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 Book of Libel.
454pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1966). A practical guide for editors and authors. 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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