Books On Books: Bookseller Catalogs from The Owl at the Bridge

Bookseller catalogue listing Robert Plunkett's collection of Wodehouse. 231 items; 21 cm.; As New. With a 1995 Gould catalogue of 455 items plus two sheets listing Wodehouse titles (Frits Menschaar in AB, 24 May 1993, 249 items, and Gould, 1996, 42 items). Sold as a lot; all Very Good or better. Stock#ofc0832.

"This catalogue contains books, autographs, and ephemera relating to Henry D. Thoreau, his friends, fellow transcendentalists and contemporaries." 251 items; stapled in printed wraps; Very Good. WITH: A Centennial Check-list of the Editions of Henry David Thoreau's Walden by Walter Harding, OFFPRINT for Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1954; xxxii pages, 23 cm., fpur-page… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Bradford Morrow's catalogue of Harry Valentine's John Steinbeck Collection is an event of signal importance for Steinbeck collectors throughout the United States and abroad. Seldom does a collection of such magnitude become available to provide collectors, dealers, librarians and Steinbeck scholars the opportunity to acquire desired titles and supporting material for personal and institutional libraries. ...The number of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Monographic bookseller catalogue of 31 Charles Olson items; 12 pages with color photos; compiled in co-operation with James Jaffe Rare Books & Between the Covers. Creased from having been folded for mailing; Very Good. Stock#ofc0809.

A bibliographical bookseller catalogue. Section A, Books by Henry Miller, 313 items; Section B: Book Contributions, 45 items; Section C: Magazine Appearances, 22 items; Section D: Translations, 66 items; Section E, Books about Henry Miller, 31 items; Section F, Miscellaneous Items, 27; Section G, Manuscripts & Letters, 29 items; [last page] Miscellaneous Letters. Approx. 120 pages, photos; 23… Saber más sobre este artículo

Swiss bookseller catalogue of 36 Galileo offerings including full-page reproductions of all title-pages. 55 pages; 28 cm. Pictorial paper covers; library date stamps & a pencil note, minor wear; Very Good. Stock#ofc0787.

Works by & about Hearn, including editions in Japanese, manuscripts, and visual media. vi, 60 pages; 22.5 cm.; stapled in tan pictorial paper covers; very slight toning to spine; Very Good. With "Lafcadio Hearn / Catalog 81 / Fall 1979 Winter", catalogue issued by Jerrold G. Stanoff, Los Angeles; 190 items; typescript stapled into brown pictorial wraps; Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

Maggs catalogue 1411 offering Heaney's writings in various media. 32 pages, 205 items, illustrations; 21 cm. Stapled in pictorial orange & yellow paper covers; New. Stock#ofc0792.

(1) Family & association items and books signed or annotated by Forster; (2) Copies presented to Forster signed by authors & friends; (3) Music; (4) Other books from his library; (5) Addenda. From the Introduction by A. N. L. Munby: "My friend Reuben Heffer has asked me, as custodian of the main group of the late E. M. Forster's… Saber más sobre este artículo

Leaflet, [16] pages, 152 items; 21.5 cm. Printed on green paper, portrait of FSF on front; Good+. Stock#ofc0780.

"Published on the 500th Anniversary of his Birth." "Catalogue compiled by Jörg Schäfer and printed in an edition of 1000 copies by Staempfli & Cie AG, Berne." Includes list of net prices in dollars & francs. 80 pages, 84 items, illustrations; 3 indexes (Erasmus's works, printers, names); 26.5 cm.; printed paper covers; Fine. Stock#ofc0781.

62 pages, 221 items, listed in chronological order within category; color pictorial wrappers show spines of Dickens titles; Very Good. Stock#ofc0785.

Florentine bookseller's catalogue devoted to Collodi the author and Collodi the town. Contents: Le avventure di Pinocchio: Edizioni integrali; Traduzioni; Riduzioni, elaborazioni; Curiosità; Pinocchiedi e Pinocchiate; Opere di Collodi: Edizioni singole; scritti sparsi in antologie; Scritti su periodici, strenne etc.; Scritti su Collodi; Addenda: Pinocchiedi e Pinocchiate; Indici, pages 75-78. 78, [2] pages, illustrations, 21 cm.… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Offered for Sale at the Book Shop of David Magee..." "This omnium gatherum of Grabhorn Press books... an accumulation from many sources... is by no means complete, but it does offer a wide variety of titles... each reflecting the art and genius of the brothers Grabhorn... nearly all are beautiful examples of the printer's craft..." 63 pages; 30… Saber más sobre este artículo

"The record begins in 1845 with letters from Mr. Brown to Bartlett, then a bookseller in New York. This correspondence breaks off in the following year, when Bartlett moved west to serve on the Mexican Boundary Commission, and resumes in 1853..." Library exhibition catalog, 24 sheets typed on verso only; stapled; Good. Stock#ofc0507.

"English writer on the arts and sciences; a founding member of the Royal Society; now chiefly valued for the light which his letters and his diary (kept from 1641 to 1706) cast on the social, political and intellectual history of his times" (Wikipedia). "Comprising a collection of works by John Evelyn, Mary Evelyn and John Evelyn, Junior; with a… Saber más sobre este artículo

With a brief history of the firm's beginnings. "During the past 100 years, over 800 catalogues have been issued, many of a specialist nature which now rank as bibliographies, and we have endeavoured with the present catalogue to maintain this standard. / The success of a Firm depends to no small extent on the loyalty of its staff… Saber más sobre este artículo

Holmes's Catalogue 9 "contains only manuscripts and books by or with contributions by Joseph Conrad": 450 items, 67 pages. Catalogue 10 includes Autograph Letters (lots 450-499), "Iconography" (500-506), Books from Conrad's Library (507-530), Conrad at the Movies (531-594), Bibliographies (595-613), Catalogues (614-629), Miscellaneous Conradiana (630-938). Both catalogues are illustrated and stapled in pictorial paper; Good+. Sold… Saber más sobre este artículo

Two bookseller catalogues listing a total of 963 artists' monographs alphabetically by artist, from Alechinsky and Alessi to Zille and Zurbaran. Stapled in paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0404.

Bookseller catalogue of medical literature described in Garrison-Morton, listed alphabetically by author. 175 entries; index; stapled in paper covers; Good+. Stock#ofc0399.