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Roorbach, Orville A. ADDENDA TO THE BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, A CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS (REPRINTS AND ORIGINAL WORKS,) FROM MAY, 1855, TO MARCH, 1858. New York, NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1858. 8vo. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine. viii, 256, 8 pages. A list of works published in the U.S., including price and publisher. Arranged alphabetically. Lists of abbreviations and publishers. List of other works by the publisher. Ex-library. Title page stained. Tanning. Boards scuffed, especially at edges, spine torn with loss at head and heel. Staining on back board, foxing throughout but light. Has bookplate of Princeton University and mr. Alexander Rowland and also Malcolm Stearns, Jr.

Boynton, Henry Walcott (1869-1947) Annals of American Bookselling 1638-1850. 1932, 8vo, 209 pp; New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall, Limited; Printed in US by The HaddonCraftsmen, Camden, N. J. First Edition, First Issue. No Dust Jacket. Nice tight copy with some corner wear, paper boards with cloth spine and some soiling of the spine.
"Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment of the Cambridge Press in Massachusetts Bay in 1638 and ends in 1850, by which time the production and distribution of the book had entered the modern age. This is one of the best accounts of early American bookselling, printing and publishing." (Knoll Press).
Henry Walcott Boynton was born in 1869 at Guilford, Connecticut. Boynton was the author or editor of at least twenty-four books, often using his pseudonym, John Walcott. In 1893 he received his… Read More

Keitt, Lawrence; An Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies of Statutory Materials; Harvard University Press:, 1934. 191 pages. This is Volume II of the Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies.

Walsh, James E. Arno Werner master bookbinder. An exhibition at the Houghton Library. The Houghton Library. 1981. "First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 33; full page black & white illustrations; fine in original decorated wrappers. Descriptions of 63 examples of Werner's work along with illustrations of several."

Bartlett, John Russell, Bibliography of Rhode Island, a Catalogue of Books and Other Publications Relating to the State of Rhode Island, with Notes, Historical, Biographical and Critical; Providence: State of Rhode Island, 1864. original cloth-backed boards. Rhode Island. 8vo. original cloth-backed boards. 287 pages. First edition (Besterman 5391). Two page preface by Bartlett followed by the bibliography.

Chippenham, Wiltshire: for EMO Press by Antony Rowe Ltd.,, 1990. Prepared for the British Academy. Octavo. A detailed bibliography of publications on Economics from 1751 to 1775 that includes many of the controversial issues surrounding taxation, the state, the Monarchy etc. Original blue boards, titles to spine gilt. Spine a little faded, some small spots to lower board and a scratch to the upper board. An excellent copy. Reprint of the 1935 first edition.

Philip Greely Brown (1855-1934) was an avid book collector and amature historian and albeit, publisher. He helped collect and published his brother's memoirs on the settlement of the West. His brother, Clifford Brown served under a variety of leaders, some quite famous. This is a bibliography of all of James Russell Lowell' works up to 1906. Mr. Brown would have used this text to put together a definitive collection of Russell's works. His entire collection was partilly donated and the rest sold at auction in 1935. The book is in excellent condition with no dust cover and some sunning to the spine. It is interior lightly toned and tight binding. The title is: A Bibliography of James Russell Lowell. Compiled by George Willis Cooke. Boston and New York. Houghton Mifflin and Company MDCCCCVI (1906). This copy is number 484 out of 530 copies printed and bound. A first and only edition. A very nice signed bookplate of Philip Greely Brown. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College (Maine)
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R.R. Bowker Co. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Very Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition bound in green cloth. Bookplate of F. M. O'Brien; Antiquarian Bookdealer. A compendium of information relating to the production and distribution of books.

Boon, Edward P. Catalog of books and pamphlets principally relating to America. New York 1870. Sold May 16th, 1870, by Leavitt, Strebeigh & co. 597 pp, 8vo, 24 cm. Edward P. Boon was a bookseller with an address of 86 Nassau St. New York. McKay 1554. This publication is 597 pages stuffed with information. Reprints are available but this is an original copy in rebound buckram. There is some damage what looks like wet ink staining ~20 pages and the last ~30 pages but does not affect printing. Binding is tight. A great reference work of the original publication. A rare book.

Wemyss, Stanley: The General Guide to Rare Americana. with Auction Records and Prices. Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1950. New and enlarged edition. Description: 323 p. With chronological and regional inventories of early printed books in the United States and a key to American Imprints 1639-1889. Fine cloth copy in mylar sleeved dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the jacket. Remains overall quite well-preserved; tight, bright, clean.

Shea, Joseph B. The Library Collected by the Late Joseph B. Shea, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Part I: Americana [American Art Assoc./Anderson Galleries auction, 1-2 Dec. 1937]; New York: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, 1937. Light gray wraps, lettered in black. Extended cover edges typically rubbed, covers a bit toned by age. Firm, square binding. 212 pp., 674 catalogued lots. First Edition. Original Wraps. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1947. cloth, dust jacket. UPDIKE. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 141 pages. First edition. Jacket chipped. A tribute to Updike and review of his work, and that of the Merrymount Press.