H R Plomer (40 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Strong hardcover binding, titles on spine, standard library marks ; Classic Reprint; Ex-Library; 432 pages.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.

First edition. First edition. Two volumes in gray stitched wrappers. Subsequently expanded to four (possibly 5) parts. Illustrated throughout with colophons and head- and tail-pieces. Inscribed in pencil to the Caxton Club by C.W. Williams (of Way & Williams), January 1897. Wrappers soiled and chipped, contents clean and sound.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Medium 4to with grey boards and white cloth quarter binding. Black lettering on backstrip. Only minor wear to exterior. Original soft cover bound inside, grey paper with black lettering, in good condition. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for one faint water stain. Contains a couple of plates. Trimmed top edge. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. Bookplate of noted book collector Estelle Doheny inside front cover. B&W illustrations. Condition: endpapers slightly toned; else near fine with many pages unopened. Pages: [v], 313.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards worn, some foxing.

First Edition. First Edition. square octavo, printed wrappers. Bibliographical Society, Part II: R. Pynson. R. Copland. J. Rastell. P.Treveris. R. Bankes. L. Andrewe. W. Rastell. T. Godfray. J. Byddell. Illustrated. Printed by Blades, East & Blades for the Bibliographical Society. Two one inch chip at bottom of spine, small chips around edges. square octavo, printed wrappers.…

Condition: Very Good.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Printed fro the Bibliographical Society. Lists the output of H. Pepwell, R.Redmond, R.Wyer, T. Petyt, E. Whitchurch, J. Cawood, N. Hyll, J. Day, R. Jugge, W. Powell, W. Copeland, R. Tottell & others. With plates of their imprints & devices, original printed grey paper wrappers, front wrapper detached and spotted with age, closed split at side of approx 3 inches, no loss. Uncut thick paper all very clean and tight. Small quarto. Wrappers complete but worn, top wrapper detached with tear, contents VG. Published in September 1913 this was the final part of 4, begun in 1896. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, illustrated, quarter dark green half morocco, green cloth sides over boards, five raised bands, gilt title on spine, t.e.g. Illustrated with linecut facsimiles of printers' devices; fore-edge untrimmed. With the booklabel of Wilfred Merton; his signature also on a front blank. Original gray wrappers bound in at rear. Very good copy overall; spine evenly faded to dark tan, hinges and some cover edges lightly rubbed, offset from turn-ins onto endpapers, interior otherwise fine.…

First edition. 263pp. Lar.8vo(25.5c19cm). half linen with blue boards. foxing.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1977; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles and accents; wear and discoloration around edges; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; pen and pencil marks throughout book; 426 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Printed wrappers, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, various paginations. Wrappers spotted and foxed and chipped, backstrip darkened with several splits and tears, endpapers faintly spotted, contents otherwise Good.

cloth-backed boards. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xxi, 342 pages. First edition. Edited by Arundell Esdaile and authored with the help of H.G. Aldis, E.R. McC. Dix, G.J. Gray and R.B. McKerrow. Wear to spine with minor sunning. Endpapers tanned, with front hinge cracked. Exlibris with markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Foxing to pages and edges of book. Name and date written on inside front cover - small in ink. Good tight copy.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to (31 cm), ca 300 pp. Boards and dust jacket (dj somewhat creased, title page slightly stained, closed tear at the tail near the spine). A reprint of works originally published 1910-1932 in 4 volumes printed here in compact form 4 pages on one page.

Cloth, paper spine-label, top edge gilt, 8vo, 26 cm, 263, [1] pp, frontispiece, facs. From the preface: "In this work it is proposed to give the history of William Caxton's immediate successors. The limit of date coincides with the death of Wynkyn de Worde in 1535, and it may be called the second milestone on the highway of English printing, as well as marking the end of the old order of things, namely, the downfall of Papal supremacy in England. It embraces not only the lives of Wynkyn de Worde and Pynson, two of the most prolific of the printers in England at that time, but also of those two remarkable men, John and William Rastell, as, although the latter lived some years longer, he gave up printing in 1535. King Henry VII. As a book collector, King Henry VIII tilting at Martin Luther, Sir Thomas More wielding his pen and finally giving his life for the old religion; Erasmus, scholar, writer, and friend of booksellers and printers both abroad and in England; Dean Colet, his "gossip," and the founder of St Paul's School; Skelton the poet, and Andrew Borde the physician and jester, are but a few of the celebrated people whose work will be met with in the history of these presses." Contents: Introduction; Wynkyn de Worde; Richard Pynson; John Lettou, William de Machlinia, and Julyan Notary; W. and R. Faques, Robert Copland, and John and W. Rastell; Henry Pepwell, John Skot, etc; Provincial and Scottish presses. Covers somewhat darkened (smokestains) and some marks to endpapers, otherwise Good.…

Portrait of Morris & many illustrations. xv,330pp. lar.8vo(22.2x17.5cm) green cloth (spine foxed). gilt top edge. foxing. spotted.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover book no dust jacket. Light wear to book cover and book edges.

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original peach paper yapp wraps [soft back]. 10" x 7". Contains paginated printed pages of text [viii], 96, [x-xiv]-2. Illustrated throughout including a full page plate by Annabel Sprigge. Article by H. E. Bates is 'The Poems of John Clare'. Edges a little curled. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERARY CRITICISM.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 76 pages. George Orwell "Boys' Weeklies" / W H Auden "In Memory of Sigmund Freud" / R F Harrod "Peace Aims and Economics" / Stephen Spender "September Journal (continued) / Howard Evans "Communist Policy and the Intellectuals" / William Plomer "Kilvert's Country" / John Betjeman "Blackfriars" (poem) / Philip Toynbee "The First Day of Term". …

Cloth, paper spine-label, top edge gilt, 8vo, 26 cm, 263, [1] pp, frontispiece, facs. From the preface: "In this work it is proposed to give the history of William Caxton's immediate successors. The limit of date coincides with the death of Wynkyn de Worde in 1535, and it may be called the second milestone on the highway of English printing, as well as marking the end of the old order of things, namely, the downfall of Papal supremacy in England. It embraces not only the lives of Wynkyn de Worde and Pynson, two of the most prolific of the printers in England at that time, but also of those two remarkable men, John and William Rastell, as, although the latter lived some years longer, he gave up printing in 1535. King Henry VII. As a book collector, King Henry VIII tilting at Martin Luther, Sir Thomas More wielding his pen and finally giving his life for the old religion; Erasmus, scholar, writer, and friend of booksellers and printers both abroad and in England; Dean Colet, his "gossip," and the founder of St Paul's School; Skelton the poet, and Andrew Borde the physician and jester, are but a few of the celebrated people whose work will be met with in the history of these presses." Contents: Introduction; Wynkyn de Worde; Richard Pynson; John Lettou, William de Machlinia, and Julyan Notary; W. and R. Faques, Robert Copland, and John and W. Rastell; Henry Pepwell, John Skot, etc; Provincial and Scottish presses. An ex-library copy with a callnumber on the spine, labels on the front endpapers and a docket on the rear pastedown endpaper, cloth darkened, contents Good.…

Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2)Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Endpapers cracked at front hinge, rear board with a waterstain and bruise, otherwise Very Good.…

Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2)Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Spine a little browned, unopened, otherwise Very Good.…

Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2)Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Spine stained, otherwise Good.…

Cloth, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2) Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Bookplate of the bibliographer Gavin Bridson on front pastedown endpaper and his pencil signature on front free endpaper, Very Good. …

FIRST EDITION Small 4to. hardback (approx. 22.5 x 18cm) in quarter cream cloth and grey paper-covered boards. 342pp., Indexed. Ex. Library with a few purple rubber stamps to prelims. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Light tanning to endpapers and untrimmed foredge. Light wear to top and base of spine which is somewhat darkened and lightly soiled. Light soiling to base of upper board. (Shelf ) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Cloth-backed boards, small 4to, 23 x 18 cm, xxi, 432 pp. The fourth in a series of dictionaries which together cover the period from 1557. With an introduction by A. W. Pollard. The contents of this volume are: (1) A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726 - 1775 by H.R. Plomer; (2)Scottish Printers, Booksellers and Bookbinders by G.H. Bushnell; (3) Irish printers, Booksellers and Stationers 1726 - 1775 by E.R. McC. Dix. Endpapers cracked at front hinge although binding remains sound, rear board marked and slightly abraded, contents Very Good.…