Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 80:
Description
11 British Book and Book Collecting Related Books including Shadows of the Old Booksellers by Charles Knight; William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press by C.H. Timperley c. 1957 in original dust jacket; Modern British Bookplates by W.E. and D. J. Butler c. 1990; Paperback Charles Earl Stanhope and the Oxford University Press by Horace Heart c. 1966; Private Presses and Publishing in England since 1945 by B.E. Bellamy c. 1980; English Printed Books by Francis Meynell c. 1948 2nd Editon in original dust jacket; Nineteenth-Century English Books by Gordon N. Ray, Carl J. Weber and John Carter c. 1952; William Caslon – The Ancestry, life and connections of England’s foremost letter-engraver and type-founder by Johnson Ball c. 1973; A Directory of London Lithographic Printers 1800-1850 compiled by Michael Twyman c. 1976; The Book Hunter in London by William Roberts c. 1895 1st Edition, green decorative boards with gild titles and details, gilt upper edge, untrimmed fore and bottom edge; and English Country Bookshops by David Chambers c. 2010. Combined lot measures approximately 10"x7.5"x9".
Condition: Condition – Good to Very Good – some soiling and wear to covers and spines consistent with age and use. Some volumes have toning and light foxing. The Book Hunter in London – cover soiled and shows wears to edges and spine. Corners bumped and worn. Spine head and tail bumped and worn. Binding is a little loose. Foxing throughout; Shadows of the Old Booksellers – missing spine and back cover. Please see photos.
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