Broomfield, Michael.

HIS PLACE FOR STORY: ROBINSON JEFFERS: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2015. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 272 pp text plus 72 pp b/w images (repeated in color on CD). "A marvelously comprehensive bibliography of Jeffers that reads like a detective novel and makes me want to peek into every item mentioned and immerse myself in his poetry." - Charles Simic From the mid-1920s through the early 1930s, Robinson Jeffers was ranked by many critics as one of..... READ MORE about HIS PLACE FOR STORY: ROBINSON JEFFERS: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Brown, H. Glenn and Maude O. Brown.

DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS

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(Brown, John Carter). Wroth, Lawrence C.

JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS.

8 volumes.
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1972. 8vo. cloth. Averages 250 pages per volume. 8 volumes. Reprint of the actual reports with essays by Lawrence C. Wroth, a preface by Thomas R. Adams and an index by Dorothy G. Watts. Excellent reference set for those interested in the study of Americana because of the articles printed and the collations of books acquired by the library that are given. The index makes the set quite usable..... READ MORE about JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS

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Brown, Larissa.

AFRICANS IN THE NEW WORLD, 1493-1834.

Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 61 pages. Exhibition catalogue describing 81 items related to the slave trade and Afro-American culture in the New World. Titles in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English are included. Illustrated. READ MORE about AFRICANS IN THE NEW WORLD, 1493-1834

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(Bruccoli, Joseph M.).

THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918.

(Columbia): Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition at the University of South Carolina, 1997-8. Included many items from the Joseph M. Bruccoli Collection at the University of Virginia. Foreword by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Description of the Brucolli Collection by Edmund C. Berkeley of the University of Virginia. Description of items exhibited and acknowledgments/credits. Listing of other exhibitions held at the Cooper Library. READ MORE about THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918

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(Bruckman, John D.). Weber, Jeff and Romaine Ahlstrom (editors).

L.A. PUB LIBRARY SINCE 1872, A BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION HONORING JOHN D. BRUCKMAN (1928-1979).

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Public Library, 1981. 8vo. paper wrappers. x, 44, (2) pages. A catalogue of the traveling exhibition from the libraries outstanding collection of materials, mostly on the history of Los Angeles and California, issued in the city's Bicentennial Year. Includes memorial address for John Bruckman, late Collection Development Manager for the Los Angeles Public Library, by Jake Zeitlin. Illustrated. READ MORE about L.A. PUB LIBRARY SINCE 1872, A BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION HONORING JOHN D. BRUCKMAN (1928-1979

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Brussel, I.R.

ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, PART TWO WEST TO EAST 1786-1930.

Describing First Editions of American Authors whose Books were Published in England before Their Publication in America. With an Introduction by Lord Esher.
London: Constable & Co., 1936. 8o. parchment spine over marbled paper-covered boards. xxxi, 132 pages. Describing First Editions of American Authors whose Books were Published in England before Their Publication in America. With an Introduction by Lord Esher. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Discussions of the actual first editions (English) of Alcott, Bierce, Clemens, Cooper, Emerson, Frederic, Harte, Hawthorne, Irving, James, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Melville, Miller, Poe, Rawson, Riley, Stockton, Stowe, Whistler, and Whittier..... READ MORE about ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, PART TWO WEST TO EAST 1786-1930

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Buck, Solon Justus.

TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION, 1765-1865.

Together with a List of County Histories, Atlases, and Biographical Collections and a List of Territorial and State Laws.
Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1914. thick 8vo. cloth. xi, 514 pages. Together with a List of County Histories, Atlases, and Biographical Collections and a List of Territorial and State Laws. First edition. Important reference tool. Ex-library copy with markings. Shaken. Spine darkened and worn at head and tail. Covers slightly stained and spotted. READ MORE about TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION, 1765-1865

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(Buffalo and Erie County Public Library).

A CHECK LIST OF EVANS TITLES IN THE RARE BOOK ROOM OF THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Buffalo: n.p., 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. A listing of Evans books in the Rare Book Room of the library. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF EVANS TITLES IN THE RARE BOOK ROOM OF THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Burdick, Bruce Stanley.

MATHEMATICAL WORKS PRINTED IN THE AMERICAS, 1554-1700.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (2009). 8vo. paper covered boards. x, (ii), 373, (3) pages. First edition. Part of the Studies in the History of Mathematics series issued by this publisher. With a detailed, annotated bibliography of the 218 books printed in Mexico, Lima, and the English colonies of North America. Full of new discoveries. READ MORE about MATHEMATICAL WORKS PRINTED IN THE AMERICAS, 1554-1700

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Burke, W.J. & Will D. Howe.

AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

New York: Gramercy Publishers, (1943). 8vo. cloth. x, 858 pages. Reprint of the 1941 first edition. Lengthy annotations accompany each of the 8000 authors listed. Excellent one volume reference book. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640 TO THE PRESENT DAY

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BURNDY LIBRARY.

Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964.
(Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, Inc., 1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58+(1) pages. Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964. Catalogue and history of the Burndy Library collection. Faded along spine. READ MORE about BURNDY LIBRARY

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(Bynner, Edwin Lassetter). Clark, Lucy T.

EDWIN LASSETTER BYNNER, A CHECKLIST OF PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT WORKS OF EDWIN LASSETTER BYNNER IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press, 1961. 12mo. cloth- backed boards. (x), 9 pages. First edition. READ MORE about EDWIN LASSETTER BYNNER, A CHECKLIST OF PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT WORKS OF EDWIN LASSETTER BYNNER IN...

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