Duke of Bedford's large paper copy
The Library Companion; or, The Young Man‘s Guide...
London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Finsbury-Square, and J. Major, Fleet-Street, 1824. First edition, large paper issue... Read More
Price: $1,500
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One of "greatest collectors of the 19th century"
Autograph note signed "Ashburnham"
[Near Battle]: Ashburnham Place, 3 July, [1843]. One of "greatest collectors of the 19th century" The eminent collector writing that he had left London in such haste that he had forgotten to enquire how much was due and when informed would send a draught immediately. One of the “greatest collectors... Read More
Price: $150
Bibliotheque Raphael Esmerian...in 5 Parts...Avant-propos de M. Jacques Guignard for Part I;Part II,I Reliures de quelque Ateliers du XVIIe Siecles;...
Paris: Georges Blaizot & Claude Guerin, Juin, 6,1972-18 Juin 1974. One of the greatest sales of the century. Read More
Price: $750
Sophia Augusta Brown's Bible, Wife of John Carter Brown
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments.
New York: American Bible Society, 1855. Sophia Augusta Brown's Bible, Wife of John Carter Brown. The bible of Sophia Augusta Brown (1825-1909), wife of John Carter Brown, herself an active bibliophile who helped her husband build his library and oversaw its stewardship after his death. Sophia Augusta was 34 and... Read More
Price: $7,500
Bibliotheca Hulthemiana ou catalogue méthodique de la riche et précieuse collection de livres et de manuscrits délaissés par M. Ch...
Ghent: J. Poelman, 1836. The first five volumes describe the books, more than 31,000 entries, which were bought en bloc and form the nucleus of the Royal Library; a sixth volume describing manuscripts was issued in 1837, and a further catalogue of prints in 1846 (neither of these two are present). Read More
Price: $900
Frederick Locker-Lampson: A Character Sketch - with a small selection from letters addressed to him and bibliographical notes on a....
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1920. First edition, number 64 of 100 signed copies. Read More
Price: $350
Bought at Auction in Philadelphia 1750
Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism: on the idea of a Patriot King: and on the state of parties, at...
London: A. Millar, 1750. 2nd authorised edition. Bought at Auction in Philadelphia 1750. Inscribed on the feont free endpaper, "Thomas Lightfoot/ Book Bought at the/Auction in Philadelphia March 1750/ Price..." This Thomas Lightfoot of the well known Quaker family has dates 1728-1793. A book of intense controversy because of the author’s Advertisement..... Read More
Price: $400
Des Livres Modernes qu’il convient d’acquérir.
Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, Éditeur, 1891. No. 637 of 650 copies on Vélin teinté (of 750 total copies). A work on French tastes in book collecting. Read More
Price: $400
Iconoclasm and Whitewash and other Papers.
New York: James Osborne Wright, 1886. First Edition, one of 100 copies. Second chapter is entitled "Bibliomania" Read More
Price: $150
Le Trésor du Bibliophile. Livres Illustrés modernes 1875 à 1945 et Souvenirs d'un demi-siècle de Bibliophilie de 1887 a 1945...
Paris: Librairie L.(eopold) Cartaret 5, Rue Drout. 1946-1948. Read More
Price: $400
![Album et Oeuvres Poétiques de Marguerite d'Autriche, Gouvernante des Pays-Bas, Publiés en Entier pour la Première Fois d'Après les Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique [par Emile Gachet]. Renier Chalon, Marguerite d'Autriche.](/pictures/thumb/310566.jpg?v=1534808437)
Album et Oeuvres Poétiques de Marguerite d'Autriche, Gouvernante des Pays-Bas, Publiés en Entier pour la Première Fois d'Après les Manuscrits...
Bruxelles, [Mons]: Librairie Scientifique et Littéraire, 1849. No. 10 of 27 on papier de Hollande reserved for members of La Société des Bibliophiles Belges, this copy for Dr. Victor Francois of Louvain, signed on the limitation page by President Renier Chalon and Secretary Camille Wins. Read More
Price: $250
Vision de Tondalus; Récit Mystique du Douzième Siècle, Mis en Français pour la Première Fois par Octave Delepierre …...
Mons: Hoyois-Derely, 1837. First edition, no. 1 of 27, "Exemplaire de M. A. Kreglinger, à Anvers," with limitation page signed by President Renier Chalon and Secretary Charles Delecourt. French translation of the Visions of the Knight Tondal, no. 5 in a series for the Société des Bibliophiles de Mons. Signed... Read More
Price: $250
Autograph Letter Signed ("R Chalon"), to an editor of Bibliophile Illustré ("Monsieur").
Bruxelles: 6 Juin 1868. "J'étais souscripteur à votre excellent Bibliophile illustré qui, malheureusement, ne parait plus …" Reknowned bibliophilic prankster and perpetrator of the Fortsas Sale hoax, Renier Chalon writes to an editor of Bibliophile Illustré, asking for a missing number needed to complete his run of the periodical. "Vous..... Read More
Price: $250
COPY NUMBER ONE OF 50 ON WHATMAN
Guide de l'Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siècle. Revue, Corrigée et enrichie ... et donnant entre autres augmentations...
Paris: Chez P. Rouquette, Libraire, Passage Choiseul,85-87, 1873. Seconde édition, one of 50 on Whatman, Copy Number 1. COPY NUMBER ONE OF 50 ON WHATMAN. Read More
Price: $300
A Bibliographical and Descriptive Tour from Scarborough to the Library of a Philobiblist in its neighborhood.
Scarborough: printed and published by John Cole and by Longman, Hurst, et al, 1824. First edition. Limited to 158 copies, of which 100 were printed on small paper, 50 copies on large paper, and 8 on coloured paper (Lowndes p.491). This is a Large Paper Copy. The large paper copies... Read More
Price: $2,000
Racontars Illustrés d'un Vieux Collectionneur.
Paris: La Librairie de "L'Art" 1887. First edition, ONE OF 500 COPIES (total edition of 650) in one volume, on Japon. Delightful potpourri by the Vice-President of la Société des Amis des Livres, with everything for the collector of books, paintings, drawings, autographs, pottery, and knick-knacks - with a plethora... Read More
Price: $450
Voyage dans un grenier: bouquins, faïences, autographes & bibelots.
Paris: D. Morgand & C. Fatout, 1878. First edition, one of 10 copies on Whatman paper, "avec tirages successifs d'un chromo", in a total edition of 620 copies. Read More
Price: $500
COLLECTOR'S COPY
Catalogue of the Library at Brook House Park Lane belonging to Sir Dudley Coutts Majoribanks, Baronet of Guisachan, M.P.
[London: Chiswick Press], 1878. First edition, ONE OF 25 COPIES ARE PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM, of the Chiswick Press, London. COLLECTOR'S COPY. Collector's own copy with his shelf locations marked opposite entries and interleaved. Read More
Price: $1,750
Original ink drawing of a leaping salmon within a border of waves, for the bookplate of bookseller and bibliographer Col...
Original artwork for the bookplate of collector and bookseller Henry Siegel. Read More
Price: $750
Le Luxe des Livres.
Paris: Éditions du la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Édouard Rouveyre, 1879. Large paper, Number 71 of an edition of 100, of which this one of 50 porinted in color (green). Read More
Price: $300
LARGE PAPER COPY
The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library.
London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Finsbury-Square and J. Major, Fleet Street, 1824. Large paper copy of the first edition. LARGE PAPER COPY. Pagination not as called for in Pippin and Windle, who call for continuous pagination. Read More
Price: $1,500
The History of Cheltenham and its Environs: Including an Inquiry into the Nature and Properties of the Mineral Waters, &c...
Cheltenham: H. Ruff, 1803. First edition. Read More
Price: $200
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France.
London: Printed for the Author, by William Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. First edition, one of 100 large paper copies. First edition, large paper copy, of Dibdin's "amusing account pf his travels, with descriptions of of the contents of several of the chief libraries of Europe” (DNB), profusely... Read More
Price: $3,500
With 2 Original Drawings by George Lewis
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. First edition, Large paper copy. With 2 Original Drawings by George Lewis. First edition, large paper copy, of Dibdin's "amusing account of his travels, with descriptions of of the contents of several of the chief libraries... Read More
Price: $8,500
The Bibliographical Decameron; Or Ten Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and subjects connected with early Engraving, Typography and Bibliography.
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press, 1817. First edition. Read More
Price: $2,250
ALS. To Collector William Upcott. About money, etc.
June 11. Reading in part: "...as I shall want £40 tomorrow at my banker's I am in full peparation for my farewell address on Friday..." Read More
Price: $600