Philadelphia: Printed for the Company, 1840. large 12mo. original quarter leather with woven cloth covered boards. xxii, (ii), 13-182 pages. Per Singerman (American Library Book catalogues 1801-1875, p.181, no.2877) the sixth catalogue of the Mercantile Library Company (founded 1821, taken over by the Free Library of Phila. around 1960). A classified (per introduction, the first such) catalogue of the Library with 2,500+ entries (our rough estimate), and an author index. Leather at spine ends chipped.....
New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 58 pages. With a two page preface by Leon & Brother explaining that this catalogue is an offering of the first editions of American authors and goes on to explain why the first edition of a literary figure is important. Rostenberg and Stern claim that this is the first American catalogue to list this type of material. Wrappers chipped and stapled along hinge.
