[Rarebooks] FS: 10 Fine Americana Reference Books: Bible, Civil War, Printing, the West, etc.

Tue May 5 15:34:55 EDT 2020

1.  ONE HUNDRED INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN BOOKS Printed before 1900. 
Catalogue and Addresses. Exhibition at The Grolier Club April eighteenth 
- June sixteenth MCMXLVI. New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1967. 
Reprint. Two-toned cloth;139 pages. Essential bibliography first 
published by the Grolier Club in 1947. Illustrated with plates and 
facsimiles. Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. (#019875)        $45

2. ADAMS, Ramon F. THE RAMPAGING HERD. A Bibliography of Books and 
Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry. Cleveland: John T. 
Zubal, Inc., (1982). Reprint. Green cloth; xix, 463 pages including 
index. Reprint of the 1959 First Edtion. An indispensable bibliography 
on the American cowboy. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. 
(#019899)        $35

3.  BROADFOOT, Tom.  CIVIL WAR BOOKS. A PRICED CHECKLIST WITH ADVICE. 
Third Edition. 1990.  Fine, issued without a dustwrapper. 
(#019928)       $15

4.  HILLS, Margaret T. (editor). THE ENGLISH BIBLE IN AMERICA. A 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDITIONS OF THE BIBLE & THE NEW TESTAMENT PUBLISHED IN 
AMERICA 1777-1957. New York: American Bible Society and The New York 
Public Library, 1962. Reprint. Blue cloth; xxxv, [3], 477 pages. 
Essential bibliography first published the previous year and here with 
corrections and revisions. Laid in is a catalog titled "Bibles of Yore" 
from 1938-39 by Edwin A. R. Rumball-Petre. Near Fine, issued without 
dustwrapper. (#019872)     $60

5.  NEVINS, Allan; ROBERTSON, James I., Jr.; WILEY, Bell I. (editors). 
CIVIL WAR BOOKS. A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana 
State University Press, (1970). Reprint. Two volumes, cloth in 
dustwrappers. Stated Second printing of the first volume with "Reprinted 
under license by Broadfoot's Bookmark" on the copyright page of the 
second volume. A useful, detailed list of hundreds of titles, all with 
brief explanatory commentary and index. Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers 
with some uneven sunning to the spines and a Fine slipcase. (#019918) $50

6.  OSWALD, John Clyde. PRINTING IN THE AMERICAS. New York: Hacker Art 
Books, 1968. Reprint. Red cloth; xvii, 565, xxiii pages. Reprint of the 
First Edition. Thorough overview of the printing press in the Americas, 
from the 16th century through the 20th. Illustrated with plates and 
facsimiles. Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. (#019874)        $20

7.  RITTENHOUSE, Jack D. THE SANTA FE TRAIL. A HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Albuquerque, NM: Jack D. Rittenhouse, 1986. First Edition. Light green 
wraps; [viii], 271 pages with errata sheet laid in. The Second printing, 
consisting of 500 copies, after the 1971 hardbound edition of 1500 
copies. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Near Fine. 
(#019906)        $25

8.  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

9.  VAIL, R.W.G. THE VOICE OF THE OLD FRONTIER. New York: Thomas 
Yoseloff, Inc., (1949). First Edition. Cloth; xi1, 492 pages including 
index. An account of the literature produced on the American frontier 
from the beginning of settlement of this country to 1800. In addition to 
the bibliography, this also contains a series of lectures on the 
subject. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. (#019903)        $35

10.  WRIGHT, Rev. John. EARLY BIBLES OF AMERICA; BEING A DESCRIPTIVE 
ACCOUNT OF BIBLES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CANADA. 
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2004. Reprint. Red cloth; xv, 
[1], 483 pages. Reprint of the Third Edtion first published in 1894. 
Illustrated with plates and facsimiles. Fine, issued without 
dustwrapper. (#019873)        $45

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