Books and reference material pertaining to the production and creation of books and other texts, including things such as dictionaries and auction catalogs.
London, UK: Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2012. Reprint. Octavo, 159 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in black leather with gilt lettering. Gilt lettering to spine. General shelf wear. Some gilting rubbing off spine. Top and fore edge of textblock gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Shelved in Lit Crit/Bio. More
![1415630 CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE [Inscribed]. Michael Dirda](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1415630.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785793660)
Orlando, FL: Harcourt Inc., 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, 341 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with black and blue lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$25.00." Bumping to head and tail of spine. Minor bumping to head and tail of dust jacket. Text block clean. Inscribed by Dirda on title page. Shelved in Literary Criticism. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Limited Edition, 1/500 Copies. Octavo, xii, 351 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter tan cloth and blue patterned paper boards. Blue stamping to spine. Sunning to boards, particularly along top edges. General shelf wear with rubbing to corners of boards. Textblock uncut. Shelved in Books on Books. More
Monmouthshire, UK: The Old Stile Press, 2010. Limited Edition #148/1000. Quarto, 135 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in illustrated covers with white lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. With a print and a pamphlet laid in. Errata sticker adhered to inside of rear cover. Shelved in Books on Books. More
London: William Heinemann, 1937. Octavo, 431 pages. In Fair condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is red with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners, some taped, toning, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: “12s.6d. net”. Boards in purple cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, cocked spine. Text block has purple tinted top edge, spotting to edges, tanning to endpapers, occasional foxing within. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. Octavo, xi, 237 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket has toning to spine. Boards in grey cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Octavo, vi, 413 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. Octavo, xiii, 26/ pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is blue with black print. Dust jacket has toning to spine. Boards in grey cloth. Text block has penciled underlining and marginal notation. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Waltham: Chronica Botanica Company, 1952. Octavo, xvii, 316 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is tan with green print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear, light toning to spine. Boards in yellow cloth. Text block has green tinted top edge; bookplate on front pastedown. At head of title: Horus. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Bern: Hans Huber Publishers, 1973. Octavo, 61 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is orange with black print. Cover is orange with illustration and black print; light edge wear, slight smudging to front panel. At head of title: The Historical Medical Institute of the University of Vienna. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Reprinted. Octavo, 784 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with silver print. Boards in blue cloth. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Washington: A Bruccoli Clark Book, NCR/Microcard Editions, 1972. Facsimile; Limited first printing, 453/1000. Quarto, unpaged. In Very Good minus condition in a Good slipcase. Slipcase in black cloth; light shelf wear. Spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and red cloth to boards; slight wear to front hinge, stray pen mark on front panel. Unrelated broadside laid in: a poem by Gibbons Ruark, “The Swan of Loch Muiri”, published by the Friends of the Library, North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1982, and inscribed in ink by the author. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1996. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 198 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is white and silver with brown lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. Mild general shelf wear. Mild cocking to spine. Text block clean. Shelved in Poetry Criticism. More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions Books, 1944. First Edition. Octavo, 172 pages. In Very Good minus condition and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in publisher's tan cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Sunning and soiling to cloth. Fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine with some material loss. Lighter soiling and wear to boards. Foxing from half title page to title page. Shelved under the Front Counter. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911. Octavo, xiii, 355 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light rubbing. Text block has deckle edges; cracked front hinge, name in ink on front flyleaf, clipped book review tipped in at front flyleaf. Illustrated: color frontispiece, b&w plates with tissue guards. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First American Edition. Octavo, x, 365 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine black and tan with red, tan, and brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$6.95." Mild tearing along edges of dust jacket, with a larger tear on top corner of front cover. Light foxing to dust jacket. Mild general shelf wear to boards. Top edge of textblock dyed yellow. Light foxing to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Literary Criticism. More
Dublin: School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2001. First Edition. Octavos, 2 Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Minor shelf wear. Text blocks clean. Shelved Case 12. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, xvi, 302 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black and red with beige lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including modest slight sunning and few chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including light edge wear. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored gray. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Col. N. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1927. Eighth Issue, 1/500 Copies. Octavo, xx, 405, 16 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. General shelf wear. Mild fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards. Mild bumping to corners of boards. Mild tearing to front free endpaper. Light age toning with pencil marginalia throughout. Shelved in Foreign Language. More
Paris: Germer Baillière, 1840-1841. First Edition. Octavos, Eight Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In matching brown leather quarter bindings with marbled paper boards; spines with gilt decoration and titling. Boards show moderate shelving wear, with scuffing to covers and rubbing along edges. Sections of exposed board along edges and at corners. Bumping to fore corners. Scuffing and wear to spine with rubbing at the head and tail. Text blocks are moderately age toned and worn along edges, with dust soiling to top edges. Lighter age toning and moderate foxing throughout all volumes. Some volumes with penciling on free endpapers. Vol. I with a small pen inscription from former seller on front free endpaper. Vol. IV with a stamp on the half title page. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. More
London: Harvey and Blythe, 1951. Limited Edition: #543/1000. Octavo, xx, 176 pages, plus [13] leaves of plates. In Very Good plus condition. In full black cloth binding with gilt lettering. Boards show very light shelving wear. Text block is lightly age toned and worn along edges. Faint offsetting on endpapers. Some pencil numbering on the half title page. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. More
[London]: [Printed by Rob Young (J. Legate? and E. Purslowe), for Nicholas Bourne], [1639]. Later Edition. Quarto, [34], 29, [8], 31-98, 141-258, 263-275, [13], 301-412, [12] pages, plus 4 plates. In Good minus condition. In full brown leather binding, sympathetically rebacked with new leather and new endpapers; spine paneled with gilt titling on a worn red morocco label. Boards show scratching and scuffing to covers, with rubbing and cracking along edges. Small areas of exposed board at the fore corners and on the back cover. Leather label on spine is heavily worn and chipped, partially affecting title. Text block is darkly toned and heavily soiled along edges, with moderate edge wear. Pages show scattered marginal chips and tears, with chipping and creasing to bottom fore corners throughout. Ink stains, smudging, soiling, and ink marginalia present on pages throughout; heaviest ink writing on first and last original leaves. Archival repair to pages with more severe damage, including significant repair to the first two original leaves, leaf C3, and first plate, and marginal repairs to leaves at the rear of the book. Ex-library, with bookplate on front pastedown, heavy pencil notation on front flyleaf, and ink and blind stamps on first original leaf (leaf A2). The original leaves comprising pages 143-146 are missing; laid-in facsimile pages are present, with printing errors rendering pages 144-145 illegible. Gaps in pagination are both due to printer error, with no gaps in content, and missing pages. Missing pages include title page and pages 259-262. Shelved in Case 4. More
Andover: Printed at the Codman Press, 1824. Octavo, v, 715 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown, print worn off. Boards in brown leather; worn spine caps and corners, short hinge tears, cracking to spine leather, small surface tear to front panel, scuffing, toning. Text block has has gilt top edge, marbled endpapers; name stamp and names in ink on front endpapers and title page, tear to spine corner of front flyleaf, damp stain to final pages and endpapers, occasional light foxing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1917. Octavo, xvi, 282 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, blind stamped title; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, small stains, shelfwear. Text block has intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
![1414743 DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY [Sixteen Volumes]. Charles Coulston Gillispie](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1414743.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1784139094)
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1970-1980. Quartos, Sixteen Volumes. In Very Good condition, with Very Good dust jackets. Bound in the publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering and decorative devices to spines. Dust jackets green with gold and black lettering, protected with Mylar coverings; occasional edge wear, with more pronounced creasing and surface wear to the dust jacket of Volume XI. Bindings square and tight throughout; text blocks clean with no foxing or previous ownership markings. Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volumes column. CONTENTS: Vol. I “Pierre Abailard–L.S. Berg” — Vol. II “Hans Berger–Christoph Buys Ballot” — Vol. III “Pierre Cabanis–Heinrich von Dechen” — Vol. IV “Richard Dedekind–Firmicus Maternus” — Vol. V “Emil Fischer–Gottlieb Haberlandt” — Vol. VI “Jean Hachette–Joseph Hyrtl” — Vol. VII “Iamblichus–Karl Landsteiner” — Vol. VIII “Jonathan Homer Lane–Pierre Joseph Macquer” — Vol. IX “A.T. Macrobius–K.F. Naumann” — Vol. X “S.G. Navashin–W. Piso” — Vol. XI “A. Pitcairn–B. Rush” — Vol. XII “Ibn Rushd–Jean-Servais Stas” — Vol. XIII “Hermann Staudinger–Giuseppe Veronese” — Vol. XIV “Addison Emery Verrill–Johann Zwelfer” — Vol. XV “Supplement I: Roger Adams–Ludwik Zejszner, and Topical Essays” — Vol. XVI “General Index”. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
New York, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 202 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is brown with blue and dark brown lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$3.95." Mild rubbing to board edges. Light bumping to head and tail of board spine. Age toning to textblock. Shelved in Literary Criticism. More
New York: Vienna House, 1971. First Thus Edition. Octavo, x, 420 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's maroon cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Scarce in hard cover. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Column N. More
Galveston: The University of Texas Medical Branch, 1986. Quarto, vii, xii, xiv, 428 pages. In Very Good condition. Dark greenish gray slipcase has very slight wear including faint sunning. Quarter bound burgundy spine with dark greenish gray boards bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including mild scratches and slight rubbing to the joints edges. Text block has extremely slight wear. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Octavo, 307 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine light green with off-white lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including mild sunning, few chips to head/tail edges and light age toning to the jacket interior. Boards have very light wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges. First edition. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Col. CC. More
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997. Octavo, 200 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear. Boards in grey cloth. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. Octavo, 275 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with green and white print. Boards in grey paper, green and white print. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Reprinted. Octavo, viii, xiii, xvi, xvii, 351 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial brown with white and yellow lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including few chips to joints/edges and mild sunning. Boards have very light wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges with previous bookshop's sticker to the front pastedown. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Col. CC. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, 331 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is green with cream lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Bumping and chipping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Minor bumping and chipping to corners of dust jacket. Age-toning to dust jacket. Wearing along dust jacket hinges. Scratching to front cover of dust jacket. Bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine. Mild cocking to spine. Age-toning to text block. Shelved in Poetry Biography. More
![1413855 THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE [Inscribed]. Henry Morris, Lili Wronker](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1413855.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1783431907)
Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1990. Limited Edition #93/230. Quarto, 61 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter red cloth and orange paper boards. Bearing a brown label with gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Inscribed and dated 10/16/90 by James and enumerated on limitation page in rear. Shelved in Case 12. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First Trade Edition. Large Octavo, 672 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Held in Good slip case. Spine tan with black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Two open tears on top edge of text block. Corners of inside flap cut. Light scuffing and soiling to dust jacket. Light speckling of water damage on front of dust jacket. Bound in publisher's gray cloth boards. Text block sunken. Slip case cracked along top edge with wear and staining. Top edge of textblock dyed dark purple. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. More
London: A.W. Penrose & Co., [1906?]. Octavo, xvi, 168 pages + 64 pages of advertisements. In Fair plus condition. Ex-library with call number label on spine, bookplate on front pastedown, pinhole stamp on title page. Spine is cream with gold print. Boards in illustrated cream cloth, brown print, mitred edges; mild wear to spine caps and corners, smudging/shelf wear. Text block has cracked hinges. Illustrated: b&w and color. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Third edition. Octavo, Six volumes. In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners, mild shelf wear, lightly cocked spines. Text blocks have light age toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w plates. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. A-C (xxxiii, 773 pages) — Vol. 2. D-J (xxiv, 800 pages) — Vol. 3. K-O (xxv, 787 pages) — Vol. 4. P-Son (xxv, 840 pages) — Vol. 5. Song-Z (xxv, 791 pages) — Vol. 6. American Supplement / Waldo Selden Pratt, Charles N. Boyd , editors (New edition with new material) (vii, 438 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. Octavo, Two volumes. In Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth; mild wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text blocks have light age toning to paper, penciled marginal notation in first volume. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait in first volume. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Title Catalogue (1172 pages) — Vol. 2. Author List, Composer List, and Aria Index (paged 1175-1674). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, 343 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine blue with green lettering, protected in mylar covering, price cut. Rubbing to dust jacket front and rear. Sunning to dust jacket spine. Tanning to front and back pastedowns and front and back free end-papers. Gutter damage in between last and second-to-last back free end-papers. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in Lit Crit. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. First Edition, Second Printing. Tall 12mo, xiv, 71 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine yellow with black and white lettering, protected in mylar covering, price uncut: "$2.50". Rubbing to rear of dust jacket. Tearing to dust jacket top edge and head and tail of spine. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in Writer's Reference. More
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Company, 1917. Octavo, 2488 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with black print. Price unclipped: “$10.00. Boards in brown cloth, black print; tattering to spine caps and corners, creases to spine, front hinge torn its length, soiling. Text block has advertisements stamped on edges; cracked hinges, penciled scrawls on endpapers. Illustrated: b&w advertisements. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Octavo, 312 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has slight tear at spine edge to front endpapers. At head of title: "Library of Congress". NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 12990. Quarto, xvi, 798 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with gold print on black banner. Boards in grey cloth; slight wear to corners. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. More
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. Quarto, x, 296 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is purple with gold print. Boards in purple cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning smudging/shelf wear. Text block has light spotting to top edge. Illustrated: b&w drawings. “A National Preservation Program Publication”— title page verso. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. More
New Orleans: Tulane University, 2005. Octavo, xiii, 446 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps. Illustrated: b&w. "This volume of papers stems from a symposium held at Tulane University on April 3-5, 1998, to honor Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Smith”— Introduction. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard ... and G.B. Whittaker, 1827. Fourth edition, greatly enlarged and corrected. Octavo, Two volumes: xiii, 562 pages; 579 pages. In Fair minus condition. Ex-library with library bookplate on front pastedowns, embossed library stamp on title pages and final pages. Spines are black with gold print, raised bands. Boards half bound with blue leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards; tattering to spine caps, worn corners and edges, wear to hinges, surface tears to leather, toning to spine, rubbing to boards. Text block has gilt top edges, marbled endpapers; cracked and broken hinges, initial pages loose from binding of first volume, mild puckering to paper. Illustrated: b&w plate (facsimile) at start of first volume. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More
[Philadelphia]: [1894?]. Octavo, 40 pages. In Good condition. Spine is green with paper title label. Boards in green cloth, gold print; light wear to spine caps and corners, slight blemish on rear panel. Text block has notations in ink (by the author?). Inscribed in ink by the author on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. More
Wellesley: Wellesley College Alumnae Association, 1994. Limited Edition. Flag book with [15] stubs. In Very Good plus condition. Hardcover with concertina binding. Light blue patterned boards with white spine. Negligible wear to boards. A single flat is lightly creased; interior is otherwise clean and undamaged. Shelved in Room F. More
![1413780 OUR SECRET DISCIPLINE: YEATS AND LYRIC FORM [Signed]. Helen Vendler](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1413780.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782490134)
Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xvii, 428 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white and yellow titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, price clipped, has light shelf wear. Boards have bumping to spine ends and the top front fore corner. Textblock has light shelf wear. Inscribed "With best wishes to the Sheehan, on the occasion of the birth of Nicholas-" and signed by Helen Vendler on the title page. Shelved in Room F. More
London; Durham: Heinemann; Victor Gollancz LTD; Granada; Duke University Press, 1978; 1981; 1985; 1991. Octavo, four volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jackets. Various colored spines. Three volumes are hardcover with dust jackets wrapped in mylar covers, prices uncut, and with light shelf wear. Boards have light bumping to spine edges, and fore corners. "The Opera Quarterly" is a softcover in blue paper wraps, has light chipping to spine head/tail and fore corners. Textblocks have light shelving wear. Shelved in Room F. CONTENTS: “God’s Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Heinemann in 1981. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil, with my love”, dated “June 15, 1981” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the title page.-- “Gollancz: The Story of a Publishing House 1928-1978” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1978. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil with love from” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the half-title page.-- “Lorenzo Da Ponte: The Life and Times of Mozart’s Librettist” by Sheila Hodges. Published by Granada in 1985. Inscribed “For Susan and Neal [sic], with my love-” dated “October 10, 1985” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the half-title page.-- “The Opera Quarterly” was gifted by Sheila Hodges. Published by Duke University Press in 1991. Inscribed “For Susan and Neil, with my love-” and signed by Sheila Hodges on the title page. More
