[Rarebooks] FS: Assorted Bibliographies, Book Collecting & Related -Shelf List #1

Wed Sep 13 14:01:30 EDT 2023

1. Adams, William Howard (ed.). JEFFERSON AND THE ARTS: An Extended  
View. Published by the National Gallery of art in 1976. Includes  
essays on The life portraits of Thomas Jefferson; Jefferson as Art  
Collector; Jefferson and Adams’ English Garden Tour; Jefferson: The  
Making of an Architect; Thomas Jefferson and the Planning of the  
National Capitol; A Peep into Elysium; and Jefferson and French  
Eighteenth-Century Furniture. Hardcover. 7x10, 293 pages, black &  
white illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {54886} $25

2. [Allan] JOHN ALLAN BIBLIOMANIAC - American Book Collector February  
1987. American Book Collector February 1987. Vol.8, No.2. The story of  
John Allan, “Methodical Bibliomaniac”, as well as an article on  
Author-Artists of the 19th century. Softcover. 7x10, 56 pages, black &  
white illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {55417} $10

3. Amerine, Maynard A. VERMOUTH. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Published  
by the University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences, in  
1974.  “This bibliography was compiled to provide a source of  
information for all those interested in and working with vermouth and  
for possible future research projects on vermouth and other flavored  
wines. The annotations are mainly intended to indicate the content of  
each publication”. Softcover. 6.5x10, 69 pages. Minor soil, light  
wear. {55039} $45

4. [Archaeology] ARCHAEOLOGY -Five Bernard Quaritch Catalogues  
1997-2004. Issued by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. of London. This lot  
comprises: Catalogue 1242 (1997); Catalogue 1260 (1999); Catalogue  
1286 (2001); Catalogue 1303 (2002); Catalogue 1318 (2004). Founded in  
1847, the firm of Bernard Quaritch remains among the world’s leading  
antiquarian bookselling firms, and has issued well over a thousand  
catalogues, each of which features fine and important books and  
related materials, thoroughly researched and meticulously described.  
Softcover. 6.5x9, 103-155 pages each, 158-210 items in each catalogue,  
black & white and some color illustrations. Minor soil, light wear.  
{55119} $35

5. [Astro] THE ROOTS OF ASTROBIOLOGY - Jeff Weber Rare Books Catalog  
84. Issued by Jeff Weber Rare Books of Glendale, California in 2001. A  
catalog of forty-one 17th century works connected in some way  
(science, science fiction, philosophy, moral & political) with the  
question of life beyond the planet Earth. Softcover. 5.5x8.5, 38  
pages, black & white illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {54856} $18

6. Baillie, G.H. CLOCKS AND WATCHES. AN HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.  
Published by the N.A.G. Press in London in 1951. With a Foreword by  
Sir Harold Spencer-Jones. Hardcover. 5.25x8.25, 414 pages, line  
illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. A photocopy of the front panel  
of the dust jacket is laid-in loosely. {54800} $45

7. Batschelet, Margaret W. EARLY AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL  
LITERATURE. Published in Metuchen by The Scarecrow Press in 1990. An  
annotated bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides. Hardcover.  
5.5”x8.5”, 136 pages. Minor soil. {54615} $25

8. Beall, Karen F., et al. AMERICAN PRINTS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,  
A Catalog of the Collection. Published by The Johns Hopkins Press in  
1970. "The first published record of the library's holdings of prints  
by American artists. Approximately 12,000 prints from Colonial times  
to the present representing the work of 1,250 artists are listed  
alphabetically. Over 1,600 illustrations are included". Hardcover.  
9"x10.5", 568 pages, 1,600+ black & white illustrations, dust jacket.  
Jacket soiled. [54904] $35

9. [Bees] BRITISH BEE BOOKS. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1500-1976. Published by  
the International Bee Research Association in 1979. Includes  
descriptive listings for some 830 books and a dozen manuscripts,  
mostly in English. Hardcover. 6”x8.5”, 270 pages, black & white  
illustrations, dust jacket. Jacket with some wear and minor soil.  
{54627} $25

10. [Berlin] KATALOG DER ORNAMENSTICH-SAMMLUNG DER STAATLICHEN  
KUNSTBIBLIOTHEK BERLIN. Published by HES Publishers in Utrecht in  
1986. A reprint of the 1936 edition of this important bibliography of  
the Berlin State Library collection of art and design books. If you  
see somebody reference “The Berlin Catalog” (and people are always  
doing so) -this is it. 2 volumes, hardcover. 6.5x10, 782+ pages. Minor  
soil, light wear. {54840} $125

11. Besterman, Theodore. COMMERCE- MANUFACTURES AND LABOUR. A  
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES. Published by Rowman and Littlefield in  
1971. I love bibliographies of bibliographies -its sort of like taking  
your own picture in the mirror... These materials were selected from  
the 4th edition (1965-66) of the "World Bibliography of  
Bibliographies". Includes- labour, economics, finance, money, prices,  
productivity, tariffs, taxation, trade unions, unemployment, wages &  
salaries, banking, building, coal-mining, costume, domestic life,  
food, housing, insurance, oils & fats, paper, plastics, railways,  
retailing, roads, rubber, textiles, transport, accounting,  
administration, advertising and statistics... Great bedtime reading.  
Hardcover. 2 volumes. 5"x8", 823 pages. Fine condition. {54630} $20

12. Besterman, Theodore. ART AND ARCHITECTURE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF  
BIBLIOGRAPHIES. Published by Rowman and Littlefield in 1971.   
Hardcover. 5x7.5, 216 pages. Minor soil. {54724} $15

13. Bober, Harry. JAN VAN VLIET’S BOOK OF CRAFTS AND TRADES. With a  
reappraisal of his etchings. Published by the Early American  
Industries Association in 1981. An examination of 18 etchings of  
crafts and trades executed as a series by Dutch artist Jan Van Vliet  
in 1635, as well as a biography of what is known of Van Vliet and his  
position among 17th century Dutch artists. Softcover. 8.5x11, 33  
pages, black & white illustrations, plus 18 loose black & white plates  
each reproducing an etching, all housed in a folding cloth case. In  
fine, clean condition. {55327} $45

14. [Books] THE BOOK TRADE & ITS CUSTOMERS 1450-1900. Historical  
Essays for Robin Myers. Published by St. Paul’s Bibliographies & Oak  
Knoll Press in 1997. A series of essays focusing on two of Robin Myers  
own specialities: the historical development of the British book  
trade, and the history of book ownership, collecting, and libraries.  
Hardcover. 6.5x9.5, 316 pages, several black & white illustrations,  
dust jacket. Minor wear, spotting on the top edge. {54982} $40

15. [Bowker] BOWKER LECTURES ON BOOK PUBLISHING. Published by R.R.  
Bowker Company in 1957. The first seventeen Bowker Memorial Lectures  
presented at the New York Public Library between 1935 and 1956, in  
honor of Richard Rogers Bowker, founder of R.R. Bowker Company. Topics  
include publishing, textbooks, subscription books, publishing in  
wartime, selling literature, copyright, book clubs, paperbound books,  
editors, and more. Hardcover. 6.5x9, 389 pages. Minor soil, light  
wear. {54983} $15

16. Bridson, Gavin. THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY. AN ANNOTATED  
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Published by Garland Publishing in 1994. Sections  
include: Biographies of Naturalists; Histories of Naturalists’  
Societies; Natural History Library Resources; History of Natural  
History; History of Botany; History of Zoology; Historical &  
Bibliographical Methods. Hardcover. 6x9, 740 pages. Minor soil, light  
wear. {55201} $75

17. [Britain] THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN GREAT BRITAIN. Catalog 214. A  
catalog issued by Oak Knoll Books, no date, but around 1999. There are  
2,346 entries in this interesting catalog issued by the noted rare  
book firm and publisher of books about books. Softcover. 6x9, 352  
pages, black & white illustrations. Minor wear, light soil. {55036} $15

18. [Broadsides] BROADSIDES 1495-1805. A catalog issued by Bruce  
McKittrick Rare Books. No date, but 2010s? A catalog of broadsides  
that itself opens into a broadside. 30 items. Paper covers, 5.5x7.75,  
opening to 16.5x23.25. Minor soil. {55148} $10

19. Broomhead, Frank. THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORLANDO JEWITT.  
Published by the Private Libraries Association in 1995. Edition  
limited to 1250 copies. “Thomas Orlando Sheldon Jewitt (1799-1869) was  
a British architectural wood-engraver. Before the introduction of  
photographic processes in the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving  
was the standard method of book illustration. Jewitt's illustrations  
were widely used between 1820 and 1870” [Wikipedia]. Hardcover.  
7.5”x11”, 256 pages, black & white illustrations. Minor wear. {54578}  
$25

20. [Calligraphy] WRITING AND CALLIGRAPHY BOOKS from the Library of  
Peter A. Wick. Catalog 155, issued by Ars Libri of Boston in 2010.  
Sixty-three items. Softcover. 8.5x11, 29 pages, black & white  
illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {55151} $20

21. [Catalysts] CATALYSTS. BOOKS WHICH INFLUENCED WESTERN  
CIVILIZATION. Catalog 3, issued by Jeremy Norman & Co. of San  
Francisco in 1977. A catalog of 405 items, plus a 19-item addenda.   
Softcover. 8.5x11, 120 pages, black & white illustrations. Some soil  
and light wear. {55150} $15

22. [Christmas] CHRISTMAS BOOKS BEFORE ST. NICHOLAS -American Book  
Collector December 1986. ABC December 1986. Vol.7, No.12. The cover  
story, by Patrick McGuire , runs from pages 3 to 8. Also in this  
issue- Visions of Santa Claus,  Softcover. 7x19, 56 pages, black &  
white illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {55274} $15

23. [Circus] CIRCUS BROADISDES - Bernard Quaritch Catalogue 1311.  
Issued by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. of London in 2003. A catalogue of 108  
items from the ducal library of the Furstenbergs at Donaueschingen in  
Wurtemberg. The posters date between 1802 and 1854 and cover a wide  
range of locations from Berlin, Vienna and Karlsruhe to small towns  
such as Ijest in Silesia. Founded in 1847, the firm of Bernard  
Quaritch remains among the world’s leading antiquarian bookselling  
firms, and has issued well over a thousand catalogues, each of which  
features fine and important books and related materials, thoroughly  
researched and meticulously described. Softcover. 6.5x9, 49 pages, 108  
items, black & white illustrations on a separate folding sheet. Minor  
soil, light wear. {55116} $25

24. [Coins] EINE BEDEUTENDE NUMISMATISCHE BIBLIOTHEK - An Important  
Numismatic Library. The catalog to an auction held in Basel,  
Switzerland by Munzgalerie Basel, Brosi & Schramm on 25-26 February,  
1987. The catalog text is in English. Softcover. 8.5x11, 167 pages,  
2,935 lots. Minor soil, light wear. {55153} $20

25. [Costume] KATALOG DER FREIHERRLICH VON LIPPERHEIDE’S  
KOSTUMBIBLIOTHEK. Published by Maurizo Martino Publishing, no date  
(1980s). Limited to 150 copies. A facsimile of the early 20th century  
bibliography, one of the most comprehensive collections of titles of  
early works on costume. 2 volumes, hardcover. 5.5x8.5, 645 + 840  
pages, several line illustrations. Minor soil, light wear. {54843} $85

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