Private Library (44 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. George Jefferson "The Children's Library" / David Chambers "Kickshaws, Paris" / Thorsten Sjolin "The Thoreau Society" / Recent Private Press Books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. First Edition. pp. 65-116; With illustrations. With articles by STOLS, A.A.M.(The Halycon Press); LEE, BRIAN NORTH, (Bookplate Collecting); STRACHAN, W.J.,(The World's End Press); PRANCE, CLAUDE A., (Cricket Books); Covers slightly worn else a bright copy; Size: 8vo. Journal.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustarted. Robin Myers "Bibliographica Papers on Books, their History and Art 1895-1897" / Abe Lerner "Form And Content The Books of the American Private Presses Today" / Denis Thomas "Bernard Barton And His Friends" / Robin Myers "The Library Of Waddesdon Manor".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. Geoffrey Wakeman "Dr Bentley's Proposal For Building A Royal Library" / Juliet Standing "The Private Press Today" / M F Thwaite "John Newberry - publisher and bookseller, 1713-1767".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr [with a selected checklist], by Gerald Lundeen; Coole Library, by Colin Smythe; Tracking Down the Beats: A Preliminary Survey, by Jim Burns; Reviews and Private Press Books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 40 pages. Cliff Parfit "An Exlibris Library In Japan". Graham Moss "Staples"/ Recent Private Press Books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Cliff Parfit "A Private Library In Japan" / David C Miller "Owen Jones: Ancient Spanish Ballads" / Frank Broomhead "Early American Bookbinding".

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: The Private Library; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. 3 complete issues, with printed card covers. Original printed card covers. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

8vo. Publishers grey paper wraps.pp.193 - 240; facsimiles and B&W photographs in text.Pp.197 - 228 describe the career and life of Philip Ward, whose extraordinary erudition is well known in the Hispanic world as the author of "The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature" (1978) selected as the best reference book of the year by the Library Association.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NO DJ issued,1916, OP, Green Cloth Decorated cover with Gold Gilt decorations ,Cvr has minor rub & corner bump,bookplate, 192 pgs, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ.

8vo, (215x140mm), 48p. illustrations. A good copy in original wrappers. Contains: R B Williams, John Van Voorst: patron publisher of Victorian natural history; George Jefferson, The Pseudonym library; Roderick Cave, Cockerels and Amazons, Letters of Christopher Sandford to Clifford Webb, 1946-7.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited edition of 250 copies signed by Lawrence Lande, this being copy 132. String-tied in blue wrappers with an illustrated front. Deckled edges. Slightly faded along spine; spot of soiling in bottom corner of front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Frontispiece and five full-page illustrations showing items from the checklist. 32 pages, plus addenda (pp 33-36) laid-in. 28 x 22 cm. A checklist of manuscripts and printed material from 1715 to 1967, relating principally to the work of the Moravian Church's Missions for the Eskimo of Labrador. It includes a goodly portion of items that were formerly in the Hopedale Archives of Labrador.

8vo. Publishers'wraps.pp.145 - 192; facsimiles and B&W reproductions of prints in text.Paul W. NASH: Pinxit, Sculpsit, Excudit, Etcetera. Some notes on the lettering which appears on prints. Explanations the Latin terminology used; followed by examples of printing techniques.

8vo. Publishers'wraps.48 pp; facsimiles and B&W photographs in text.John COLLINS: Almost a bibliography a partial account of Peter Fleming in print. (pp.3 - 26) A detailed bibliography of the works of Peter Fleming, brother of Ian, including his Brazilian Adventure , an account of the expedition to trace Colonel Fawcett in the South American jungle.

8vo. Publishers yellow paper wraps.pp.105 - 152; colour and B&W facsimiles in text.Excellent introduction to the subject by Jim Maslen. Together with a list of available Back Numbers of the Journal 1968 - 1989.

8vo. Publishers' red paper wraps with golden cockerel symbol on upper cover.pp.145 - 192; facsimiles and B&W reproductions of prints in text.David Chambers - Bohn's Illustrated Library. (pp.149 - 173).

Illustrated wrappers. C.pp32, a very good copy.Includes particularly a 17pp essay by Dreyfus on the series of illustrated British Poets which he had designed for the Limited Editions Club. 'As practically all the Club's members live on the other side of the Atlantic, British readers have rarely been given a chance to see these books . [I therefore] compiled this short account'. Also includes an Editorial by John Cotton : and Reviews of private press books &c by Iain Bain, David Chambers, and John Cotton. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. 6 complete issues, with printed card covers. Original printed card covers. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated throughout. Private Library, Third Series Vol 5, No.2. Summer, 1982. Wrappers. Very good.

8vo. Publishers grey paper wraps.pp.129 - 192; colour illustrations in text.The whole issue is dedicated to a study of the Limited Editions published by the Folio Society. Folio Society publications were aimed at producing 'editions of the world's literature, in a format worthy of the contents, at a price within the reach of everyman' and quickly become synonymous with good production at modest prices. This monograph studies the Society's productions of a more ambitious nature.

Photographs from the Arlington Historical Society, Robins Library, and private collections (illustrator). Arlington Arts Council, 1992. 1st edition. X+176 pages. New Soft cover. 8.5x10.9x0.5 inches. be5.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. 4 complete issues, with printed card covers. Original printed card covers. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; New Arrivals; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 20 pages. David Chambers "The Cuckoo Hill Press" / Trevor H Hall "A Magical Library 1" / Curt Tillmann "A Book-Jackets Collection" / G E Hamilton "The Exchange Scheme" / Recent Private Press Books.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Kim Taylor "The Ark Press" / James Parkes "The Parkes Library" / Sidney Blackmore "Illuminated Manuscripts on Film" / C A Prance "The Farringdon Road Bookstalls" / Recent Private Press Books.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is from the collection of Henriette Wyeth Hurd, noted American artist, wife of artist Peter Hurd, signature and date (1929) on fep. Jacket is scuffed, chipped, encased in recent brodart, small pinholes in the brodart. Yellow boards have a thin, browned strip along top edge, small stain where brodart logo bled onto front. The pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is tight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Vol.6:1, 6:2, 6:4, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:4. Illustrated. Pinner (Private Libraries Assoc.) 1973-5. Wraps. Fine copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 20 issue run of this quarterly. 5 annual Volumes. Bright, tight, unmarked and almost unread-looking. In-depth illustrated, and timeless articles for the serious book collector. Please consider patronizing a dealer who knows the difference between a volume and an issue. This seems to be a problem in some quarters.

First Edition. THE PRIVATE LIBRARY, The Private Library Association, 1968 to 1972, first editions, being Second Series VOLUME 1 NUMBERS 2, 3, 4; VOLUME 2 NUMBERS 2, 3, 4; VOLUME 3 NUMBERS 1, 2, 3, 4; VOLUME 4 NUMBERS 1, 2, 3; VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3, 13 issues, all fine in wraps save one which is vg+ in wraps. From the library of the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg. Indeed, Volume 1, Number 2 included above contains a 15 page essay on Feinberg by William White with select photos from his collection.