Studies in Bibliography

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia

Published annually since 1948, Studies in Bibliography is the pre-eminent journal of analytical bibliography, textual criticism, manuscript study, and the history of printing and publishing. Volumes 1 through 45 were edited by Fredson Bowers; volume 46 to the present are edited by David L. Vander Meulen. The forthcoming volume (52) can be secured by joining the Society. The current volume (51) is available from the University Press of Virginia at $40.00. Individual copies of most volumes previous to volume 51 are available from Oak Knoll Press at $35.00 per volume.

Other Society Publications

The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia is pleased to announce that Oak Knoll Press of New Castle, Delaware has been chosen as the distributor of our print publications. Orders may be placed electronically at the Oak Knoll Press website or by mail or phone to:

BSUVa members who identify themselves as such at the time of ordering will receive a 10% discount on the price of Society publications.

Recent Releases

This scholarly work contains fifteen essays exploring the interconnections between verbal works and the physical objects (primarily manuscripts and printed books) that transmit them. Divided into five groups with such chapters as "Libraries, Museums, and Reading," "The Latest Forms of Book-Burning," "A Description of Descriptive Bibliography," "Books, Canons, and the Nature of Dispute," and "Printing History and Other History."

"...Tanselle puts forward a powerful case, one that too often goes unexpressed and one that will affect every reader in the future."
David McKitterick, Times Literary Supplement

"...should be read by anyone contemplating the use of books as historical evidence."
Robin Alston, SHARP News

A history of the Society by David Vander Meulen with a complete checklist of the Society's publications, also by Vander Meulen; a history of Studies in Bibliography by G. Thomas Tanselle; and an author index to the first fifty volumes of Studies by David L. Gants and Elizabeth K. Lynch. Also contains William Todd's entertaining and informative anniversary address.

"No bibliographer now active should neglect this book where the history is larger than the biography of any one individual that contributed to it."
T. H. Howard-Hill, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America

Limited to 500 copies. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Photofacsimile and transcription of a previously unpublished draft of William Faulkner's second novel, Mosquitoes. Includes comprehensive introduction, cross-references to corresponding passages of the typescript and first edition, and an appendix presenting in tabular form the relationship of the three major stages of composition in this crucial novel from Faulkner's early career.

"...an excellent tool for examining the development of theme and style in the composition of Faulkner's second novel."
Roger Osborne, Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin

First edition. A catalogue and analysis of Henry Fielding's library as a means to understanding the development of his thought and art. Includes detailed annotations on the abbreviated entries in the 1755 auction catalogue, a full listing of Fielding's references to authors, editors, and commentators, a copious general index, and an index to printers, publishers, and booksellers listed. With a facsimile of the 1755 library catalogue.

"Not only bibliographers or biographers but all serious readers of Fielding's novels have reason to be grateful to the Ribbles for this catalogue."
Bertrand Goldgar, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Other Selections

First edition. The only full edition bibliography of the modernist poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961). Includes H.D.'s books, pamphlets, contributions to books and pamphlets, periodical appearances, translations, musical settings, recordings, and ephemera. A second section contains reviews of H.D.'s works and references to her life and work in books, periodicals, dissertations, theses, newspapers, published letters, and miscellaneous materials.

First editions of both titles. Bristol has added 11,200 entries to the original edition of Evans. He covers the period 1639 through 1800. Necessary complement to the original work.

A twenty-fifth anniversary keepsake for members of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Two facsimiles, the first of a manuscript copy of Mallarmé's sonnet to Poe and the second of a bookplate designed by Manet and autographed by the artist and by Mallarmé.

A comprehensive guide to scholarly and critical work on Poe published from 1827 through 1967. Part I is a listing by author or title of books and articles in English. All entries are annotated, except those not verified by the compilers. Part II lists Poe criticism written in languages other than English. Contains over 4,500 entries.

Reprinted, with corrections and additions, from Studies in Bibliography. Sixty-nine books identified to which Johnson subscribed.

Vol V. Part i--Introduction to the Smock Alley Macbeth, and Part ii--Text of the Smock Alley Macbeth. Two volumes enclosed in a slipcase. From the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, 21-page facsimile, and collations.

Vol VI. Part i--Introduction to the Smock Alley Othello, and Part ii--Text of the Smock Alley Othello. Two volumes bound in one. From the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, 23-page facsimile, and collations.

Vol VII. Part i--Introduction to the Smock Alley A Midsummer Night's Dream. Part ii--Text of the Smock Alley production. Two volumes bound in one. From the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an introduction, 18-page facsimile, and collations.

Introductions and partial texts of the Smock Alley King Lear, Henry VIII, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, and The Winter's Tale. From the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Contains partial text illustrations, an 18-page facsimile and collations.

First edition. This remarkable bibliography includes references to all known texts, works of criticism, articles, and reviews of Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburh through 1967. Over 2,250 entries.

A warm biographical sketch of a noted calligrapher and private pressman by a close friend.

First edition. A complete account of the canon and criticism of one of the most critically acclaimed Southern writers of this century. This work includes transcription of title pages, collations, notes on contents, typography, paper, and binding, and an extensive listing of appearances in anthologies.

First edition. A study of the sequence of writing and revision of these two D.H. Lawrence novels. Includes the history of Lawrence's involvement with the drafts of each novel and the impact of literary agents and publishers on the novels.
1979, hardcover, 5 x 7 inches, 178 pages
ISBN 0-8139-0704-7 / Order No. 53825-UVA / Price $25.00 or £16.00

An Annotated Bibliography of Jane Austen Studies, 1973-83
Barry Roth

Annotated entries for all books, essays, articles, and doctoral dissertations on Austen, and for critical matter appended to every edition of her works in English and in selected translations for this eleven-year period.

First edition, second printing. Eight excellent essays on the discipline and art of textual criticism and scholarly editing by the preeminent scholar G. Thomas Tanselle. Many of these essays have played a role in ongoing debates, and some of them - such as "The Editorial Problem of Final Authorial Intention" and "The Editing of Historical Documents" - have become points of reference in the field.

First edition. The textual history of Longfellow's play John Endicott from its genesis in 1856 to its final form in 1872, as part of the trilogy Christus. Of the six texts of the play, the two that appear here for the first time are the prose version, A New England Tragedy, and a verse version, Wenlock Christison.

First edition. A comprehensive account of the composition and production of the first edition of Pope's Dunciad, accompanied by a photofacsimile of a copy recording Pope's original manuscript readings. The appendices identify hundreds of textual changes Pope introduced in the later 1728 printings and record the names with which pirate printers filled Pope's blanks. Award-winning design by Warren Chappell.

"The value of this volume extends beyond Pope and informs larger concerns--the creative process, the relationships of author, text, reader.... This handsomely printed, scrupulously reasoned book is a valuable contribution of our understanding of Pope..."
John Middendorf, TEXT

"The book abounds with good things.... This is a book which is going to remain in use for a very long time."
Michael Treadwell, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada

Limited to 750 copies, printed by the Stinehour Press. A facsimile and transcription of the surviving portion of Johnson's 1783 translation of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline. This is the first publication of Johnson's manuscript.

"...another fine example of the work of the Stinehour Press, of the resources of the Hyde Collection, and of the diligence of scholarly inquiry."
J.D. Fleeman, The Library

First edition. Pictorial history of the composition, publication, and subsequent suppression of Theodore Dreiser's famous first novel, Sister Carrie. Working with the manuscript, typescript, and drawing on Dreiser's correspondence and other literary papers, West gives a full account of the complicated history of the book.

First edition. This comprehensive bibliography includes Price's books, pamphlets, broadsides, contributions, translations, interviews, etc. Also includes coverage of juvenilia and an extensive annotated list of interviews.

First edition. This work describes all the works of this Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and short story writer including appearances in periodicals, interviews, and published quotes and comments.

Ordering Information

The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia is pleased to announce that Oak Knoll Press of New Castle, Delaware has been chosen as the distributor of our print publications. Orders may be placed electronically at the Oak Knoll Press website or by mail or phone to:

BSUVa members who identify themselves at the time of ordering will receive a 10% discount on the price of Society publications.

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