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
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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
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
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 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
"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
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
The Rise of Los Angeles as an American Bibliographical Center.
Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1989. Wraps. Limited Edition. 37 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy that has never been read. One of 1,000 copies.
The 1989 Coulter Lecture. Fine. More
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