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London: Cape. G ex-library. (1949). New, revisd ed. Fresh chapters recording the histsoric Battle of the Books, the havoc of the war years, many changes in practice & politics. . Library markings. .

Publisher's faded cloth, octavo, pp. 442. Illustrations. Extensive bibliography. Ex-library copy with bookplate, stickers, and cancel stamps. GOOD condition. Clean internally, pleasantly free of foxing.

8vo in cloth. 480 pp. VG. Moderate wear. Binding is strong. Name on ffep. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

R.R. Bowker Co, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Collins Educational, 1982-10-28. Paperback. Used: Good.

New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1931. First U.S.. Hardcover. Good/none. some soiling to covers, spotting to page edges, lower corners bumped, previous owner's personal bookplate of Joseph Towne Wheeler to front endpaper, small bookstore label to front free endpaper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, no others noted. Wheeler, a scholar and publishing historian, was the author of The Maryland Press 1777-1790, Baltimore, 1938. He was killed in action in the Italian Campaign of WWII. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London, Jonathan Cape. 1949. Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt title spine, new & revised edition [1939], large 8vo: 440pp.,bibliograph, index. Untyimmed. Firm copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

MUMBY, Frank Arthur. Publishing and Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. London: Jonathan Cape, [1930]. First edition. A very good copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1949. With a bibliography by W. H. Peet. Revised by F. A. M. [Frank Arthur Mumby]. Pp. 440(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards faintly bruised; top edges brown; a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. New & revised edition. *Originally published (without a bibliography), in l930, as The Romance of Bookselling. This copy from the library of Australian book collector Geoffrey Ingleton, with his bookplate on upper pastedown and characteristic green catalogue stamp on lower pastedown.

London New York: J. Cape; R.R. Bowker Co., 1949. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 439 pages illustrations 23 cm. First pub. in 1910 under title: The romance of book selling. Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-421). Subjects; Booksellers and bookselling, Great Britain. Publishers and publishing Geschichte. Peet, W. H. Mumby, Frank Arthur (1872-1954).

London: Cape, 1949. revised edition. Nice copy. small octavo. orig. cloth 439pp., b/w ills., bibliog., index, A lot of newspaper articles & other relevant material loosly inserted.

439, [1] page.
Gilt-titled publisher's brown cloth a little faded to the spine and front inner hinge. Comprehensive history of the British book trade from its beginning to the second world war. With an extensive bibliography on publishing and bookselling by W.H. Peet (pages 379 – 421), and with 10 black and white illustrations.
This copy also contains a publicity postcard from Jonathan Cape Ltd., the original 1949 (Swedish) sales receipt, and a used Swedish postcard - possibly having used by the book owner as a bookmark?

Hardback. New.

London : J. Cape, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 480 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits 23 cm. Notes: Published 1910 under title: The romance of book selling. Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling Great Britain; Publishers and publishing Great Britain; Booksellers and bookselling ; Bibliography.