Collection of 550 Dutch Bookseller Labels [Booksellers Labels, Marks, Tickets]

By: N/A

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Netherlands,

Seller ID: 2285

A wonderful collection of bookseller labels from the Netherlands, primarily from the early- to mid-1900s, with a few marks from the late 19th Century, and a few modern examples. Arranged alphabetically by city (Aalsmeer, Aalten, Almelo, Amersfoort, Amstelveen, Amsterdam … Zeist, Zutphen, Zwolle), then by shop or surname (Felix P. Abrahamson, Abrahamson & Van Straaten, J.M. Alles, Boekhandel Ambon, Apollo Boekhandel, De Arbeiderspers, Barends’ Boekhandel…). After ... View more info

Rosenwald and Rosenbach: Two Philadelphia Bookmen

By: Adelman, Seymour; Kathleen T. Hunt

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum & Library: 1983

Edition: First printing

Seller ID: 1318

[A.S.W. Rosenbach] Adelman, Seymour; Kathleen T. Hunt. Rosenwald and Rosenbach: Two Philadelphia Bookmen. Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 1983, first printing. Card wraps, 15.3 by 22.7 cm, xxxii 40 pp. Very good with some very faint creases and marks on the front cover. An exhibition catalogue featuring highlights from the museum’s Rosenwald collections. First Edition. View more info

The Colophon New Series: A Quarterly for Bookmen, Vol. I No. 1

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers): 1935

Seller ID: 1772

New York: The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers), 1935. Very Good +. Summer 1935, New Series, Volume I Number 1. Illustrated paper over boards, 15.9 by 24 cm, 159 pp. plus colophon. Light yellowing to the boards, small tears and dampstain at the foot of the spine. Includes subscription card, envelope, and an exhibition notice. View more info

The Colophon New Series: A Quarterly for Bookmen, Vol. I No. 3

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers): 1936

Seller ID: 1773

New York: The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers), 1936. Very Good +. Winter 1936, New Series, Volume I Number 3. Illustrated paper over boards, 15.9 by 24 cm, [vi] 323-480 pp. Light yellowing and rubbing to the boards, darkening on the spine, and drip marks on the top corner of the textblock. There is a small, simple book label on the front pastedown. View more info

The Colophon New Series: A Quarterly for Bookmen, Vol. I No. 4

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers): 1936

Seller ID: 1774

New York: The Colophon Ltd. (Pynson Printers), 1936. Very Good +. Spring 1936, New Series, Volume I Number 4. Illustrated paper over boards, 15.9 by 24 cm, [vi] 487-644 pp. Light yellowing to the boards and darkening to the spine, a couple of spots in the lower margin of the front cover, and minor rubbing on the back cover. Includes subscription notice. View more info

The Colophon: A Book Collectors’ Quarterly, Part Seven (1931)

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon (Pynson Printers, Inc.): 1931

Seller ID: 1993

Part Seven, 1931. Illustrated paper over boards, 21.9 by 27.2 cm, not paginated. Wear at the extremities, with rubbing and light scratches to the boards. Includes “Sunday in Marblehead,” a beautiful wood engraving by Thomas Nason. View more info

The Colophon: A Book Collectors’ Quarterly, Part Ten (1932)

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon (Pynson Printers, Inc.): 1932

Seller ID: 1994

Part Ten, 1932. Illustrated paper over boards, 21.9 by 27.2 cm, not paginated. Very good with light bumping to the extremities and light rubbing to the boards. Includes the first issue of The Colophon Crier (single sheet, printed recto only). We ship our books in boxes or cardboard wraps, never in bags. Bay Leaf Books (Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA) is an open shop dedicated to offering fine books for discriminating readers. View more info

The Colophon: A Book Collectors’ Quarterly, Part Eleven (1932)

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Colophon (Pynson Printers, Inc.): 1932

Seller ID: 1995

Part Eleven, 1932. Illustrated paper over boards, 21.9 by 27.2 cm, not paginated. Very good with light bumping to the extremities and light rubbing to the boards. Includes the second issue of The Colophon Crier (single sheet, printed recto only). View more info

The Colophon: A Quarterly for Booklovers, New Graphic Series, Vol. One No. One (1939)

By: Adler, Elmer, ed., et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Pynson Printers, Inc.: 1939

Seller ID: 1996

New Graphic Series - Vol. 1, No. 1, 1939. Illustrated paper over boards, 21.8 by 27.2 cm, not paginated. Very good with light wear to the extremities, light rubbing to the boards, and a 2 by 4 cm stain with a smear of green paint (possibly a printing error). The interior has a few light spots of foxing, but the linoleum cut by Hans Alexander Mueller is clean. View more info

The Paper Maker – Run of Thirteen Issues [Hand and Machine Made Paper History Journal]

By: Anderson, James; Edward Grant, eds.

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Wilmington, DE, Hercules Powder Company Inc. (Paper makers Chemical Department): 1957-1963

Seller ID: 1803

Wilmington, DE: Hercules Powder Company Inc. (Paper makers Chemical Department), 1957-1963. Very Good. Thirteen bi-yearly journals, 1957-1963. Card wraps with plastic comb bindings, 21.8 by 27.8 cm, 36 to 68 pp. ea. Included are: Vol. 26 No. 2, 1957 (dampstains along the fore edge); Vol. 27 No. 1, 1958 (very good with cracks in the comb binding); Vol. 27 No. 2, 1958 (dampstains along the fore edge of the second half of the journal); Vol. 28 No. 1, 1959 (very good); ... View more info

Fragrance Among Old Volumes: Essays and Idylls of a Book Lover

By: Anderton, Basil

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Freeport, NY, Books for Libraroes Press: 1967

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 1304

Anderton, Basil. Fragrance Among Old Volumes: Essays and Idylls of a Book Lover. Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, Inc., 1967, reprint edition of the original 1910 Keegan Paul edition. Blue buckram with very faded gilt spine titles, 15 by 21.8 cm, xi 110 pp., illus. Faint cover wear and a small nick on the top edge of the back cover. Ten essays, including “Magliabecchi: The Great Florentine Bookman,” “Concerning the Book-Plates of Thomas Bewick,�... View more info

Members of The Grolier Club 1884-1984

By: Asaf, Allen; Lynda Wornom, compilers

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Grolier: 1986

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 1295

Asaf, Allen; Lynda Wornom, compilers. Members of The Grolier Club 1884-1984. New York: The Grolier Club, 1986. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles and cover decorations, 12 by 21.5 cm, 189 pp. Fine. Includes an alphabetical list of members and chronological lists of officers, council members, and committees. First Edition. View more info

The Grolier Club: Iter Italicum

By: Austin, Gabriel, ed.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grolier: 1963

Edition: First printing

Seller ID: 1292

[Grolier Club] Austin, Gabriel, ed. The Grolier Club: Iter Italicum. New York: The Grolier Club, 1963, limited printing of 750 copies. Light brown cloth with gilt spine titles and Grolier emblem blindstamped on front cover, dust jacket, 17 by 24.3 cm, xxi [2] 298 pp., illus. Near fine with the exception of the writing (read on). The jacket is very good with a few edge tears, a chip out of the font flap crease, and sun fading on the spine. A commemorative volume ... View more info

The Papers of Bernard De Voto: A Description and a Checklist of his Works with a Tribute by Wallace Stegner on the occasion of an Exhibition in the Albert M. Bender Room, The Stanford University Libraries, October 1 through November 26, 1960

By: Barclay, Julius, editor; Wallace Stegner

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Stanford, The Leland Stanford, Jr. University: 1960

Seller ID: 1874

2000 copies printed. Sew wraps with card covers, 15.5 by 23 cm, 62 pp. Near fine with only faint signs of wear to the wraps. No writing, highlighting, names, or other markings. We ship our books in boxes or cardboard wraps, never in bags. Bay Leaf Books (Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA) is an open shop dedicated to offering fine books for discriminating readers. First Edition. View more info

Bibliographica: Papers on Books, Their History and Art

By: Bibliographica

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Limited: 1895—1897

Seller ID: 1931

Three volumes complete, in new three-quarter leather binding. Black cloth over boards with green goat spine and corners, black leather spine labels with gilt spine titles and gilt spine and cover accents, five raised spine bands, top edges gilt, 21 by 29.8 cm, viii 511 (1), viii 502 (1) plus tipped-in errata sheet, viii 511 pp. plus tipped-in errata sheet, 65 plates total. Bindings are fine; contents near fine with only the faintest signs of use. Originally issued in ... View more info

Bound to be the Best: The Club Bindery, Catalogue of an Exhibition at The Grolier Club

By: Boss, Thomas G.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Thomas G. Boss Fine Books: 2004

Edition: Limited ed

Seller ID: 1929

Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2004. Limited ed. Very Good. 550 copies printed. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations, 23 by 31.2 cm, 137 pp. plus colophon, illus. Very good with some light scuff marks on the covers and minor bumping to the upper corner of the front cover. A stunning and scarce exhibition catalog, featuring examples from the bindery of Smith and Mansell, the Club Bindery, the Rowfant Bindery, the Booklover’s Shop, and the French binders... View more info