Our current featured books are books and ephemera on book history, print culture, and related fields. If there's no photo here, we can easily send one. And please browse our Art topics for other books about books that aren't listed here.
We're exhibiting at the annual conference of SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) at the University of Massachusetts, the week of July 15, 2019.
![Bogladen des Ydre og Indre [Bookstores: Exteriors and Interiors]. Otto Andersen, Aleks. Frolund](/pictures/thumb/A6214.jpg?v=1560971305)
1926. Andersen, Otto, and Aleks. Frolund. Bogladen des Ydre og Indre [Bookstores: Exteriors and Interiors]. Copenhagen: Danske Boghandler-Medhjaelper-Forening 1926. 138p, many photos. Good paperbound (cover soil and shelf wear; internally very good). In Danish. ** On the principles of bookshop design: interior arrangement and window displays. Emphasis on Scandinavian stores... More
![American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976 [18 vols.]. Lee Ash, eds](/images/noimage.png)
1946. Ash, Lee, et al., eds. American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976. Various places. 18 vols. (old and new series). Close to 200 issues, lacking 3 (May 1972, January and February 1974). Overall very good paperbounds (light normal storage wear and age browning; one cover is quite browned and shows... More
1968. Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature, vols. 1-5. Yale University Press, 1967-69 (1st pub. 1955 on). Hundreds of pages, some ills. Very good hardcovers (light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). ** From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969... More
1947. Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers 1690-1820. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society 1947. 2 vols., totaling over 1500p, no ills. Good clean sturdy hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). Covers rubbed in one area, corners bumped. ** An indispensable list of over 2100 newspapers published throughout the... More
![Cygnea Cantio: Swan Song [1 of 50, signed]. Tracey Bush](/pictures/thumb/A5738.jpg?v=1539198067)
1999. Bush, Tracey. Cygnea Cantio: Swan Song. Published by the artist, England, 1999. Artist's book consisting of one stiff leaf, folded in thirds, within blue cloth covers with ties. Very faint ghost of an old small label on back cover, which could easily be removed. Else fine. 6 x 9... More
2018. Cheek, Richard. Playing Soldier: The Books and Toys That Prepared Children for War, 1871-1918. NY: Grolier Club 2018. 472p, many hundreds of ills., all in color. New hardcover in d.j. ** A lavishly illustrated survey of the author's vast collection of military-related books, printed ephemera, games, etc., published for... More
![The Railway Alphabet [ca. 1867-73]. Dean, Son, publisher](/pictures/thumb/A6023.jpg?v=1563656813)
1867. Dean & Son [publisher]. The Railway Alphabet. London, n.d. [ca. 1867-73]. A "Dean's Infantile Oil-Colour Toy Book." 4 leaves, 26 line ills. printed in red and black on one side of the leaves. Fair paperbound. Light green wrappers, printed in red and black on the insides and on the... More
1983. Galerie J.H. Bauer. Katalog 23: ExLibris [cover reads: ExLibris aus 6 Jahrhunderten]. Hannover, 1983. 526p, over 1500 small black-and-white ills. Very good hardcover (covers smudged) in acetate d.j. (original?). Errata slip for one entry laid in. In German. ** Priced sale catalogue of over 10,000 bookplates from 6 centuries... More
1948. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Nach altester Aufzeichnung. Frankfurt am Main: "Der Goldene Brunnen" 1948. 126p + 7 pls. by Karel Svolinsky, some in color. Very good paper-covered boards (spine and strip on front cover lightly faded, corners lightly shelf-bumped). No. 106 of 400 copies. In German. ** A beautifully... More
![L' Ornementation [5 parts]. Ernest Guillot](/pictures/thumb/A6163.jpg?v=1549378623)
1890. Guillot, Ernest. L'Ornementation. Paris: H. Laurens, n.d. [ca. 1890s]. 5 (of 6) parts, bound in one. Each, 16 chromolithographed leaves, printed on rectos, for a total of 80 leaves. Good hardcover, original wrappers bound in. Stitching partly exposed but the binding is sound. ** A brilliantly chromolithiographed collection of... More
1985. Martin, Henri-Jean, and Roger Chartier, eds. Histoire de l'Edition Francaise. Vol. 3: Le Temps des Editeurs, du Romantisme a la Belle Epoque. Paris: Promodis 1985. 539p, many ills. + many color ills. on 38 plates. Good ex-lib. hardcover (bottom page corners lightly bumped; label removed from front endpaper; old... More
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse... More
1989. Slingerland, Jean Harris, ed. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5, Epitome and Index. University of Toronto Press 1989. Over 900p, no ills. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Indexes to vols. 1-4 (originally edited by Walter E. Houghton): thousands of contributors and their appearances; initials and... More
![Ryzhii Poni [Soviet edition of The Red Pony]. John Steinbeck](/pictures/thumb/14478.jpg?v=1539198010)
Steinbeck, John. Ryzhii Poni. Moscow, 1962. 82p, several line ills. Fair paperbound (outer lower corner of front cover torn away, affecting title). Pages age browned. In English and Russian. ** Soviet high school edition of the complete four stories in The Red Pony, translated by E.I. Khakina. With a glossary... More
