[Rarebooks] FS: A Selection of 10 Recently Catalogued Books on Books and Reference Material

[Charles Agvent]

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additional.

AYER, Edward E. NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH 
AMERICA. A List of Books and Manuscripts on This Subject in the Edward 
E. Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library. Together with a Supplement 
by Clara A. Smith. (New York): Maurizio Martino, n.d. [@1990]. Reprint. 
Red cloth; x, 120, viii, 49 pages. Reprint, limited to 300 copies, of 
the original 1912 and 1928 editions. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. 
(#019892)        $20

DE RICCI, Seymour. ENGLISH COLLECTORS OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS (1530-1930) 
AND THEIR MARKS OF OWNERSHIP. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 
(1960). New Edition. Cloth; x, 203 pages. First printing of this new 
edition, an essential work in the field. Illustrated with plates and 
facsimiles. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper that has been reinforced 
internally with cloth tape. (#019881)        $30

GALLATIN, Frederic, Jr. CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON 
ORNITHOLOGY IN THE LIBRARY OF FREDERIC GALLATIN, JR. New York: Privately 
Printed, 1908. First Edition. Plain card cover stock with gray 
self-dustwrapper; 178 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 
two portraits. Printed at The Gilliss Press. A detailed catalog of this 
important collection featuring books by Audubon, Bewick, Catesby, Gould, 
and many others. Light foxing at beginning and end. Very Good in a Very 
Good dustwrapper. (#019888)        $90

HARSHBERGER, John W. THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA AND THEIR WORK. 
Philadelphia: (T. C. Davis & Sons), 1899. First Edition. Library cloth; 
xii, 457 pages. With 49 illustrations, mostly photographic 
reproductions. Apparently only 300 copies of this original edition were 
printed. Ex-Library with typical markings, lacking endpapers with the 
frontispiece laid down on the front pastedown. Complete, useful, and 
Good. (#019889)        $50

MAGGS BROS. BOTANICAL BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT DE 
BELDER with Additions from Stock. London: Maggs Bros Ltd, (1997). First 
Edition. Pictorial wraps, illustrations. Slight crease upper corner. 
Near Fine. (#019890)        $20

MARCHMONT, Frederick. A CONCISE HANDBOOK OF ANCIENT AND MODERN 
LITERATURE, ISSUED EITHER ANONYMOUSLY, UNDER PSEUDONYMS, OR INITIALS. 
London: for the author, 1896. First Edition. Cloth; 164 pages plus ads. 
Portrait of the author, index. A few pencil notes. Close to Fine. 
(#019883)        $20

PEARSON, David. ENGLISH BOOKBINDING STYLES 1450 - 1800. A Handbook. 
London & New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2005. 
First Edition. Pictorial boards; xii, 222 pages. With 16 color plates 
and numerous black-and-white illustrations. As New, issued without a 
dustwrapper. (#019886)     $85

STILLWELL, Margaret Bingham. INCUNABULA AND AMERICANA 1450-1800. A key 
to bibliographical study. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc, 1961. 
Second Edition. Brown cloth; xviii, [2] 483 pages. Originally published 
in 1930. Essential reference for early Americana. Fine, issued without 
dustwrapper. (#019891)        $35

WEGELIN, Oscar. EARLY AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1830. A Compilation of the 
Titles of Works of Fiction, By Writers Born or Residing in North 
America, North of the Mexican Border and Printed Previous to 1831. New 
York: Peter Smith, 1929. Third Edition. Dark green cloth; 37, iii pages. 
Still a very useful reference. Library raised stamp on the title page 
with bookplates on both pastedowns, the front stamped "Withdrawn." Still 
Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. (#019887)    $15

WEGELIN, Oscar. EARLY AMERICAN POETRY A compilation of the titles of 
volumes of verse and broadsides by writers born or residing in North 
America north of the Mexican border. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1965. 
Second Edition. Light green cloth; 239, xiii pages. Includes both 
volumes covering 1650 - 1820. Illustrated with plates and facsimiles. 
Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. (#019876)        $15

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