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Collectors, booksellers, and libraries : essays on Americanists and the rare book market / William S. Reese.
Van Pelt Library Z286.A55 R44 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reese, William S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Antiquarian booksellers.
- Private libraries.
- Research libraries.
- Americana.
- Book Collecting.
- Medical Subjects:
- Book Collecting.
- Physical Description:
- viii, [2], 321, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Manufacture:
- New York : Ink, Inc.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Overland Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This volume gathers together various essays about the world of rare books, especially Americana, which I have written over the last thirty years. The pieces address two distinct themes. The first group discusses collectors and booksellers of Americana books and manuscripts from the mid-19th century to recent times. The second series more broadly addresses the rare book market, mainly in the United States from World War II to the present day. To a large degree these topics are intertwined, and many of the individuals who figure in the first section of essays played a significant role in the shaping of the larger market, either as suppliers or consumers of books and manuscripts. A number of these essays were originally lectures or were published in other contexts, while others appear here for the first time."--Introduction, page vii
- Contents:
- Part I: Booksellers and Collectors. Henry Stevens and John Carter Brown, A Tangled Tale of Early Americana Collecting
- George Brinley and His Library
- Joseph Sabin, American Bookseller
- Collecting Early American Imprints, From Brinley to Zinman
- Booksellers in Americana, from Rich to Eberstadt
- The Bibliographers of Texas
- Thomas W. Streeter and His Legacy
- Paul Mellon as a Rare Book Collector
- Paul Mellon as a Collector of Americana and Virginiana
- Frank T. Siebert and His Sale
- Richard Dietrich and His Americana Books and Manuscripts
- Frank S. Streeter and His Collection
- Part II: The Rare Book Market. Fighting Over the Scraps, Icon and Text in the Marketplace
- Research Libraries and Collections and the American Southwest
- What Is It Worth? Annals of Art and Mystery
- The Rare Book Market Today
- What Have You Done For Me Lately? Collectors and Institutions in Modern Times
- Books in Hard Times, The Rare Book Market Today
- The Changing Marketplace in Printed Americana
- The John Carter Brown Library and the Role of Research Libraries Today.
- Notes:
- With half title.
- Copyright statement from verso of title page. Printer statement from colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Grolier Club copy is signed on half-title by author, and has slip with text and footnote pasted onto page 1.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1028578594
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