Order Nr. 53156 NEVADA PRINTING HISTORY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPRINTS & PUBLICATIONS, 1858-1880 / ... OF IMPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS 1881-1890. Robert D. Armstrong.

NEVADA PRINTING HISTORY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPRINTS & PUBLICATIONS, 1858-1880 / ... OF IMPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS 1881-1890.

(Nevada).

2 volumes.

  • Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1981/91.
  • tall 8vo.
  • cloth, dust jacket.
  • (vi), 421; (viii), 403 pages, with 34 additional pages and 1 additional leaf of plates.

Price: $60.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 53156

First editions. Bibliography of 2,657 numbered entries (actually about 2,670 items) for all sorts of non-periodical Nevada imprints in the given time frame, including extras and supplements of newspapers and some imprints done outside of Nevada for Nevada agencies, and a few non-Nevada imprints of significance in Nevada. Covers books, reports, government documents, broadsides, playbills, ordinances, etc., etc. In sections by year, each section with brief introduction for that year followed by an alphabetical list. Entries may indicate author (if any), title (real or supplied), date, place, pagination, dimensions, important typographical details, and locations of copies, if any. Frequently with annotations, sometimes with brief quotes. Plates of title pages, circus posters, concert programs, an announcement of a Buffalo Bill appearance, and so on. Indexes for the respective volumes. Second vol. lists publishers and printers.