Isbn: 9780712906968 - preliminary checklist of members (the london book trades, 1775-1800) (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: A Preliminary Checklist of Members is an alphabetical list of all those associated with the book trade in London - including engravers, rag sellers, stationers, music sellers and printers. Book plate on the inside front cover indicates this belonged to 'Frederic Melcher, New York, from his Library of Books about Books'. Melcher was the grandson of Frederic G. Melcher (1879â€"1963), founder of the Newbery and Caldecott awards and a noted publisher, bookseller and editor. Copyright © Dawson.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to (27.5 cm), XXXV, 257 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (ownership entry on the front free endpaper). "The aim of the work is to provide, by approaching a limited selection of wide-ranging sources, a checklist of members of the book and allied trades in the London area which would be sufficiently comprehensive to serve as a basis for further study and as a much-needed stop-gap for the poorly documented period of the late 18th century." (from the Preface).…

4to, (274x225mm), xxxvi,257p. A good copy in original black hardback boards, gilt lettered. An excellent directory of the London book trade which fills the gap between the four volumes of the Bibliographical Society's dictionary edited by Plomer and others, and the single-trade directories by Todd, Twyman, Packer, and others for the 19th century. …