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1.
Adventures
In American Book Shops
(& Antique Stores & Auction Rooms). 131-pages,
c1922.
2. A
Magnificent Farce
and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector. 395-pages,
c1921.
3. The
Amenities of Book Collecting
and Kindred Affections.
485-pages, c1918.
4. American
First Editions
Their Points and Prices. 108-pages,
c1933.
5. Anglo-American
First Editions
1826-1900 East to West.
Describing first editions of
English Authors whose books were published
in
America before their publication in England.
202-pages, c1935.
6. Bibliosophia
or Book-Wisdom, ‘containing some accounts of the
pride, pleasure and
privileges of that glorious
vocation book-collecting. 142-pages, c1810.
7. Bookbinders
And Their Craft.
319-pages, illustrated, c1903.
8. Book-Bindings
Historical & Decorative.
339-pages, offered by Maggs Brothers
c1921.
9. Book
Collecting.
A short University of Toronto guide, 19-pages,
c1931.
10. Book
Printers, Illustrators & Binders.
From Gutenberg to
the present time, ‘with a treatise
on the art of collecting and describing
early
printed books and a Latin-English and English-Latin
topographical
index of the earliest printing
places.’ 405-pages with 172 facsimiles,
c1890.
11. Collecting
American First Editions
Its Pitfalls and Its Pleasures. 345-pages, c1930.
12. History
of Engraving and Print Collecting.
A bibliography of the most important
books, c1912,
742-pages.
13. Early
Editions.
‘A bibliographical survey of the works of some
popular modern authors.’
363-pages, c1894.
14. English
Illuminated Manuscripts.
122-pages, c1895.
15. First
Editions
of Ten American Authors. An auction catalogue
included
mainly for interest purposes. 353-pages, c1909.
16. First
Editions of American Authors.
241-pages, c1893.
17. How
To Collect Books.
279-pages, c1905.
18. Illuminated
Manuscripts.
482-pages, c1911.
19. The
Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac.
270-pages, c1896.
20. Old
And Rare Books.
‘An elementary lecture’ 37-pages, c1885.
21. Rare
And Valuable Books.
Early 101-page E.P. Goldschmidt catalogue included
for
interest.
22. Rare
And Valuable Editions
of the Greek and Latin classics
‘together with an
account of
polyglot bibles and psalters, Hebrew bibles,
Greek
Bibles and Greek testaments, the Greek fathers, and
the Latin
fathers.’ Volume 1 591-pages,
c1827.
23. As
Above – Volume 2.
24. Rare
Books And Their Prices.
‘With chapters on Pictures,
Pottery, Porcelain and
Postage Stamps.’ 196-pages, c1896.
25.
Rarest Books In The English Language.
‘A
bibliographical and critical account.
348-pages,
c1866. Volume 1.
26.
As Above
– Volume 2.
27.
As Above
– Volume 3.
28.
As Above
– Volume 4.
29.
Royal
English Bookbindings.
116-pages, c1896.
30.
The Book-Collector.
‘A
general survey of the pursuit and of those
who have
engaged in it at home and abroad from the earliest
period to
the present time.’ With an account of
public and private libraries and
anecdotes of their
founders or owners.’ 368-pages, c1904.
31.
The Book
Fancier
or the Romance of Book Collecting. 324-pages.
32.
The Book
Hunter.
443-pages, c1885.
33.
The Book
Hunter At Home.
299-pages, c1922.
34.
The Book
Hunter in London.
‘Historical and other studies of collectors and
collecting
with numerous portraits and illustrations.’
367-pages, c1895.
35.
The Book
Hunter in Paris.
‘Studies among the bookstalls and
the quays’.
263-pages, c1893.
36.
The
Booklover and His Books.
203-pages, c1917.
37.
The
Romance of Book Collecting.
178-pages, c1898.
38.
The Story
of Libraries and Book-Collecting.
245-pages,
c1908.
39.
First
Editions of the Writings
of Charles Dickens and their Values. 384-pages,
c1913.
40.
First
Editions of the Writings
of Thomas Hardy and Their Values. 48-pages, c1916.
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