![Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity [etc.]. Kathryn Shevelow](/images/noimage.png)
1989. Shevelow, Kathryn. Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity in the Early Periodical. London: Routledge 1989. 235p, no ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (scrapes on front). ** How the popular British periodical press, from 1690 to 1790, solicited women as subscribers and contributors, "whilst also attempting... More about Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity [etc
Samuels, Shirley, ed. The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in 19th Century America. NY: Oxford 1992. 349p, several ills. Very good hardcover in d.j. ** Fifteen essays on the "aesthetics and politics of the American culture of sentiment" in literature and other fields, with an emphasis on "racial... More about The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality [etc
1990. Romaine, Lawrence B. A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900. NY: Dover 1990 (1st pub. 1990). 422p, no ills. Good sturdy paperbound (remainder felt-tip line on bottom fore-edges). Out of print. More about A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900
1993. Machor, James L., ed. Readers in History: Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Contexts of Response. Johns Hopkins 1993. 285p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** Eleven essays on Theory and the Historicizing of Reading Practices, Reading Communities and the Contexts of Inscribed Audience, and Reading and Writing against the... More about Readers in History: Nineteenth-Century American Literature [etc
1972. Lewis, Charles Lee. Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood 1972 (1st pub. 1943). 318, a few line ills. Very good hardcover. No d.j., as issued. Survey and reading lists of nautical books of all kinds: short stories and poetry from several lands, voyages... More about Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature
1936. Jaloux, Edmond, introd. Texts by Andre Jaulme and Henri Moncel. Cinquantenaire du Symbolisme [title page]. [Front cover reads: Le Mouvement symboliste: Etude bibliographique et iconographique.] Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale 1936. xix, 253p + several pls. Fair paperbound (covers firmly taped on but poor because they are torn). In French. **... More about Cinquantenaire du symbolisme [Le Mouvement symboliste
1990. Hunter, J. Paul. Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century English Fiction. NY: Norton 1990. 421p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** Investigates 17th-century "ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, quention-and-answer columns, 'wonder' narratives," etc., as previously overlooked sources of the early 18th-century novel. (In print at $25.00). More about Before Novels: Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century English Fiction
1965. Hilles, Frederick W. and Harold Bloom, eds. From Sensibility to Roamanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick A. Pottle. NY: Oxford University Press 1965. 585p + many pls. Very good hardcover (covers faded at edges) in good d.j. (some tears) ** Twenty-six essays "tracing the main movement of English poetry from... More about From Sensibility to Roamanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick Pottle
Gritti, J., et al. Mass Media 1: La Presse d'aujourd'hui. [Tournai] Bloud & Gay 1966. 114p. Good paperbound. Ex-college lib., minimally marked. In French. ** Five articles on contemporary mass-market publishing in France, including comic books, paperbacks, photo-novels, and magazines. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the... More about Mass Media 1: La Presse d'Aujourd'hui
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 about Katalog 23: ExLibris [cover reads: ExLibris aus 6 Jahrhunderten
1989. Darnton, Robert, and Daniel Roche, eds. Revolution in Print: The Press in France 1775-1800. California, 1989. 351p, many ills., some in color. Very good paperbound. ** Fourteen essays by international scholars on Prerevolutionary Conditions, Revolution in the Printing Trades, and The Products of the Press. Published to accompany the... More about Revolution in Print: The Press in France 1775-1800
2009. Conn, Peter. The American 1930s: A Literary History. Cambridge 2009. 265p, a few ills. Very good paperbound. ** Good survey of many genres of literature, set against the decade's historical events. (In print at $46.99). More about The American 1930s: A Literary History
1990. Christian-Smith, Linda K. Becoming a Woman through Romance. NY: Routlege 1990. 208p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** "The first full-scale study of teen romance fiction," taking into account "the political economy of publishing, textual analysis, and a study of readers." Probably out of print, though Ingram lists the hardcover at $120.00. More about Becoming a Woman through Romance
1981. Armstrong, Robert D. Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, 1858-1880. University of Nevada Press 1981. 421p, several ills. Very good hardcover in d.j. ** Annotated bibliography of ca. 1250 "books, pamphlets, broadsides, state and territorial documents, fraternal and church publications, and a variety of other printed... More about Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications
1969. Anderson, Margaret. My Thirty Years' War, The Fiery Fountains, The Strange Necessity. NY: Horizon Press, 1969. Variously paged, a few photos. Very good paperbound (spines faded, light shelfwear). ** Anderson's three-volume autobiography: "resolutions and reminiscence to 1969 by the legendary Editor of the 'Little Review.'" $20.00[a]. More about My Thirty Years' War, The Fiery Fountains, The Strange Necessity
1905. Andersen, H.C.; ed. by Hans Fraungruber. Andersens Marchen, Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling, n.d. [1905]. The first edition, with stylized mouse design on endpapers. 144p, many ills. by Steiner-Prag, several in color. (Gerlach's Jugendbucherei, 15) Very good hardcover (spine tips lightly rubbed, small ink or black paint spot... More about Andersens Marchen [1905 first edition, ill. by Steiner-Prag
1987. Allen, David Rayvern. Early Books on Cricket. London: Europa 1987. 128p, several ills. of title pages. Very good hardcover in d.j. ** Bibliography of over 40 books and pamphlets published from 1607 to 1895, with notes on how they reflect the historical and sociological growth of the game. More about Early Books on Cricket
1925. Halle, J., Antiquariat. Katalog 72: Alte Musik, Bucher, Portrats. Munich, n.d. [ca. 1925]. 32p, no ills. except two 16th-century woodcut ills. on covers. Fair to good paperbound (thumbed, soiled, dogeared). In German. ** Over 560 items about music and musicians: books, sheet music, and portraits of composers and performers... More about Katalog 72: Alte Musik, Bucher, Portrats
![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 about Bogladen des Ydre og Indre [Bookstores: Exteriors and Interiors
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 about Histoire de l'Edition Francaise: Tome III
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 about The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5
1938. McGehee, Ramiel, ed.; Merle Armitage. Books and Typography Designed by Merle Armitage. NY: E. Weyhe 1938. 128p + many ills. of Armitage's books and a portrait of him by Edward Weston. Good paperbound (covers scuffed, spine tips worn). Internally very good. ** Survey of "twenty-three books designed by Merle... More about Books and Typography Designed by Merle Armitage
![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 about L' Ornementation [5 parts
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 about Playing Soldier: The Books and Toys That Prepared Children for War
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 about Bibliography of American Literature, vols. 1-5
