A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THOMAS B. LOCKWOOD.
Buffalo: State University of New York, University Libraries, 1983. 398p, boards, illustrated, dust jacket, very good. First edition, inscribed by author.
BOOKS ON BOOKS
GORDON HUBER, This Business of Books: A Long-time Ohio Book Collector Talks About the Book Business.
Akron, OH: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 2010. 23p, wraps, frontis, fine. Akron collector of pulps, series juveniles and much more.
JOURNAL 0F MY FORTY-FIFTH ASCENSION.
Oakham, Massachusetts: The Oakham Bindery, 1976. 77p, 2 1/2" x 2 1/8", 1/4 leather, frontis, very good. 437 of 500 copies.
A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING, With One Hundred and Twenty Illustrations.
London: Spring Books, (1964). 256p, 9 3/4" x 7 1/2", boards, illus., vg in dj with small edge tears. Index.
THE GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS, 75th Anniversary Exhibition.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, 1981. 96p, 8" x 9" (oblong), color pictorial softcover, illus. (many in color), light cover wear, marks on some pages, good. Laid in is a list of items in the exhibition for sale.
BALLADS OF A BOOK - WORM. Being a Rythmic Record of Thoughts, Fancies, & Adventures A-Collecting.
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1899. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BOOKS ON BOOKS, SPECIAL PRESS, ROYCROFTERS, BOOK COLLECTING, 120p, boards, paper label on front and spine, hand illuminated title page and initials in various colors, missing 1/2" at bottom spine, book plate neatly removed, some wear to edges, good.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. 369p, cloth, illus., name plate, fine. Appendix, Index. Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography.
RAYMOND CHANDLER, A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979. 146p, cloth, illus., name plate, vg+. Appendices, Index. Pittsburgh Series of Bibliography.
ROSS MACDONALD/ KENNETH MILLAR, A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983. 259p, cloth, illus., vg. Appendix, Index. Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography.
SUPPLEMENT TO F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. 219p, cloth, illustrated, book plate, very good. First edition. Appendices, index.
KENNETH MILLAR/ ROSS MACDONALD: A CHECKLIST.
Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1971. xxvii plus 86p, cloth, illus., decorated endpapers, previous owner's plate, vg. Also included Macdonald's reviews, articles, verse. Introduction by Kenneth Millar.
DOUGLAS C. MCMURTRIE, Bibliographer and Historian of Printing.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979. 206p, cloth, illus., vg+. The Great Bibliographers Series, No. 4. Index.
THE FLOOD OF YEARS.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. 32p, cloth, all edges silver gilt, wear to edges, light foxing on a few pages, good. Illustrations designed and engraved by Wm. J. Linton. (BAL 1758). Previous owner's signature, "Edmund Wade Linton, 1877" on front fly leaf.
Autograph Letter., Signed Aug. 31, 1862. From Henry E. Canfield, New York City. To Horace G. Canfield, Akron, Ohio.
1862. 3 pages, folds, vg. Henry and Horace G. were the sons of Horace Canfield (1803-1853), a noted printer of several Ohio newspapers, including Akron, Ohio's AMERICAN DEMOCRAT. Horace G. followed his father in the printing trade, and Henry was an engraver. In his letter, Henry describes a trip from.....
WHO AND WHY WAS SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Akron, OH: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 1991. 19p, wraps, new. Edited, with an introduction by Robert A. Tibbetts. Publication of a talk originally given to the Rowfant Club in 1911.
BOOKBINDING, AND THE CARE OF BOOKS, A Text-Book for Bookbinders and Librarians.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, (1948). Noel Rooke. 333p, rebound in 1/4 leather, drawings by Noel Rooke and other illustrators, light stain on rear cover, o/w very good. 4th edition.
WILLIAM MORRIS: MASTER - PRINTER. A Lecture Given on the Evening of November 27, 1896 to Students of the Printing School, St. Bride Foundation Institute in London.
Council Bluffs, Iowa;: Yellow Barn Press, (1989). 34p, decorated boards, wood engravings by John Depol, foxing on page edges and half title, book plate neatly removed, spine faded, good. One of 1400 copies printed for Christmas presentation by Blackwell North America, Inc.
MANUAL OF LIBRARY BOOKBINDING, Practical and HistoricaL.
London: Libraco Limited, 1911. 251p with additional 25p of Advertisements, cloth, illustrated, tipped-in samples (a few have browning on opposite page), light edge wear, good+. Index. Xlibrary- no markings on cover.
IRISH BOOKBINDINGS.
Dublin: Eason & Son Ltd, (1976). No pagination (c22p), softcover, illustrations (many in color), vg+. The Irish Heritage Series: 6.
FISHERS OF BOOKS.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 350p, illustrated, spine faded, light damp stain on front cover, good. Index.
THE LILLY LIBRARY:. The First Quarter Century, 1960 - 1985.
Bloomington, Indiana:1985: The Lilly Library. 157p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, illustrated (some in color), very good. Laid in is Errata slip and menu from the Anniversary Dinner.
CASTLE ARKDALE IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY:. It's Happy Tales Bookshop And A Little Bit More.
Markesan, WI: D. E. Evans, (2004). Jean Basler. 172p, pictorial softcover, illus., vg+.
HAPPY TALES BOOKSHOP IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY:. People Who Have Been There And A Little Bit More.
Markesan, WI: (1999). Tom Totton. 154p, pictorial softcover, illus., vg+.
AKRON'S LIBRARY, COMMEMORATING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ON MAIN STREET.
Akron, Ohio: Akron-Summit County Public Library, 1994. 140p, 11"x 8 1/4", pictorial boards, illustrated, fine. First edition, inscribed by author.
OLD BIBLES. Or, An Account of the Various Versions of the English Bible.
Columbus, Oh: Vintage Archives, (1988). 104p, paperback, fine. Reprint of 1876 edition published by Basil M. Pickering.