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 about The Working Press; Special to the New York Times
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 about The Little Magazine in America: A Modern Documentary History
The Book of Libel.
454pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1966). A practical guide for editors and authors. More about The Book of Libel
Caxton: England's First Publisher.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975. 220pp. 8vo, boards, dust wrapper. New York; Barnes & Noble, (1975). More about Caxton: England's First Publisher
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 about The Life and Death of the Press Barons
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 about At Random, The Reminiscences
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 about At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
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 about Cosmic Vision
The Lee Papers, A Saga Of Midwestern Journalism.
Illustrated. 419pp. 8vo, cloth. Illinois: Star-Courier Press, 1947. Very good copy in a good tattered dust wrapper. More about The Lee Papers, A Saga Of Midwestern Journalism
Fifty Years of "Country Life"
London: Country Life, 1947. Illustrated, including three in color. 94pp., thin 8vo, green & yellow cloth, edges untrimmed. London: Country Life, (1947). A near fine copy. More about Fifty Years of "Country Life"
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 about The Ante-Room
Time Inc. , The Intimate History Of A Publishing Enterprise, 1923-1941.
Illustrated. Thck 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Atheneum, 1968. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More about Time Inc. , The Intimate History Of A Publishing Enterprise, 1923-1941
The House of Harper: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing.
Illustrated, 326pp, 8vo, cloth. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Very good in very good, price clipped, dust jacket. More about The House of Harper: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing
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 about English Book Prospectuses
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 about Holiday House, The First Fifty Years
The House of Harper: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing
New York: Harper, 1912. Illustrated with black and white portraits, protected by tissue guards. 690 pages (deckle edges), very thick 8vo, gilt stamped burgundy cloth (only lightly rubbed, gilt is a bit faded on spine). New York: Harper Bros, 1912. A very good(+) copy. More about The House of Harper: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing
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 about Theirs Was The Kingdom: Lila and DeWitt Wallace and the Story of the Reader's Digest
Publishing and Cultural Politics in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1810
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1991). Fine Presentation copy. More about Publishing and Cultural Politics in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1810
Auschwitz In England; A Record of a Libel Action.
8vo, cloth, d.w. London: MacGibbon & Kee, (1965). First Edition. vg Signed by both authors. More about Auschwitz In England; A Record of a Libel Action
The Lives of William Benton.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1969. Illustrated, 625pp, thick 8vo. Chicago: UP, 1969. Near fine in lightly worn dust jacket. More about The Lives of William Benton
The Best Years of the Century. Richard Watson Gilder, Scribner's Monthly, and Century Magazine, 1870-1909.
Urbans: University Press of Illinois, 1981. Illustrated. 296 pages. 8vo, beige pictorial boards. Urbana: University Press of Illinois, (1981). First edition. A fine copy, as new in original shrinkwrap. More about The Best Years of the Century. Richard Watson Gilder, Scribner's Monthly, and Century Magazine,...
Slave to Beauty: The Eccentric Life and Controversial Career of F. Holland Day-- Photographer, Publisher, Aesthete
Boston: David Godine, 1981. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 309 pages. Short 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. Small smudge mark on back of wrapper. Boston: David Godine, (1981). First edition. Near fine. More about Slave to Beauty: The Eccentric Life and Controversial Career of F. Holland Day-- Photographer,...
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 about The Story of an Old Press
Portrait of a Publisher, 1915-1965.
New York: The Typophiles, 1965. Two volumes. Introduction by Paul A. Bennett. Illustrated. xiv + 298pp. and xiii + 302pp., 12mo, cloth, d.w., board slipcase; spines of dust wrappers slightly darkened. New York: The Typophiles, 1965. Fine copies in near fine 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 about Portrait of a Publisher, 1915-1965
Reading Jackie; Her Autobiography in Books
New York: Doubleday, 2010. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, cloth soiled. New York: Doubleday, (2010). Biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with an emphasis on her years working in publishing. More about Reading Jackie; Her Autobiography in Books