Muir, Percy H. (Percy Horace) 1894-1979
Overview
Works: | 233 works in 639 publications in 2 languages and 7,561 library holdings |
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Genres: | History Bibliographies Exhibition catalogs Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Fairy tales Fiction Stories, plots, etc Autobiographies Catalogs |
Roles: | Author, Editor, Translator, Contributor, Other, Author of introduction, Creator, Speaker, wpr |
Classifications: | Z121, 655.1 |
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Most widely held works about
Percy H Muir
- The company we kept by Barbara Kaye( Book )
- Minding my own business, an autobiography by Percy H Muir( Book )
- P.H. Muir : a check list of his published work( Book )
- Bookselling in the 20th century : Elkin Mathews Ltd., an archive, 1928-1979( Book )
- P.H. Muir : a check list of his published work( Book )
- Percy Muir : manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence : a catalogue( Book )
- P.H. Muir : a checklist of his published work by Barbara Kaye( Book )
- P.H. Muir : supplement to A check list of his published work( Book )
- Antiquarian bookman records-Malkin family papers( )
- [Letter, 1935 or 1936, London, to unknown recipient (Donald Brien?)] by A. J. A Symons( )
- Automata and other toys, musical boxes, Victorian nursery bygones and parlour games by Manson & Woods Christie( Book )
- Papers by Percy H Muir( )
- Percy H. Muir letters to Rev. James Brown by Percy H Muir( )
- Percy H. Muir papers by Percy H Muir( )
- A memorial catalogue dedicated to Percy H. Muir, 1894-1979 : children's books and games : also to celebrate 60 years of Elkin Mathews Ltd. (now a partnership) by E. Mathews (Firm)( Book )
- Percy Muir : manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence ; a catalogue by Percy H Muir( Book )
- The League in Geneva by Barbara Muir( )
- Letters by Percy H Muir( )
- Children's books, juvenilia, related drawings and manuscripts : including a presentation copy of Kenneth Grahame's The wind in the willows, 1908 by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co( Book )
- Cambridge, to Siegfried Sassoon by Sydney Carlyle Cockerell( )
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Most widely held works by
Percy H Muir
English children's books, 1600 to 1900 by
Percy H Muir(
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69 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Muir discusses the changes in children's books collecting that have occurred since the first impression of 1954. Muir has written an account which is both scholarly and entertaining of the works published for children during three centuries. He passes over the books written solely to instruct or to improve, and concentrates on those whose aim is entertainment
69 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Muir discusses the changes in children's books collecting that have occurred since the first impression of 1954. Muir has written an account which is both scholarly and entertaining of the works published for children during three centuries. He passes over the books written solely to instruct or to improve, and concentrates on those whose aim is entertainment
Printing and the mind of man : a descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of Western civilization
during five centuries by
John Carter(
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17 editions published in 1967 in English and German and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Catalog of the printing and the mind of man exhibition held in conjunction with IPEX,1963
17 editions published in 1967 in English and German and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Catalog of the printing and the mind of man exhibition held in conjunction with IPEX,1963
Victorian illustrated books by
Percy H Muir(
Book
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33 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
33 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Book-collecting as a hobby : in a series of letters to Everyman by
Percy H Muir(
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44 editions published between 1940 and 1949 in 3 languages and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
44 editions published between 1940 and 1949 in 3 languages and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Printing and the mind of man by
John Carter(
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21 editions published in 1983 in English and German and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Revised catalog of a display of printing mechanisms and printed materials arranged to illustrate the history of Western civilization and the means of multiplication of literary texts since the 15th century, organized in connection with the 11th International Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition assembled at British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July, 1963
21 editions published in 1983 in English and German and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Revised catalog of a display of printing mechanisms and printed materials arranged to illustrate the history of Western civilization and the means of multiplication of literary texts since the 15th century, organized in connection with the 11th International Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition assembled at British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July, 1963
Talks on book-collecting by
Percy H Muir(
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13 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selected essays on books and printing by
A. F Johnson(
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13 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and German and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and German and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beauty and the beast by
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont(
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3 editions published between 1949 and 1968 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With a kiss, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast
3 editions published between 1949 and 1968 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With a kiss, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast
Minding my own business, an autobiography by
Percy H Muir(
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12 editions published between 1956 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Tells the story of the firm Elkin Mathews, the antiquarian booksellers, with which he (Muir) has been associated since 1930. Founded by Charles Elkin Mathews and the legendary John Lane, it has survived the two world wars, the great slump of the Thirties, many changing fashions in book-collecting, and even the gloriously unorthodox methods of its partners" - blurb
12 editions published between 1956 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Tells the story of the firm Elkin Mathews, the antiquarian booksellers, with which he (Muir) has been associated since 1930. Founded by Charles Elkin Mathews and the legendary John Lane, it has survived the two world wars, the great slump of the Thirties, many changing fashions in book-collecting, and even the gloriously unorthodox methods of its partners" - blurb
Book-collecting : more letters to everyman by
Percy H Muir(
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12 editions published in 1949 in English and Undetermined and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published in 1949 in English and Undetermined and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bibliographies of the first editions of books by Aldous Huxley and by T F Powys by
Percy H Muir(
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12 editions published between 1927 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1927 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Points, second series, 1866-1934 by
Percy H Muir(
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4 editions published between 1931 and 1934 in English and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1931 and 1934 in English and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Points, 1874-1930 : being extracts from a bibliographer's note-book by
Percy H Muir(
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5 editions published in 1931 in English and Undetermined and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1931 in English and Undetermined and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Children's books of yesterday; a catalogue of an exhibition held at 7 Albemarle Street, London during May 1946 by
National Book League (Great Britain)(
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7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Welsh ambassadors : (Powys lives and letters) by
Louis Marlow(
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3 editions published between 1935 and 1936 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 1935 and 1936 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Some printers & publishers of conjuring books and other ephemera, 1800-1850 by
Trevor H Hall(
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6 editions published in 1976 in English and German and held by 118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1976 in English and German and held by 118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Children's books of yesterday; a catalogue of an exhibition held at 7 Albemarle street, London, during May 1946, compiled
by Percy H. Muir, with a foreword by John Masefield by
National Book League (Great Britain)(
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12 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Catnachery by
Percy H Muir(
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1 edition published in 1955 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1955 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bücher die die Welt verändern by
John Carter(
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9 editions published in 1968 in German and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ein Lexikon mit den wichtigsten Büchern aus allen Wissensgebieten, die das heutige Weltbild entstehen ließen (gesamt 424 Werke)
9 editions published in 1968 in German and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ein Lexikon mit den wichtigsten Büchern aus allen Wissensgebieten, die das heutige Weltbild entstehen ließen (gesamt 424 Werke)
The sleeping beauty by
Charles Perrault(
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2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Disgruntled at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years
2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Disgruntled at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years
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- Carter, John 1905-1975 Other Contributor Author Editor
- Van Thal, Herbert 1904-1983
- Powys, Theodore Francis 1875-1953 Other
- Rogers, Bruce 1870-1957
- National Book League (Great Britain)
- Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
- Johnson, A. F. (Alfred Forbes) Author
- Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie 1711-1780 Author
- E. Mathews (Firm)
- Limited Editions Club
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Antiquarian booksellers Antiquarian booksellers' spouses Authors Authors, English Ballets Bewick, Thomas, Book collecting Books Booksellers and bookselling Catnach, James, Catnach Press Children's literature Children's literature, English Children--Books and reading Cruikshank, George, Dalziel Brothers E. Mathews (Firm) England English literature--First editions Engravers Fairy tales Folklore France Great Britain Huxley, Aldous, Illustrated books Illustration of books Illustration of books, Victorian Illustrators Kaye, Barbara, Kindness Magic Magic tricks Muir, Percy H.--(Percy Horace), Powys, A. R.--(Albert Reginald), Powys, Gertrude M.--(Gertrude Mary) Powys, John Cowper, Powys, Llewelyn, Powys, Philippa Powys, Theodore Francis, Powys family Printers Printing Publishers and publishing Sleeping Beauty (Tale) Sleeping Beauty (Tale) in literature Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a (Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich) Type and type-founding Wales Wood-engraving, English
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Muir, P. H.
Muir, P. H. 1894-1979
Muir, P. H. (Percival Horace)
Muir, P. H. (Percival Horace), 1894-1979
Muir, Percival H.
Muir Percival Horace
Muir, Percival Horace 1894-
Muir, Percival Horace 1894-1979
Muir Percy
Muir, Percy 1894-1979
Muir Percy H.
Muir, Percy H. 1894-1979
Muir, Percy H. (Percy Horace), 1894-1979
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