Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1871. 8vo. paper wrappers. 10 pages. Wrappers chipped and starting on front cover. Signed by the author on the front cover. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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New York, NY: AMS Press, (1985). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 241+(1) pages. AMS Studies in Social History, No. 5. Acknowledgments, introduction, addenda. Indices of authors, locales, occupations, and major events. A study of autobiographies written by members of the English working class in the 19th century. READ MORE about XIX CENTURY BRITISH WORKING-CLASS BIBLIOGRAPHIES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. x, 149 pages. Second printing. From accounts of French explorers to Walt Whitman's journey up the Mississippi in 1848 and various experiences of Gold Rush travelers. About 2,000 items covered in 14 chapters, each a bibliographic essay on some period or topic. Notes and index. Minor soiling to covers. READ MORE about EARLY MIDWESTERN TRAVEL NARRATIVES, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1634-1850
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Philadelphia: n.p., 1926. 4to. self paper wrapper. 16 pages. A narrative, followed by a listing of the sets of autographs of the signers of the Declaration of Independence known to be in existence in 1926, both publicly and privately held, and their value at the time. There is a correction on the 1st page of text, changing the year from 1926 to 1925. Chipping to outer wrappers. Cover soiled including some pencil markings, inner pages..... READ MORE about AUTOGRAPHS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION
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An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
New York: Random House, (2005). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xx, 344, (4) pages. An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read. First U.S. Edition. Part detective story, part history lesson, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books is the first guide to literature's what-ifs and never-weres. In compulsively readable fashion, Stuart Kelly reveals details about tantalizing vanished works by the famous, the acclaimed, and the influential, from the time of cave..... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF LOST BOOKS
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London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1964. 8vo. red cloth. xxxii, 424 pages. Second edition. Lists books that have survived from specific medieval libraries. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL LIBRARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, A LIST OF SURVIVING BOOKS
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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1986). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 607, (3) pages. A volume in the publisher's Historical Guides to World's Periodicals and Newspapers series. Table of contents, preface, introduction, two appendices, index, biographical sketches of contributors. READ MORE about RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS OF THE UNITED STATES: ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
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Two volumes bound in one.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. xvi,(iv),160; (viii),161 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Text in Latin. Reprint of the 1717 first edition. (See Bigmore & Wyman II,14). With two plates showing seven printer's marks. Bibliographical and biographical accounts of the lives and works of the Parisian printers Simon de Colines, Michel Vascosan, G. Morel, A. Turnebo, F. Morel and Jean Bienne. Contains about 1500 titles printed by these printers. READ MORE about HISTORIA TYPOGRAPHORUM ALIQUOT PARISIENSIUM VITAS ET LIBROS COMPLECTENS
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(Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum), 1997. 8vo. cloth. xx, 236 pages with 6 leaves of illustrations. First edition. The third volume in the Research Resources at Winterthur series, this book focuses attention on the manuscript diaries which deal with some aspect of travel in America that are part of the Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera at the Winterthur Library. Ninety-four manuscripts receive a thorough content analysis that often includes..... READ MORE about PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS, TRAVELS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Troy, NY: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1972. 8vo. cloth. xii, 446 pages. Designed for both the student and the general reader of 20th century British literature. Arranged in alphabetical order, includes birth and death years, and pseudonyms of British writers born after 1840. Index of names. Ex-libris with markings. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH WRITERS
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(Reading, England): Colloquium on Textbooks, Schools, and Society, University of Reading, (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 66 pages. A volume in the University of Reading's Textbook Studies series. Preface, index, three tables, bibliography. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations in text. Brochure laid in. READ MORE about EARLY TEXTBOOKS OF ENGLISH
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Gainesville: Univ. of Florida Libraries, 1971. 8vo. boards. viii, 166 pages. 2810 entries. Covers soiled. READ MORE about FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
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New Castle, Delaware and Winchester: Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1996. 8vo. paper over boards. 117 pages. Reprint of the first edition. As the written output of European culture has continued to expand and diversify the need to establish controls of the materials has also increased. The listing, description and analysis of texts, whether in manuscript or print, have engaged a long series of individuals in what can only be described as a...... READ MORE about PIONEERS IN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 299 pages. First edition. Includes a valuable checklist of Mathews imprints. READ MORE about ELKIN MATHEWS, PUBLISHER TO YEATS, JOYCE, POUND
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 41533
Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, (1983). 8vo. cloth. 207 pages. A dictionary to "Popular" Literature of the late 19th and 20th century. Includes hundreds of entries with each followed by a list of source material. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE POPULAR PRESS COMPANION TO POPULAR LITERATURE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 34530
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 507 pages. Reprint of the 1925 first edition. (Besterman p.1975). Over 5700 entries telling the reader the various bibliographies available on specific authors and subjects. READ MORE about REGISTER OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 38650
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1985). 8vo. cloth. xxviii, 602, (2) pages. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, Number 4. Table of contents, foreword by Peter Haining, introduction, historical survey, user's guide, list of abbreviations, indices of authors artists and editors, four appendices, bibliography, errata and corrigenda. Arranged alphabetically by publication. READ MORE about MONTHLY TERRORS: AN INDEX TO THE WEIRD FANTASY MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT...
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New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 355 pages. Reprint of the very scarce first edition of 1940. With full collations. READ MORE about WILKIE COLLINS AND CHARLES READE, FIRST EDITIONS DESCRIBED WITH NOTES
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Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1975. 8vo. cloth. x, 558 pages. First edition. Being a bibliography based on collections in the libraries of California State University, Northridge. Over 3400 books are listed. Arranged by subject and having a complete author-title index. Reproduced from typescript. Ex library with markings. READ MORE about NATIVE AMERICANS OF NORTH AMERICA
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(Cambridge, England): Cambridge University Press, (2005). 8vo. cloth. viii, 35+(1); xvi, 64 pages. Edited and introduced by Howard Wainer and Ian Spence. Preface and introduction with bibliography. A facsimile repring of Playfair's work (London: T. Burton, 1801). With graphs and one foldout. READ MORE about THE COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL ATLAS AND STATISTICAL BREVIARY
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2 Volumes.
Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1976. 8vo. cloth. xxii, 501, (5); xii, 591, (3) pages. 2 Volumes. Text in Spanish. Reprint of the original editon (Bogota, Columbia: Imprenta Nacional, 1917-25). A bibliography of literature about Bogota, Columbia, from 1738 to 1831, arranged chronlogically. Prologue to Vol. 1, preface to Vol. 2. Author and subject indices, both alphabetical and by date. Table of contents follows text in each volume. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA BOGOTANA
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Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, (1957). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 170 pages. First edition. One of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures in Bibliography. Ex libris with markings. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF A NEW NATION, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
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Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1994. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 189 pages. Updated to the 1957 edition, first edition thus. Contains a much more detailed description of presses from the first edition printed by Champoeg Press. READ MORE about JESUIT MISSION PRESSES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPRINTS,...
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Philadelphia, PA: W. Brotherhead, 1861. small folio. original embossed gilt-stamped cloth, later dust jacket. unpaginated. Sixth edition. Prefaces to the fifth and sixth editions, table of contents. A collection of 69 plates with facsimile autographs, state papers, portraits, and correspondence relating to the colonial and Revolutionary eras of United States history. Covers rubbed and scuffed, especially at edges. Scattered foxing, First five leaves torn. READ MORE about AMERICAN HISTORICAN AND LITERARY CURIOSITIES; CONSISTING OF FAC-SIMILES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS...
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2 Volumes.
(London, England): The British Library, 1995. 4to. cloth, gilt-stamped spine. xii, 524; (iv), 525-1041+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. Preface by William St. Clair of All Souls College, Oxford. Historical introduction to the Location Register Project by the editor. Notes on the text, listing of members of the advisory group and staff, acknowledgments. Appendix with names and addresses of participating institutions. Second volume misbound. READ MORE about LOCATION REGISTER OF ENGLISH LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS
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