Tales from a Century Before: An Episodic Account of a Journey Undertaken in Youth.
Santa Monica, CA: Waverly Books, 2014. Trade paperback. First Edition. 171 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Bookselling
Confessions of a Bookseller.
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2020. Hardcover. First Edition. First U.S. Edition. Second Printing. 312 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
The hilarious adventures of the proprietor of Wigtown, Scotland's The Bookshop. Fine / Fine. More
The Diary of a Bookseller.
Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 312 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
The hilarious adventures of the proprietor of Wigtown, Scotland's The Bookshop. Fine / Fine. More
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops.
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2020. Hardcover. First Edition. First U.S. Edition. Second Printing. 120 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
The hilarious adventures of the proprietor of Wigtown, Scotland's The Bookshop. Fine / Fine. More
ABC for Book-Collectors.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Second Edition. 196 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to the dust jacket, small chip missing at head of front panel near spine, sunning to spine has darkened it slghtly, now in mylar cover. Blue paper patterned boards with blue cloth spine and gold embossed titling, light bumping to corners. Clean within.
One of the standard reference books for any serious book collecto. An early edition. Very Good / Very Good. More
Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting: A Study of Recent Developments in Great Britain and the United States.
New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. xxiii, 203 pp. 8vo. Light gray boards with slight bumping to corners, minor sunning to spine. Clean and tight within. Very Good. More
Franklin Gilliam: Texas Bookman.
Dallas, TX: Book Club of Texas, 2014. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 59 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with gold embossed logotype of the subject of the volume on the cover, gold titling to spine. No dust jacket, as issued.
An illuminating look at the life of Franklin Gilliam, longtime proprietor of the Brick Row Bookshop and Franklin Gilliam Books. Inscribed to a previous owner by the editor, John Crichton. Published in an edition of 350 copies. Fine. More
Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries.
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 2003. Trade paperback. First Edition. First paperback edition. xvii, 286 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
A Garland for Jake Zeitlin on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday & the Anniversary of his 40th Year in the Book Trade.
Los Angeles, CA: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 131 pp. 4to. Pattern cloth board design for a green and yellow print over white background, orange cloth spine with paper label. Clean and crisp within. No dust jacket as issued. A bibliography of Zeitlin's Primavera Press from 1929-1936 is at pp. 117-131 at rear of volume.
Printed in an edition of 800 copies. Fine. More
Books About Books: A History and Bibliography of Oak Knoll Press, 1978-2008.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 232 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Outside of a Dog: A Bibliomemoir.
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. x, 278 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. More
A Course in Correct Cataloguing or Notes to The Neophyte.
San Francisco, CA: 1977. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy in cream wraps.
Legendary bookseller David Magee's humorous take on cataloging and description of books by booksellers. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies. Fine. More
"...AND BROWN" A Chronicle of B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd., Library and Fine Arts Agents of London, with an emphasis on the years since 1902.
London: Privately Printed, 1959. Wraps. First Edition. 24 pp. 8vo. Brown heavy paper wraps with an off-white paper title label affixed to cover. Interior clean and crisp with seven plates depicting principals in the business, interiors, and storefronts. Fine. More
"Next to Mother's Milk..." An Engelhard Lecture on the Book.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning at the spine on outer wraps.
A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. Fine. More
Vroman's of Pasadena.
Pasadena, CA: Privately Printed, 1953. Wraps. First Edition. 15 pp. 8vo. Terracotta paper wraps in sharp condition, publication no in a protective mylar dust jacket.
Designed by James Leach and printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon of Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie was a lifelong friend of Lawrence Clark Powell and they collaborated often. Fine. More
The Mystique of Printing: A Half Century of Books Designed By Ward Ritchie.
Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1984. Wraps. First Edition. 30 pp. 8vo. Bump to foot of spine, clean within. One of 2,000 copies.
1986 Coulter Lecture by Ward Ritchie. One of 2,000 copies. Very Good. More
"Next to Mother's Milk..." An Engelhard Lecture on the Book.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Wraps. First Edition. Second Printing, 1989. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning along spine on rear panel.
A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. Designed by his lifelong friend and collaborator Ward Ritchie and bawdily inscribed to Ritchie's companion, actress and fine press printer Gloria Stuart. Powell grew up with Ward Ritchie (fellow bookman and printer extraordinaire) in Southern California where the two of them were part of an intimate group in the late 1920s and early 1930s that included M.F.K. Fisher, Gloria Stuart and her first husband, sculptor Gordon Newell. Fine. More
Dukedom Large Enough: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer 1929-1956.
New York: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xiv, 368 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has small chips and tears at the edges. Burgundy cloth boards are quite clean. Fine / Very Good. More
Collectors, Booksellers, and Libraries: Essays on Americanists and the Rare Book Market.
New Haven, CT: Overland Press, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. viii, 321 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. More
Growing Up With Lawrence Clark Powell.
Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1987. Wraps. Limited Edition. 18 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy that has never been read. One of 1,000 copies.
The 1986 Coulter Lecture by Ward Ritchie. Fine. More
Books Have Their Fates.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. Hard Cover. First Edition. 199 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
From Revolution to Revolution: Perspectives on Publishing & Bookselling.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. xi, 189 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New Worlds in Old Books.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. viii, 202 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Hard Cover. First Edition. viii, 176 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy in slipcase.
Produced in an editon of 350 copies, this is copy #143, signed by both authors on the colophon. Fine / fine. More
Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business.
New York: Abner Schram, 1974. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 234 pp. 8vo. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Minor bumping to cover board corners, light water stain to head of text block but does not impact the pages or text, clean within.
Inscribed by both authors on the first free endpaper to Lillian Berliawsky, longtime Maine bookseller and founder of ABCD Books of Camden, Maine. A wonderful association copy. Very Good / Very Good. More