The Working Press; Special to the New York Times.
Foreword by Theodore M. Bernstein. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1966). More
PUBLISHING
The Little Magazine in America: A Modern Documentary History.
Yonkers: Pushcart, 1978. Illustrated. 770pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w., corners of cloth bumped. (Yonkers): Puhschart Press, (1978). Very good(+). More
The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning: An Illustrated History, 1478-1978
Oxford: Clarendon, 1978. Black & white illustrations throughout. vii, 332 pages. 4to, dark gray cloth with gilt cover emblem and lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. Oxford: Oxford University/Clarendon Press, 1978. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Caxton: England's First Publisher.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975. 220pp. 8vo, boards, dust wrapper. New York; Barnes & Noble, (1975). More
The Life and Death of the Press Barons.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. Photo illus. 288pp. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, dust wrapper; light edgewear on d.w. New York: Atheneum, (1983). More
Autographed Letter Signed with exceptional content
New York: 1821. 2 pages (front and back), 12.75 x 8.75 inches, with an integral address leaf, New York, July 16, 1821. Written to Philadelphia publishers McCarty & Davis, proposing a new biography of Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense, in small part: "...I have been advised by a great number of citizens, to write an abridgement of the Life of Thomas Paine, and to have an engraved likeness of him taken from a miniature painting that I own..... More
At Random, The Reminiscences.
New York: Random House, 1977. Illustrated. 306pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, 1977. Near-fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf.
New York: Random House, 1977. With b/w illustrations. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1977). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Cosmic Vision.
London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1922. Frontis. 143pp., thin 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded, ends worn; rubbed. London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1922 Includes a history of the Doves Press, by its poet-philosopher founder. More
The Ante-Room
270 pages, 8vo, red cloth, dust wrapper (worn wrapper). New York: Atheneum, 1960. Very good. Autobiography of the Director of Macmillan & Co. More
English Book Prospectuses
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 1984. 8vo, decorative paper boards; black morocco spine. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press & Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. No. 11 of 325 copies, with a separate portfolio containing facsimiles on different papers. Both book & portfolio in publisher's boards slipcase. More
Holiday House, The First Fifty Years.
Illustrated. 152pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Holiday House, 1985. Near-fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Powers That Be
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. 771 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First edition. Boards lightly toned at edges. A very good(+) copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
Dinner With Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 518 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (2022). Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Theirs Was The Kingdom: Lila and DeWitt Wallace and the Story of the Reader's Digest.
New York: Norton, 1993. Illustrated. 701pp. 8vo, cloth- backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper flaps glued to inside front and rear covers, library pocket pasted to rear end-paper. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1993). First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Outsider Insider; An Unlikely Success Story
New York: Marian-Darien Press, 1998. Illustrated (b/w). 266 pages. 8vo, red paper backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Marian-Derien Press, (1998). First edition. Fine. Inscribed on flyleaf by the author: "Dear Louise [Hirschfeld], I hope you enjoy this odd life. I did. Much love Andrew" More
Henry R. Luce: A Political Portrait of the Man Who Created the American Century
New York: Macmillan, 1994. Illustrated in black and white. xx, 521 pages. Thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Macmillan, (1994). Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Books Pamphlets and Newspapers Printed at Newark New Jersey 1776 - 1900
Privately Printed, 1902. 296 pages, 8vo, brown cloth; bookplate inside front cover, cloth rubbed, some fraying at head of spine. Privately Printed, 1902. Internally fine, a very good copy. More
Typed Letter Signed
East Aurora: 1911. Fine content T.L.S. "Elbert Hubbard", 4to. 1 page, Roycroft Press, East Aurora, NY, December 8th 1911, to noted attorney and lecturer Albert H, Walker, in part: "...I notice that you speak of Moses as being more or less mythical, and yet you use your old college chum Jesus Christ as if he were a party absolutely beyond dispute. I surely will have to have a nice long talk with you some fine day, and, anyway, you are..... More
The Lives of William Benton.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1969. Illustrated, 625 pages. Thick 8vo, black cloth, d.w Chicago: UP, 1969. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Typed Letter Signed "Yousuf" on personal letterhead
Canada: 1959. 1 page, 7.25 x 6.5 inches, Canada, October 12, 1959. In this letter, Karsh tries to assist a friend in acquiring a literary agent, in part: "...I feel it is a rather difficult matter to suggest exactly the right person to fit a specific author. I am strongly of the opinion that one has in some way to come to know an agent personally to discover whether he or she is in affinity with one's own ideas and..... More
The Story of an Old Press.
Cambridge: University Press, 1937. Illustrated. 43pp., thin, 12mo, cloth-backed blue boards. An Account of the hand press known as the Stephen Daye Press, upon which was begun in 1638 the first printing in British North America. More
Portrait of a Publisher, 1915-1965.
New York: The Typophiles, 1965. 2 volumes. Introduction by Paul A. Bennett. Illustrated. xiv + 298pp. and xiii + 302pp., small 8vo, red, green and black cloth, d.w.; board slipcase; larger tear to dust wrapper of volume I. New York: The Typophiles, 1965. Fine copies in good dust wrappers and slipcase. Volume I: Reminiscences and Reflections; Volume II: Alfred A. Knopf and the Borzoi Imprint: Recollections and Aprreciations. Typophile Chap Books, Nos. 42 & 43. More
Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing: The Illustrated Gift Book and Victorian Visual Culture, 1855-1875
Athens: Ohio University, 2011. Black & white illustrations. 305 pages. 8vo, tan cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. Athens: Ohio University Press, (2011). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Signed Typed Carbon Letter
1960. Historically important typed carbon letter with original signature: "Will", 4to, 2 pages, April 15th 1960, to Ernest Hemingway, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, concerning the progress Hemingway is making on a series of articles commissioned by Life Magazine, in part: "... I received your letter and the copy you sent to Ed Thompson, just before leaving for a week in London ... which is why I haven't written before now. However, I did make a point of..... More