[Rarebooks] For Sale: Some useful pamphlet references

Norman Kane nkane at kanebooks.com
Wed Feb 20 17:45:20 EST 2008


The following useful reference works, all in original wrappers, are 
individually priced. Defects are noted, otherwise very good or better:

EDWARD EBERSTADT & SONS.  Cat. 166. AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS . . . AN 
ASTONISHING ASSEMBLAGE.    NY, (1964).   72 pages. 210 items. Illus.  $30.00

EBERSTADT.  CAT. 162.  TEXAS . . . INTRODUCTION BY ARCHIBALD 
HANNA.  NY, (1963.)  220 pages.  950 items. Illustrated.  (The scarce 
original printing.)  $60.00

VERNER, COOLIE.   MR. JEFFERSON DISTRIBUTES HIS "NOTES."  A 
PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST EDITION.  NY Public Library, 
1952.  Cover-title, 31pp.  Some rippling of sheets.  SIGNED note by 
Verner on cover. $45.00

DACE, LETITIA.   LEROI JONES (IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA): A CHECKLIST OF 
WORKS BY AND ABOUT HIM.   London: Nether Press, 1971.  1st edn. 196 
pages. Index.  $40.00

GROLIER CLUB.    CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN 
ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850. WITH 296 EXAMPLES BY 147 DIFFERENT 
ENGRAVERS.    NY, 1908.  Fronts. by St. Memin. Covers somewhat 
edge-chipped, small tear. Viii, 100 pages.  Arranged alphabetically by
artist.  $55.00

BANKS, JOYCE M.  BOOKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGES IN . . . THE NATIONAL 
LIBRARY OF CANADA. REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION.  Ottawa, 1985.  4to, 
a little worn.  Review copy.  [18], 190 pages.  Illus.  (Arranged 
chronologically  within each language.)  Index.  $125.00

McMURTRIE, DOUGLAS C.  THE FIRST PRINTING IN INDIANA.  Metuchen, 
1934.  1 of 200 copies reprinted, with revisions & additions, from 
the May-June 1934 issue of the American Book Collector.  Cover partly 
sun-faded, 6 pages.
$40.00

ON EXHIBITION . . . NEW YORK . . . 1913. THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN 
SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS CUT BY AUGUST EDOUART.  (Extensive catalog, with 
Introduction by Arthur S. Vernay.)  2 letters re Edouart silhouettes 
inserted. One illus.  183, [1] pages.   Listed by locality, with 
subject index.  (THE great silhouettist.)  Just slight wear.  $95.00

That's all for now.    (Trade Discount Available)



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