[Rarebooks] For Sale: More First Book References

[Norman Kane]

A collection in orig. wraps (except as noted) for one price:

[JOHN KOHN.]  SEVEN GABLES BOOKSHOP. MORE FIRST BOOKS BY AMERICAN 
AUTHORS. CATALOG 34. 1972. 83pp.
301 items. Bibliography.   Illus.

[----]  ----. FIRST BOOKS BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. CATALOG 30. 
1965.  Obituaries inserted (AB, with portrait; AAS.)  Also: 2-page 
ALS from Kohn, 1975, mentioning Phila. dealers (Carlitz, Wolf, 
Arader, Sesslers.)  "You are getting to be one of the Philadelphia 
area dealers we've known the longest ... Regards ... 
sincerely,John."  320 items.  106pp.  Bibliography.  Illus.

[----]  COLLECTORS' BOOKSHOP. FIRST BOOKS. CATALOG 3. 28pp. 147 items.  Fronts.

[----]   ----.  MORE FIRST BOOKS.  CATALOG 10. 1939. 32pp. 171 items 
including Appendix of biographies.

[----]   WILLIAMS COLLEGE LIBRARY.  FIRST BOOKS BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. 
AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF JOHN S. VAN E. KOHN. 1977.  16pp.

WM. REESE. AUTHORS' FIRST BOOKS. 2 VOLS, CATALOGS 42 - 43. 1986. 938 
& 685 items. Bibliography & Errata.

QUILL & BRUSH.  A COLLECTION OF FIRST BOOKS. 1035 items.  Illus.

WILSON, CARROLL A., INTRO.  A CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF 
FIRST BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF PAUL S. SEYBOLT.  Boston, 
1946.  Orig. cloth-backed boards, [x], 79pp. (Carroll, himself, was a 
collector of this genre.) Fronts.

BRADFORD MORROW.  CATALOG 10.  MISCELLANY ... [INCLUDING] OVER 200 
VARIOUS AUTHORS' FIRST BOOKS, FROM  AGEE TO WOOLF.  694 items.

SERENDIPITY/ANACAPA.  [CATALOG OF FIRST BOOKS.]
1618 items.  4to sheets, unbound.  Mostly modern lit. 1997?

THE LOT FOR $135.00  (Trade Discount Available)


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