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ABMR Publications, Oxford, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 4 pages, illustrated. A short article, contained in a complete issue of the magazine. Note; this is an original issue of the entire magazine, not a reprint or copy. Size: Quarto (19 x 25.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: ABMR; Inventory No: 354444..

Thoemmes Continuum. Used - Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf wear. Very Good. (Subject: History).

London: Peter Davies, Ltd., 1927. Hardcover without DJ. xx + 281 pp. Deckle edge. Strong binding. Close tear in one page. Minimal reading marks on a couple of pages only. Ships immediately.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Nico Editions. Used - Like New. 1996. Hardcover. Cloth, octavo, 320 pp. Originally published in 1865 by Bell and Daldy, London. Fine. (Subject: Books on Books).

Hardback. 1927. Pref: Stanley Unwin. 301pp 1927. VG .

LONDON : BELL AND DALDY, 1865 Publisher's Brown cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 205 x 135 mm approx. xvi + 320 pp. First Edition 1965. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- restoration work. The book has been re-backed by us. Spine cleaned off -re-glued with p.v.a.new paper liner and mull and re cased with new plain end papers and best match cloth with remnants of original laid on to produce a book which will give many more years of service. NB No half title.Original owner name and date in ink to top margin of title, subsequent ownership- South West Essex Technical College and School of Art reserve copy with it's book plate re laid to front paste down and random ink stamps of same ownership).

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Book. Very Good. Cloth. New Universal Library. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 284 pages, no date, also published by routledge & Sons, Ltd. out of London, the book is rolled quite a bit, otherwise near fine condition..

Bell and Daldy, London: 1865.. xiv + (i) + 320pp, original cloth, lacks spine, boards held by tapes. Includes chapters on:- Thomas Guy; John Dunton; Thomas Gent, of York; Samuel Richardson; William Hutton; Chapter Coffee House; James Lackington, etc. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

KNIGHT, Charles. Shadows of the Old Booksellers. With a Preface by Stanley Unwin. Original cloth. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1927. First edition. A very good copy.

Bristol/ Tokyo; Thoemmes Press/ Kinokuniya, 1996., 1996. Hardcover. Reprint: Facsimile of 1865 edition. Large octavo. [4], Facsimile [v], pp vi-xiv, [4], pp 4-320. Book Condition: Near Fine. Publisher's bottle-green cloth with gilt titles to maroon panel to spine and maroon endpapers. A very clean copy indeed which appears unread; no annotation or inscriptions. Part of the "British Book Trade in the 18th and 19th Centuries" series. Subjects include Samuel Richardson, William Hutton and the Chapter Coffee-House.

London : Routledge, 1908. First Edition in this form. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: The New universal library. Physical description: xi, 284p. ; 15cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain. Book industries and trade.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. original cloth. 8vo. original cloth. xvi, 320 pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 389). Excellent sketches of Thomas Guy, John Dunton, Jacob Tonson, Thomas Gent, the Tonsons, Lintotts, Curll, Richardson, Edward Cave, Jack Lackington, etc. Front cover detached and part of spine covering chipped away. Internally fine.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Shadows of the Old Booksellers.

Paperback / softback. New.

London : Peter Davis, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Type: Book pp XX, 281. 1st printing. DJ is grubby, with losses to head of spine. 2 edges untrimmed. Internally fine.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Shadows of the Old Booksellers.

Bristol: Thoemmes Press/ Tokyo: Kinokuniya, facsimile of 1865 edn 1996. hbk 320pp no dj as issued excellent as new

KNIGHT, Charles. SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS. London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. xvi, 320 pages. First edition. Sketches of booksellers and publishers with chapters on Jacob Tonson, Samuel Richardson, John Newbery, James Lackington, and others. Rear hinge cracked b strong, bookplate, some minor edgewear.

London, England: Bell and Daldy, 1865. 1st Edition. Initial letter of each chapter is illuminated in black and white. Previous owner has pasted ex libris label on paste-down endpaper. 299 pages + 21 pages of appendix and index. Title page is slightly darkened. All pages are otherwise clean. Brown cloth binding with gilt title on spine and decorative blind stamp and borders on front and back covers. Joints and hinges are beginning to wear; corners are bumped. VG.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.