Books About Books, Bibliography and Reference 2026-08-10 Auction - 82 Price Results - Ruth R. Hirsch in NE
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Books About Books, Bibliography and Reference
Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880. A Descriptive Bibliography, by Edmund King.
[Dr. Seuss] First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books. A Guide to Identification, by Helen Younger & Dan
Iona & Peter Opie. A Nursery Companion.
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Omaha, NE, United States
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Books About Books, Bibliography and Reference

Ruth R. Hirsch

Books pertaining to rare & collectible books including art, illustration, children's, etc. Many of the books are signed.
Collected Books. The Guide to Values. Text by Allen & Patricia Ahern.: New York: 1991. 8vo; 636pp; gilt lettered boards; decorative jacket; very good copy. First edition, later printing. Lists over 15,000 books.
0001: Collected Books. The Guide to Values. Text by Allen & Patricia Ahern.
Est.
$10
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$25
Lot Passed
Looking at Picture Books 1973. Edited by Brian Alderson.: London: National Book League, 1973. 4to; 64pp; pictorial card covers; wilh numerous illustrations; covers lightly faded, otherwise near fine with the errata leaf glued in as issued. Exhibition
0002: Looking at Picture Books 1973. Edited by Brian Alderson.
Est.
$50
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$125
Lot Passed
Grimm Tales in English. Edited by Brian Alderson.: London: The British Library, 1985. Tall 4to; 5pp; pictorial self-wrappers stapled at spine as issued; illustrated; a lightly used copy. Presentation copy signed by Alderson "for Marjorie, with love
0003: Grimm Tales in English. Edited by Brian Alderson.
Est.
$30
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$100
Lot Passed
Hans Andersen. The Important Collection of Books and Associated Material relating to Hans Christian: London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. 8vo; printed wrappers, lighty faded and worn at edges; illustrated. Auction catalog of one of the greatest collections of Andersen ever assembled, with 661 lots;
0004: Hans Andersen. The Important Collection of Books and Associated Material relating to Hans Christian
Est.
$10
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$35
Lot Passed
SOLD
Wonderful Stories for Pictures. Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators.: Princeton: 2009. Oblong 8vo; 39pp; color pictorial card covers; illustrated. Issued by the Cotsen Children's Library.
0005: Wonderful Stories for Pictures. Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators.
Est.
$10
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$25
A Brief Catalogue of Books Illustrated with Engravings by Dr. Alexander Anderson. With a: New York: [Thompson & Moreau, printers] 1885. 8vo; vii 35pp; blue cloth with gilt lettered spine; illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, a chapter headpiece and 2 tailpiece woodcuts; Ex library
0006: A Brief Catalogue of Books Illustrated with Engravings by Dr. Alexander Anderson. With a
Est.
$100
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$350
Lot Passed
A History of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, by Irene Smith.: New York: 1957. 8vo; 140pp; cloth; fine in the decorative jacket. First edition. Presentation copy signed and dated October 1957, by Frederic Melcher, noted collector, editor and publisher; with his
0007: A History of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, by Irene Smith.
Est.
$75
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$125
Lot Passed
SOLD
Newbery and Caldecott Awards. A Bibliography of First Editions, by Irvin Kerlan.: Minneapolis: 1949. 8vo; 51pp; cloth backed decorative boards; fine in printed jacket, spine lightly faded. The first work on these awards; review slip laid in. First edition. Presentation copy signed
0008: Newbery and Caldecott Awards. A Bibliography of First Editions, by Irvin Kerlan.
Est.
$100
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$250
American Picture Books from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within, by Barbara Bader.: New York: 1976. 4to; 615pp; decorative boards; decorative jacket; profusely illustrated; jacket with a few small tears, otherwise very good. First printing.
0009: American Picture Books from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within, by Barbara Bader.
Est.
$20
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$50
Lot Passed
SOLD
[OZ] Bibliographia Oziana. A Concise Bibliographical Checklist of the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum and: The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1988. 8vo; 146pp; pictorial card covers; illustrated; fine copy. Revised and Enlarged Edition, containg a new introduction as well as a wealth of new material and
0010: [OZ] Bibliographia Oziana. A Concise Bibliographical Checklist of the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum and
Est.
$10
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$35
SOLD
[OZ] The Wonderful World of Oz / The Wonderful World of Oz, volume 11 / The Art of Oz. Three: New York: 1983-1985-1984. All are 8vo, bound in color pictorial card covers; all are profusely illustrated; covers of volume 11 lightly soiled, otherwise a fine set; volume 11 with "Last minute
0011: [OZ] The Wonderful World of Oz / The Wonderful World of Oz, volume 11 / The Art of Oz. Three
Est.
$15
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$45
SOLD
Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800, by Stuart Bennett.: London: 2004. Large 4to; 176pp; cloth backed boards; decorative jacket; profusely illustrated; fine copy. First edition.
0012: Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800, by Stuart Bennett.
Est.
$30
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$70
SOLD
Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880. A Descriptive Bibliography, by Edmund King.: New Castle: 2003. 4to; 324pp; gilt lettered cloth; illustrated; fine copy. First edition.
0013: Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880. A Descriptive Bibliography, by Edmund King.
Est.
$10
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$45
SOLD
Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Cloth & Leather, by Ruari McLean.: London: 1974. 4to; 160pp; pictorial cloth; profusely illustrated; pictorial jacket with a few small tears and light soiling, otherwise very good. First edtion.
0014: Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Cloth & Leather, by Ruari McLean.
Est.
$30
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$65
SOLD
Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper, by Ruari McLean.: London: 1983. 4to; 112pp; cloth backed pictorial boards; printed jacket; profusely illustrated; fine copy.
0015: Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper, by Ruari McLean.
Est.
$30
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$75
SOLD
The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 1815-1915, by Ellen Morris.: Los Angeles: 2000. 4to; 127pp; pictorial card covers; illustrated; fine copy. First edition, limited to 1500 copies.
0016: The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 1815-1915, by Ellen Morris.
Est.
$30
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$85
SOLD
Nineteenth-Century Publishers' Bindings 1820-1900, by Robin de Beaumont.: 8vo; 48pp; printed card covers; illustrated; fine copy. Published in "The Private Library", fourth series, volume 9:1, Spring 1996.
0017: Nineteenth-Century Publishers' Bindings 1820-1900, by Robin de Beaumont.
Est.
$10
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$25
SOLD
Textile and Embroidered Bindings, by Giles Barber.: Oxford: 1971. 8vo; 11pp + 30 plates; decorative card covers, lightly rubbed, otherwise near fine. First edition.
0018: Textile and Embroidered Bindings, by Giles Barber.
Est.
$10
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$25
SOLD
Early American Book-Bindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio.: Worcester: 1985. 4to; 120pp; printed card covers; illustrated; front cover slightly bowed, otherwise very good. Second edition, enlarged with a list of the Papantonio Collection now at the American
0019: Early American Book-Bindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio.
Est.
$10
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$30
SOLD
Binding Variants with More Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900, by John Carter. 2: New Castle: 1989. 8vo; 172pp x 52pp; decorative boards; illustrated; printed jacket, lightly rubbed, small tear top of spine, otherwise a very good copy. First edition thus, limited to 500 copies.
0020: Binding Variants with More Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900, by John Carter. 2
Est.
$45
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$115
SOLD
Harry Castlemon. Boy's Own Author. Appreciation and Bibliography, by Jacob Blanck.: New York: 1941. 8vo; 142pp; gilt lettered cloth, lightly faded, otherwise very good; front fly leaf with the inked stamp of Wahrenbrock's Book House. Front fly leaf with a presentation from the
0021: Harry Castlemon. Boy's Own Author. Appreciation and Bibliography, by Jacob Blanck.
Est.
$100
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$250
American Book Illustrators. Bibliographic Check Lists of 123 Artists, by Theodore Bolton.: New York: 1938. 8vo; 290pp; cloth, lightly rubbed and faded; with a number of inserts including: 1. A Children's Classic: Millions of Cats. 2. American Illustrated Books 1945-1965. 3. Jane Adelson,
0022: American Book Illustrators. Bibliographic Check Lists of 123 Artists, by Theodore Bolton.
Est.
$25
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$75
Lot Passed
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, by Humphrey Carpenter.: Oxford: 1984. 8vo; 587pp; boards; color pictorial jacket; illustrated; fine copy. This edition printed with corrections.
0023: The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, by Humphrey Carpenter.
Est.
$10
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$35
Lot Passed
[Lewis Carroll] A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll, by Sidney Williams.: London: 1924. 4to; 142pp; cloth backed boards; printed jacket, separated at 2 folds, slightly worn, one small chip and a few slight tears, otherwise very good; with eight facsimiles of title pages.
0024: [Lewis Carroll] A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll, by Sidney Williams.
Est.
$100
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$250
Lot Passed