Category: Books on Books

About fine with a mere trace of wear. Exhibit catalog of books and ephemera from the Sewell Collection of Lewis Carroll, presented by the Detering Book Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 1 - December 31, 1979. Fifty pages, thirty-seven items. Illustrated with black and white photos. Introduction by Peter Heath, President of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. From Herman E. Detering's Preface: " This exhibit, a portion of the many items assembled over a nine year period by Susan and Byron Sewell, was chosen both for the quality of the material and because it provides an instructive exam...
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Great Flower Books, 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

By: Sitwell, Sacheverell and Wilfrid Blunt

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press : 1990

Seller ID: 011983

ISBN-13: 9780871132840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A touch of shelf wear, a gift inscription from the bookseller (Arader Gallery, Houston?), and a red number/mark on the front free endpaper. The French-fold dust jacket has a few small scratches and some toning on the rear panel. Pages xi, 189 with 51 full-page, full-color illustrations. The Bibliography was edited by Patrick M. Synge and compiled by W.T. Stearn, Saine Wilson, and Handasyde Buchanan. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Includes index. Originally published in Great Britain in 1956 by William Collins.
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A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books. Being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library formed by Robert de Belder [Auction Catalogue, London, 27th and 28th April, 1987]

By: Sotheby's

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Sotheby's : 1987

Seller ID: 11491

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A mere trace of wear to the boards. Maroon cloth with gilt stamping. The colour illustration that was mounted on the front cover has come off and is tucked inside the front cover. 425 pages with numerous illustrations in color and black and white for 388 lots, followed by Bibliography of Principal References Cited in this Catalogue and Index. Biddin Slip included. From Sotheby's introduction: "This is the finest collection of botanical colour plate books ever offered for sale at auction. The collector, Mr. Robert de Belder, had both knowledge and means. He also had, and took, opportunities: he...
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A Book Collector on the Texas Frontier

By: Vedung, Siv

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, Texas Swedish Cultural Foundation : 1990

Seller ID: 05078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Light rub to the jacket, else a fine copy in an archival protective sleeve. 156 ages with References, Appendixes, and Index. Several illustrations, including the frontispiece of Palm. The life of Swedish immigrant Svante Palm, who played important roles in Texas in civic, commercial, cultural, and political life. His true passion, though, was for book collecting. He donated his private library to the University of Texas in 1897, the Swedish portion of which remains as a unique document that contains many rare and valuable volumes from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Provided in this book a...
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Category: Books on Books

Michael D. Heaston Catalogue Forty-Three: Cartography of the American West - A Selection of Pocket, Plat, and Books and Pamphlets with Maps and Atlases

American Book-Prices Current, Index 1955-1960: A Priced Summary of Books, Autographs & Mss, Broadsides, and Maps Sold at Auction in the United States from July 1955 - June 1960, Together with the Principal Sales in London from July 1957 - June 1960

American Book-Prices Current, Index 1960-1965: A Priced Summary of Books, Autographs & Mss, Broadsides, and Maps Sold at Auction in the United States from July 1955 - June 1960, in London, England and Melbourne, Australia from September 1960 - August 1965

Adventures in Collecting Lewis Carroll: Selections from the Sewell Collection

Great Flower Books, 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books. Being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library formed by Robert de Belder [Auction Catalogue, London, 27th and 28th April, 1987]

A Book Collector on the Texas Frontier