmen’ in its last days in an article titled ‘Death of a Bookman’ Standpoint magazine October 2018. These six items are in good condition lightly aged and worn. ONE: 2pp foolscap 8vo second page numbered. Complete rough draft of typed letter with manuscript corrections endorsing ‘Books and Bookmen’. Although ending ‘Yours faithfully’ the identity of the author address date and other details are absent and there is a strong possibility that Dosse wrote the letter himself in the hope of getting a prominent contributor to sign it. Another possibility is that it is by Dosse's friend Auberon Waugh see Item Seven below. It begins without preamble: ‘I hardly know Mr Philip Dosse although I am an occasional contributor to his Books & Bookmen and extremely flattered to appear in a constellation of talent which is quite extraordinary. No one who has made any sort of study of for example the May and June issues of Books and Bookmen can fail to be astonished by the diversity of talent which its editor is able to attract to the exclusive attention of new books. I do not believe that any other English language review of books and dedicated to this one purpose comes within any competitive distance. Enoch Powell may to many be an objectionable politician but his review of the Crossman Diaries extending to some 6000 words over two issues is of an unequalled fascination. Auberon Waugh is invariably at his most controversial and best and what other journal could bring together the diversities of A. L. Rowse H. J. Eysenck Lord Egremont Lord Butler Diana Mosley and dozens of others writing about books and experiences they are all uniquely qualified to deal with. It is not an exercise likely to be approved by your odd Mr Oates but it is extraordinarily diverting and valuable for most.’ Regarding Dosse’s six other titles the author of the letter notes that he has ‘at no time asked for nor ever received one penny of subsidy from the Arts Council almost the whole of whose field Messrs Hansom Books keep under stimulating review’. Turning to publishing revenue he points out that ‘Books and Bookmen’ ‘receives almost no sustenance at all from the publishers for whose wares it so brilliantly caters’. The advertising revenue is ‘trivial’ and ‘much of it I have ascertained is sponsored for one generous reason or another by Mr Dosse himself’. The author asserts that ‘for the whole of my years in publishing I cannot recall a time when the absence of such a journal as Books & Bookmen was not deplored. In distant days thousands of pounds every week were largely wasted by enormous advertising expenditures in the Sundays.’ The letter concludes: ‘I know nothing at all about the finances of Hansom Books in general or Books & Bookmen in particular and Mr Dosse may well regard these comments as impertinent interference. But for the life of me I cannot understand why publishers should expect the continuance for ever of a brilliant monthly such as Books & Bookmen has become if they are to extend no advertising support. It seems to me if I may venture to say so a quite extraordinary neglect and a rather disgraceful one.’ TWO: Duplicated typed press release headed ‘PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENTS’ with three manuscript emendations. 1p foolscap 8vo. No date or place but from 1974. Begins: ‘ARGOSY is to merge with the literary monthly BOOKS AND BOOKMEN to combine in a joint publication to be called BOOKS AND BOOKMEN & ARGOSY. The first issue of the combined monthly will be dated 1974 and published early in that month. A long list of Books & Bookmen’s ‘distinguished writers’ is given. ‘The publishers of BOOKS & BOOKMEN believe that the readers of ARGOSY will enjoy the great variety which it offers - there is something for all tastes.’ The text continues with practical details of cost and subscription with details of the ‘new publisher’ Hansom Books. THREE: TLS to Dosse from ‘S. L. Johnson / Publisher’ 3 January 1974 on letterhead of IPC Magazines Ltd London. Discussing the practical details of the handover: ‘wholesalers’ packing lists’ ‘subscription material’ advertisements and manuscripts. FOUR: Duplicated copy of TLS to unnamed party from ‘C. H. F. Vincent / Head of U.K. Sales’ 3 January 1974 on IPC Sales Department letterhead. Announcing the acquisition of Argosy by Hansom Books. FIVE: Duplicated copy of printed alphabetical list of around 200 writers’ names in three columns from Peter Ackroyd to Lord Zuckerman headed ‘books and bookmen contributors have included’. Publication details are given at the foot. SIX: Photocopy of what looks like a passport photograph enlarged to 11 x 13.5 cm headed in type ‘PHILIP DOSSE’. A balding and lugubrious middle-aged man in jacket and tie. SEVEN: Duplicated printed twenty-three line biography of Dosse beginning ‘Philip Dosse 1925-1980 began his working life as an office boy in a printing company and it was in 1949 when working in the advertising department of a newspaper that he founded his first magazine Dance and Dancers’. Ends: ‘Sadly the magazines ran into financial difficulties in 1980 and ceased trading after 30 years of publication. The devoted Dosse whose leadership was described as ‘idiosyncratic’ he kept revenue and circulation figures a secret even from the magazines’ editors although the total circulation was understood to be around 45000 was left devastated by the closure. Attempts to find a buyer proved unsuccessful and Dosse tragically took his own life on 8th September 1980. He had only a few close friends and led a very private personal life living alone in London following the death of his mother several years previously.’ Previously it is noted that ‘Dosse formed a friendship wtih some of his contributors engaging in lengthy correspondence with Harold Acton Christina Foyle and Auberon Waugh among others. Indeed Dosse exchanged letters weekly with Waugh between 1972 and 1980. These letters typically controversial and satiric make entertaining reading.’ Two items on merger with Argosy dating from 1974, both from IPC Magazines Ltd, London. The other material also from the 1970s. unknown
ref. 251891 February 1876. On letterhead of ‘37 Newgate Street / Established 125 Years in St. Paul’s Church Yard / London’. The history of the business is convoluted. See the entries in the Oxford DNB of the founder of the firm John Newbery c.1713-1767 of St Paul’s Churchyard his son Francis Newbery 1743-1818 and Elizabeth Newbery née Bryant c.1746-1821 widow of Francis Newbery c.1740-1780 cousin of the aforementioned Francis who according to Oxford DNB ‘had studied chemistry and medicine but on the death of his father in 1767 he was urged by Samuel Johnson and Robert James to continue the business of publishing and selling patent medicines which he had inherited as the only surviving son. . After the death of Oliver Goldsmith following an overdose of Dr James's fever powder in 1774 Newbery who had inherited the patent from his father wrote a lengthy statement in defence of the medicine.’ In 1779 he split the business by relocating the patent medicine branch to another part of St Paul’s Churchyard. In 1802 Elizabeth retired and sold the publishing arm to John Harris 1756-1846 who ‘continued the Newbery tradition of publishing children's books selling the business to Grant and Griffith in 1843’. It is said that on the death of Francis Newbery son of John ‘Colonel John Newberry succeeded him; at the death of the latter in 1854 Mr. Arthur Le Blanc Newbery and Mr. Lionel Newbery took over the business which was removed in 1869 to 46 St. Paul’s Churchyard. It was in Newgate Street in 1870 and in 1886 ten years after the present item the firm described itself as ‘export and wholesale medicine proprietors and merchants’. The letter is 2pp 4to with the first page on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium and the second page on the verso of the second leaf. In fair condition lightly aged and creased. Folded three times for postage. Nice engraved letterhead of ‘37 Newgate Street / Established 125 Years in St. Paul’s Church Yard / London’. To the left of the text at the top left-hand corner is an engraved illustration captioned ‘John Newbery receiving Oliver Goldsmith on the introduction of Dr. Johnson.’ The text is written in a clear secretarial hand and signed in a shaky hand ‘F. Newbery & Sons’. Addressed at the head of the letter to ‘The Dean of Carlisle’ and beginning ‘Very Revd. Sir / We are sorry that we have not replied earlier to your letter but as we judged it better to let you have a complete translation we supposed ou would excuse a delay which we could not well avoid. / The Translation in question is as under: -’. There follows a thirty-two line English version of what would appear to be a French letter written to the Dean by ‘Saville’. The translated letter concerns the most efficacious way of taking a medication concluding ‘Permit me to thank you heartily for your good and excellent remarks. We are so thankful to meet with a grateful patient!’ 1 February 1876. On letterhead of ‘37, Newgate Street, / (Established 125 Years in St. Paul’s Church Yard,) / London’. unknown
ref. 24558No date but late 1930s/early 1940s. B. Feldman & Co. 125 127 & 129 Shaftesbury Avenue London W.C.2. Few copies of this ephemeral item can have survived. No copies appear to show up on Jisc or WorldCat. 20pp 4to. Small print. Stapled. In very good condition for such a publication: lightly browned paper with one off-centre horizontal fold. The item can be dated from the films listed on the two pages of ‘Talkie Film Songs’ seem to all date from the 1930s e.g. ‘The Cowboy and the Lady’ and ‘Song of the Saddle’. Title page has box containing a list of ‘Immortal Melodies by Victor Herbert’. The catalogue begins with vocal music in alphabetical order by tune from ‘Across the Still Lagoon . Sidney & Burhnam’ to ‘Zuyder Zee . Nat. D. Ayer & R. Nelson’. Small sections of duets songs humorous duets musical monologues follow and then the instrumental section subdivided into various groups. Pp.12-14 carry ‘Musical Comedy & Revue Successes’ and pp.15-16 ‘Talkie Film Songs’. Loosely inserted is a large leaf of purple paper printed on one side with various items under the heading ‘Roland’s Pianoforte Tutor “The Best in the World”. The slip can be dated from references to the Deanna Durbin films ‘Spring Parade’ 1940 and ‘Nice Girl’ 1941. No date, but late 1930s/early 1940s. B. Feldman & Co., 125, 127 & 129, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2. unknown
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1981ref. 3116680New York: Raw Books & Graphics. Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. 1st1ST; First Printing. Stapled wrappers. First edition. Fine in oversize full color pictoral stapled wrappers. 51pp. 10 1/2" X 14" Stapled insert for Art Spiegelman's Chapter Two of "Maus" titled 'The Honeymoon.' Elusive in such nice condition. ; 10 1/2" X 14"; 51 pages . Raw Books & Graphics unknown
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1993ref. 240930005Nelson Bibles 1993-06-16. paperback. Like New. 7x2x10. Please Read Burgundy Bonded Leather - Gilded Gold Page Edges - Presentation page Blank - No marks on text - My shelf location - bn5-top Nelson Bibles paperback
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1910ref. 9181McGregor Iowa: C. T. Peick & Co 1910. Staplebound. Very good. Oblong thin folio. An unusually long panoramic viewbook measuring about 14" x 4.5". 17 color panoramic illustrations of picturesque and historical locales along the mighty Mississippi River with 12pp. of printed tissue leaves two of which introduce the material while the others contain captions and summaries of the panoramas. Side-stapled apparently as issued and with some creasing and short marginal tearing to front cover and a few leaves but otherwise clean and sound which is unusual for so fragile and ephemeral a publication; overall very good. There seems to be little consistency among the few known copies of this panorama. OCLC records just a few holdings each of which offers a different number of panoramic views contained within. Note that only the copy held at the Minnesota Historical Society contains the same numebr of plates and text leaves; all other holdings note far fewer panoramas 8 7 and 5. A scarce and wonderful example of souvenir color printing done by "Manz Colortypes" of Chicago who signed each panorama in print around the turn of the century. C. T. Peick & Co unknown
