Books About Booksfrom Holly Knoll Books |
|
Browse Books About Books | Return to Holly Knoll Books | Even more ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Books books
|
| 1) |
THE LIBRARY BOOK, Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library
|
|
|
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Public Library , 1984 A history of the Minneapolis Public Library from 1885 to 1985, but also with history going back to the 1850s telling of the libraries preceding the Public Library. A fine copy with b/w photos. 250 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
Offered by Holly Knoll Books (United States) |
Price: $23.28
|
|
| 2) |
LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO, A Pictorial History from Its Beginnings to the Present Day
|
|
|
San Francisco: City Lights Books and Harper & Row , 1980 First edition stated, number line with 1, green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, clean, tight copy in a chipped dust jacket with original price. Many, many photos of the literary notables who have been connected in some important way with San Francisco, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Muir, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Byron, Kay Boyle, Bob Dylan, Allan Ginsberg, to name a few. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Only. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
Offered by Holly Knoll Books (United States) |
Price: $24.25
|
|
| 3) |
BIBLIOMANIA, A Tale
|
|
|
London: The Rodale Press , 1954 Written by Flaubert in 1836 when he was 14 years old. A tale of an obsessed book collector in Spain. Are there any other kind? From a high school library, sticker scar on front cover. Endpapers show copy of the original handwritten manuscript. 42 pages.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Wragg . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
Offered by Holly Knoll Books (United States) |
Price: $9.70
|
|
| 4) |
BOOKS, CHILDREN AND MEN
|
|
|
Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1944 Translated from the French by Marguerite Mitchell. Hazard, a member of the French Academy, here discusses and reviews the history of children's books and national traits in children's books. The essays are grouped in five sections: Men Have Always Oppressed Children, Children Have Defended Themselves, Superiority of the North Over the South, National Traits, and The Soul of Man. A clean, tight copy that shows wear to the covers. 176 pages.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
Offered by Holly Knoll Books (United States) |
Price: $23.28
|
|
| 5) |
THE ART OF THE BOOKPLATE
|
|
|
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003 A beautiful collection of bookplates through the ages, many of famous people, many by noted illustrators. As new. 175 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
Offered by Holly Knoll Books (United States) |
Price: $12.13
|
|