Books About Books, Bibliography from Greystone Books

Oxford: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview VG+. First Edition, Firs Printing. The issues number fifty seven to number sixty eight inclusive for the Antiquarian Book Monthly Review. All in very good plus condition. Issue Number Fifty Seven; 'Aquatint Or The Art Of Tonal Etching' by Michael Shain; 'Collecting W H Hudson' by John R Payne; Number Fifty Eight; 'Hand Bookbinding Today'… Read more about this item

Oxford: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview VG+. First Edition, First Printing. The issues number 45 to 56 inclusive. All in very good plus condition. Issue Number Forty Five; 'Key Works In Bibliography: The Necessity Of Biibliographical Training For The Textual Critic: R B McKerrow: An Introduction To Bibliography, A Study In Analytical & Critical Bibliography' by Robin Myers; Number Forty Six;… Read more about this item

Oxford: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview VG+. First Edition, First Printing. The issues thirty three to forty four inclusive of the Antiquarian Book Monthly Review, All in very good plus condition. Issue Number Thirty Three; ''Sir Thomas Browne's Library' by Gary Richmond; 'Dodging Fiery Particles: Perceptions Of Beverley Nichols, Rupert Croft-Cooke & Cecil Roberts' by John Parke Custis; 'Railway Relics' by… Read more about this item

Buckinghamshire: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview VG+. The issues numbers twelve to twenty one inclusive for the Antiquarian Book Monthly Review. All in very good plus condition. Issue Number Twelve; An 18th Century Manuscript Regimental Order Book by E J Martin; Issue Number Thirteen; Thomas Pennant; 1726-1798 by T Lloyd-Roberts; 'Suffragitis' by Charlotte Leeming; Number Fourteen; 'Antiquarian And Out-of-Print Books On… Read more about this item

Oxford: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview, 1976. VG+. First Edition, First Printing. The issues numbers 23 to 32 inclusive for the Antiquarian Book Monly Review. Issue Number Twenty Three; 'Collecting Jerome K Jerome' by Norman Webster; 'D F Foxon; English Verse 1701-1750' by John V Price; Number Twenty Four; 'Mr Murray's Handbooks. John Murray III And His Handbooks For Travellers' by… Read more about this item

Buckinghamshire: Antiquarian Book Monthly Rieview VG+. First Edition, First Printing. Magazine. The first eleven issues of the influential magazine Antiquarian Book Monthly Review. Issues Number One to Eleven inclusive. All in very good plus condition. Issue Number 1; The Bibliography Of John Aubrey's 'Brief Lives' by Michael Hunter; Bookman's Oxford; Issue Number Two; All World's Spacecrft; The Science… Read more about this item

Norwich: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 1997. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LEVI FOX, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative account of the history and development of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust at Stratford-upon-Avon. With Sources and Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of… Read more about this item

London: Profile Books, 2014. Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. xiv,284pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITHOUT DEDICATION, RICK GEKOSKI, AT WHITSTABLE, MAY 16, 2015. Sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Here, Rick Gekoski explores some of the great losses to artistic culture - including some works which never existed at all - from Joyce's poem 'Et… Read more about this item

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1999. NrF. Revised Edition. Paperback. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Cecil Scott Forester. A new and revised edition.in which the author, Sanford Sternlicht, focuses on the life of C S Forester, his writing, character models, chronology, the historical background of 'The Hornblower Saga', and the nautical veracity of the novels and stories that… Read more about this item

London: Book Palace Books, 2012. VG. No d/w, (as published). Hardback, with decorated covers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID ASHFORD AND EDITION LIMITED TO 120 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 73. The life and art of Denis McLoughlin (1918-2002; with signature and limitation on title-page without dedication or nscription..He was a British book illustrator. With light bumpng to upper and… Read more about this item

London: Sphere, 2010. VG+. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROBIN INCE, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. There is a 'Signed Copy' sticker on front panel of the book. xv,335pp. Illustrated. Robin Ince (born 1969) is a comedian, actor and writer. A committed bibliophile, he has spent a great deal of the twenty-first century trying to… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Kingsbrook, 2022. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID LEE STONE, without dedication or inscription on title-page. The autobiography of English fantasy writer David Lee Stone (born 1948), best known for his series of books 'The Illmoor Chronicles'. An oversharer since he first learnt to talk, the story of a boy who would now clearly… Read more about this item

Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 2000. VG+. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, CHRISTOPHER WORTHAM, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'January 2001/For ------- ---------/with best wishes from/Chris Wortham'. l,337pp. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) was an English poet, satirist and politican who sat in the House of Commons at various times between… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FROM AUTHOR, LEON YUDKIN. Inscription reads, '9.3.75/Best wishes to ------ ----/from/Leon'. In this survey of Israeli literature, analysis of the political, historical and religious background is combined with aesthetic evaluation. The author looks at Israeli literature in relation… Read more about this item

Cleveland, Ohio, USA: World Publishing Company, 1968. NrF/VG+. Firs United States Edition, in d/w not price clipped. Profusely illustrated with photographs, and colour and black-and-white illustrations. The recent great flowering of children's literature has its roots in Europe. In this fascinating survey the author makes an important contribution to the history and bibliography of children's books. The aspects of children's… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1992. Fine/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. Profusely illustrated in colour and black-and-white. Pooh's story begins with the birth of his creator, A A Milne. Already a highly successful dramatist and novelist, he began, at a wet house-party in Wales in 1923, to write poetry for children purely as a diversion. The publication… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. Good Only. First Edition, First Printing. No d/w, now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear acetate d/w. A study of The British Museum Readers Library, An offbeat/humorous/historical look at the British Library Reading Room. Illustrated with two pages of cartoons by Low and Terry. Spotting to edges of pages; age-tanning and spotting to endpapers; sunning… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1987. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. Illustrated. The Author, A H Chaplin who is the Principal Keeper of Printed Books, tells the story of the General Catalogue (GK) of Printed Books in the British Museum (now in the British Library) from the decision in 1834 to produce a new catalogue down to the present day.… Read more about this item

London: British Library, 1988. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. 80pp. A fascinating selection from the British Library's extensive holdings of Victorian publications. The Victorian age saw an unprecedented increase in the production of illustrated books of all kinds, from cheap, part published novels to sumptuously colour printed and finely bound… Read more about this item

London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1983. Fine. Large Format Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. Large Format Paperback. Size of covers, 27 by 22 cms. (iv), 124pp. Profusely illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative study of penny dreadfuls and comics. With Index. A fine copy of a SCARCE 1983 first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. . First Edition, First… Read more about this item