Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers: A Selection of American and English Booksellers' Catalogues, 19th-21st Century. By John R. Payne. Introduction by Kurt Zimmerman. Austin , Roger Beacham, Publisher, . One could be forgiven for thinking it odd that something as ephemeral as the bookseller's catalogue should be treated to such a sumptuous production as John Payne's Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers (GCMB). But, as the author reminds us, “Bookshops open and close. Booksellers retire, change professions, and pass on. What remains, other than memories and reputations, are their catalogues, the lasting tangible record of a bookseller's creativity and expertise – a remembrance, a talisman.” (Preface, page xi). The author has selected one hundred forty catalogues from amongst tens of thousands viewed during his time at the Lilly ... [more Book Review: Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers]
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by Ziemann, Hugo; Mrs. F.L. Gillette [Fanny Lemira Gillette]
Akron, Ohio : Saalfield Publishing Co , 1904
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by [Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association]; [Linie Loyall McLaren]
San Francisco, Cal : Paul Elder & Company; [Printed at the Tomoyé Press] , 1907
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by Fisher, M.F.K.
New York : Duell, Sloan & Pearce , 1942
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by [Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)]. [Victor Hirtzler]
Chicago, Il : Published by The Hotel Monthly Press, John Willy, Inc , 1919
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by [Menu - Death Valley Mining]; Montgomery-Shoshone Mine (Death Valley, Nevada)
[Bullfrog, Nye County, Nevada] 1905
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by [Etiquette - Napkin Folding; Anonymous]
London : Newton and Eskell, 59 & 60, Chancery Lane , 1891
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