Order Nr. 72618 PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA. Peter Decker.
PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA.

PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA.

(Americana).

3 volumes. Foreword by Archibald Hanna.

  • Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1979.
  • 8vo.
  • cloth
  • variously paginated

Price: $45.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 72618

Printed in an edition of 400 copies. Spines soiled, else a near fine set. Reprints catalogues 22-50 which span the years 1944-1963. This period saw the cataloguing of the magnificent Greenly and Fickes collections. Biographical introduction by Peter Decker. The third volume serves as a index to the other two and is reproduced from typescript. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.