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12 51. (Congo) Wauter, A-J. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DU CONGO, 1880-1895. CATALOGUE MÉTHO- DIQUE DE 3,800 OUVRAGES, BROCHURES, NOTICES ET CARTES RELATIFS À L' HIS- TOIRE, À LA GÉOGRAPHIE ET À LA COLONISATION DU CONGO. Mansfield Centre, MA: Martino Publishing, 2006, 8vo., cloth. xlix, 356 pages. ISBN 1578985609. $65.00 $48.75 Reprint of the 1895 first edition published in Brussels. French Congo was the original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic. Wauter's is the most comprehensive bibliography on the Congo, with some 3800 references. [Order No. 92346] 52. (Ionian Islands) Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE IONIENNE. Two volumes in one. (Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999), 8vo., cloth. ix,431; vi,431-861 pages. ISBN 1578981263. $95.00 $71.25 Reprint of the 1910 first edition published by Ernest Leroux in Paris. Besterman 3168; Sheehy AA845. Bibliography of all books printed from the 15th century through 1900 that concern the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Cephalonia, Ithaca, Paxos and several smaller islands). Arranged chronologically with collations and annotations. 4,043 printed items described. [Order No. 53937] 53. (Children's Books) Welch, D'Alte A. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821. N.P.: American Antiquarian Society, 1972, tall 8vo., cloth. lxvi, 516 pages. ISBN 0827171331. $60.00 $45.00 First edition. Full descriptions of over 1000 books. Excellent reference tool. [Order No. 25465] 54. Blanck, Jacob. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE VOL 5. WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, small 4to., cloth. xxvi, 643 pages. ISBN 9781584561255. $125.00 $93.75 Reprint of volume five. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. [Order No. 74085] 55. Merrill, E.D. & E.H. Walker. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EASTERN ASIATIC BOTANY. (Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999), 8vo., cloth. xlii, 719 pages. ISBN 1578981301. $85.00 $63.75 Reprint of the first edition published by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in 1938 (Besterman 952; Sheehy EC81). Merrill and Walker's work is a comprehensive, briefly annotated bibliography of books and articles on the taxonomic literature of China, Japan, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet and eastern and southern Siberia through 1936. 35,000 entries. With appendices on older Oriental works, reference lists of Oriental serials, reference lists of Oriental authors, etc. Slightly reduced format. [Order No. 55075] 56. (Brown, John) Eddy, Donald D. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BROWN. New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1971, 8vo., cloth. xxxi, 210 pages. $35.00 $26.25 First edition. According to its Introduction, this bibliography describes all the first editions, including those published posthumously, of works written by John Brown. Except for four short poems, all of the items were first published separately. With three exceptions - one item by Brown, two of Browniana - all separately published eighteenth-century printings of later editions and translations are also described. The order of works is chronological according to the first edition's publication date. For each work, the editions are listed as London editions, Dublin editions, English language editions published elsewhere (i.e. Belfast, Edinburgh, Boston, Philadelphia or New York) and translations. This work also contains indices of booksellers, publishers and printers. [Order No. 25837] 57. (Powys, Llewelyn) Foss, Peter J. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LLEWELYN POWYS. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, cloth, dust jacket. 308 pages. ISBN 9781584562054. $80.00 $60.00 First edition. In this, the first comprehensive bibliography of the writings of Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939), Peter Foss not only provides a complete description of every first edition of Llewelyn Powys's books (34 in all), but also 1-4 books, 25% off 5-25 books, 40% off 26-49 books, 45% off 50+books, 50% off
describes all other editions and translations. He also gives a full account of the biographical and critical context surrounding the composition of each book, together with lists of reviews and quotations from contemporary sources. As well as the books of Llewelyn Powys, the bibliography also provides a detailed listing of over 600 of his newspaper and periodical contributions, and collates and cross-references this material with other printings in collections and anthologies. Included are illustrations of selected covers, title-pages and dust-jackets. The book provides much new information and will be of invaluable use to scholars, collectors and historians of twentieth-century English literature. Published in the UK by The British Library. [Order No. 93072] 58. Young, Morris N. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEMORY, A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL WORKS BY AUTHORS FROM ALL COUNTRIES, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., 1961, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 436 pages. $90.00 $67.50 First and only edition. Thousands of entries dating from the earliest times. The most complete bibliography published. The understanding of the human mind is closely bound up with a working knowledge of memory. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103768] 59. (Johnson, Samuel) Courtney, William Prideaux and David Nichol Smith. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL JOHNSON WITH SUPPLEMENT with JOHNSON BIBLIOGRAPHY, A SUPPLE- MENT TO COURTNEY. By R.W. Chapman with the Collaboration of Allen T. Hazen. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books and Gerald M. Goldberg, 1984, thick 8vo., cloth. (iv), vii-viii, v-viii, 186, 117-166 pages. ISBN 0938768115. $55.00 $41.25 As any Johnsonian scholar or collector knows, Courtney and Smith's indispensable bibliography of Johnson is a hard book to find. Now it is readily available once again and in a new format which brings together, for the first time, the work of four distinguished Johnsonian bibliographers. This book is a reprint of the 1925 edition of Courtney and Smith which had the facsimiles of title pages. To this has been added the preface of the 1915 edition, which did not appear in either the 1925 reissue or 1968 reprint. In 1939 Chapman and Hazen's comprehensive supplement to this bibliography appeared: Johnsonian Bibliography, A Supplement to Courtney; this is reprinted in full. Officially authorized by the Oxford University Press and Oxford Bibliographical Society, this volume is the best bibliographical tool on Samuel Johnson currently available. [Order No. 2444] 60. (Songsters) Lowens, Irving. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SONGSTERS PRINTED IN AMERICA BEFORE 1821. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1976, 8vo., cloth. xxxviii, 229 pages. ISBN 0912296054. $35.00 $26.25 First edition. This bibliography lists close to 650 songsters with full bibliographical collations. For the purpose of this bibliography, a songster is defined as a collection of three or more secular poems intended to be sung. A geographical directory of printers, publishers, booksellers, and engravers, among others, is included, along with indices of compilers and titles. Distributed for the American Antiquarian Society. [Order No. 4640] 61. (Africa) Cardinall, A.W. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLD COAST. (Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing Co., 2002), 8vo., cloth. (iv), xxii, 384 pages. ISBN 1578983436. $65.00 $48.75 Reprint of 1932 first edition published by the Gold Coast Colony. This is the most exhaustive bibliography cited in Besterman having 5168 listings on the subject of the Gold Coast. (Besterman 2615). The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the fifteenth century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the Volta that they named the place Mina, meaning Mine. The Gold Coast was later adopted as a name by the English colonizers. Indexed. [Order No. 70487] 62. Rathe, John F. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TYPOPHILE CHAP BOOKS, 1935-1992. New York: The Typophiles, 1992, tall 12mo., cloth. 95 pages. ISBN 0945074026. $35.00 $26.25 Chap Book 60. Describes over fifty books in "a list and brief history of small, well-made books which were created mostly out of love." Includes the handful of books issued before the chap book series. Various indices are of great help to the reader. Distributed for The Typophiles. [Order No. 62004] 13 orders@oakknoll.com www.oakknoll.com 800-996-2556
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