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Boston:: Little Brown,, (2001). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. 2nd printing. A practical guide to starting and keeping a diary - and to transform it into something permanent. 242 pp.

New York & Boston:: The Pierpont Morgan Library / David R. Godine, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library but overall tight and clean in brown boards with a black cloth spine, gilt titling and decoration in a very good dust jacket (some wear to the top edge, chipping at top of spine, inconspicuous label). First edition.… Read more about this item

London:: British Library,, (1997.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards with red cloth spine (as new). First printing. "On 4 July 1862, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson entertained three little girls on a river trip with a 'fairy tale' which was to become one of the most famous children's stories of all time. Here,… Read more about this item

New York:: Ungar Publishing Company,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A title in the Recognition: Mystery Writers Series. An in-depth look at the life and works of the writer whom many consider "the finest writer among the practicioners of detective fiction." His over 40 novels span the era from the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1955.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a good dustjacket (large chip to the top of the dj spine, affecting the PA in the title).. A Book-of -the-Month club dividend. A new illustrated edition of book originally published in 1917. Designed by Warren Chappel l and illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Introduction by John T. Winterich.… Read more about this item

New York:: Bantam,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book in which "Goldberg takes us to the next step in the writing process: turning our flashes of inspiration - the thunder and lightning of creation - into a polished piece of work." Includes many anecdotes about writers she knows, and… Read more about this item

London:: The British Library,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which spans the centuries, selected and introduced by Rodney Dale - the first example is a stalking, elongated beast from the 8th-century Lindisfarne Gospels. Also included are some fine art from da Vinci and Drer as well as some… Read more about this item

New York:: Columbia University Press, , (2009). Hardcover -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short tear at fold of flap). 3rd printing. A book in which the author shows that "printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. . a story of modern publishing that proves, even in a rapidly digitizing world,… Read more about this item

Boston:: David R. Godine, Publisher, , (1987). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (short closed tear to back cover of dj).. Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition). A compilation of quotations, ranging from Victor Hugo to Winston Churchill and images that celebrate reading. Arranged topically with sections… Read more about this item

Boston:: David R. Godine, Publisher, , (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A compilation of quotations, ranging from Victor Hugo to Winston Churchill and images that celebrate reading. Arranged topically with sections on reading to relax, libraries, bibliomania, the dangers of lending books, bookshops and bookburners and more. Illustrated… Read more about this item

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in gold cloth (few spots on covers), no dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of critical essays on books, authors and the characters in books. 348 pp.

New York & Boston:: D. Appleton & Co. , George H. Doran & Little Brown,, (1924.). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in blue cloth with pasted on labels on front and spine (usual toning to the pages, bookplate, several stamps, some chipping to spine label.). First printing. Includes a lot of information on authors now almost… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Appropriately, this is an exlibrary copy but with relatively few markings in a fine unmarked dust jacket. . First printing. "Since the 1950s, our country's greatest libraries have, as a matter of common practice, dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with… Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York:: Cornell University Press,, (2003.) . First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) From the back cover: "This new collection . . affords fresh insights into Carroll's complex character, traces the history of the books that became great classics of the Victorian era, and charts the sometimes… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A biography, both thoughtful, detailed and playful, of the founder of New Directions and a man who transformed American publishing. A poet himself, Laughlin "was the man behind some of the most daring, revolutionary works… Read more about this item

Sibling Press, , (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in illustrated boards.. First printing. One woman's tribute to the art of Edward Gorey, published shortly after his death. Includes a large 6 part fold-out drawing. Bibliography. Small oblong format, unpaginated.

London:: Gordon Fraser, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A look at the development and growth of the profession of typography, progress on type designs, methods, and more, including brief sections on some of the most influential mentors in the field. Illustrated with type fonts throughout. Slightly oversized format. References… Read more about this item

London:: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.,, 1923.. Good overall in original olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine - foxing throughout, most of the edges of the textblock and margins of the pages. . First printing. Posthumous book publication of 14 essays, most originally published between 1901-1918 in British Weekly, which focused on Dickens's relationships with his… Read more about this item

Limpsfield, UK:: Paper Tiger,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A guided tour of ten famous houses from novels by many authors - including Kafka's The Castle and Wodehouse's Blanding Castle, Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, Gone with the Wind, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, and more. Illustrated… Read more about this item