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This is a readable account of his exploits, but it credits him with superhuman ability, and relates incidents that could not have happened. In Mr. Giffen’s belief, Murrieta’s true history has not yet been told and at this late date, it is unlikely that it ever will be. It may be interesting to collectors of Murrietana, to note that in 1880, a play was produced at the Adelphi Variety Theatre, San Francisco,purporting to picture the life of Murrieta. It was called “The Scarlet IX.”
Stories of two California bandits of a much later date, Evans and Sontag, are related in “The 25th Man”, published in 1924. The author, Ed Morrell, gives a readable account of his experiences with these outlaws, bearing however a bit heavily on the first person. The exploits of Evans and Sontag were also offered to the public in dramatic form, at the National Theatre, San Francisco, in the early nineties, some of the bandit’s children having been engaged as a sort of “added attraction.”
C. B. Glasscock’s “Bandits and the Southern Pacific” (New York, 1929) is also an interesting narrative. “Old Waybills”, by Alvin F. Harlow (New York, 1934) while primarily concerned with the pioneer express companies, gives entertaining accounts of Black Bart, Jesse and Frank James, Sam Bass and the Daltons, and indicates a sincere effort to gather the facts. The books of Owen P. White have added much to present-day popular knowledge of the outstanding killers and peace officers of the Old West. His “Them Was the Days” (New York, 1925), “Trigger Fingers” (New York, 1926), and “Lead and Likker” (New York, 1932) make exciting reading and present a true picture so far as the truth can now be known. “Triggernometry” by Eugene Cunningham (New York, 1935) is another sincere endeavor to treat the gunmen as human beings rather than supermen.
Returning to books about individual bandits, one of the best is “Wild Bill Hickok—Prince of Pistoleers”, by Frank J. Wilstach (New York, 1928), this work also containing many illustrations of more than passing interest. “Wild Bill” (James Butler) Hickok has been much written about. Probably the best account of his connection with the famous McCanlas affair was published in the NEBRASKA HISTORY MAGAZINE for April-June, 1927. In it, the story of Colonel Nichols, published previously in HARPER’S MAGAZINE of February, 1867 (and copied practically by every biographer of Hickok) is disproved.
Of nineteen volumes dealing with the James gang, “The Rise and Fall of Jesse James,” by Robertus Love (New York, 1925) seems the most thorough and unbiased biography. An important and scarce James item is “The Trial of Frank James for Murder,” by George Miller, Jr., privately printed in Missouri in 1898. It gives in detail information not to be found elsewhere. The list could go on indefinitely, for the period of the gunmen extended from the Civil War to the middle 90’s, and the literature on the subject is limitless. Much of it, of course, is lurid, sensational material, written solely for entertainment and with no claim to historical accuracy. But there are also many more pretentious works: good, bad and indifferent. Many otherwise excellent biographies of Western gunmen are marred by the fact that the author’s treatment is colored by his admiration or contempt for his subject. But, perhaps, that is a failing of biographers in general.
Everything relative toNorth Carolina LiteratureOld books, letters, pamphlets and newspapers bought and sold.S. W. WORTHINGTONWilsonNorth Carolina
Everything relative to
North Carolina Literature
Old books, letters, pamphlets and newspapers bought and sold.
S. W. WORTHINGTONWilsonNorth Carolina
In a recent article in the New York TIMES, Philip Brooks, noted rare book commentator, remarked that there is nothing particularly mysterious about incunabula. A polysyllabic Latin word with an impressive sound, it means simply cradle books, or books published during the infancy of printing. They occupy only a short span in the history of books, no more than about fifty years, from the middle to the end of the fifteenth century. To many collectors they are the true aristocrats, not only for their antiquity, but often for their artistic beauty. For nearly 500 years printers have been trying but none have been able to approach the typographical perfection of the Gutenberg Bible, which was finished around 1455. Even the paper of these ancients is of superior quality that they will outlive most books issued today.
Mr. Brooks further declared that while a common objection to collecting incunabula is that they are incomprehensible, being printed in dead languages that nobody reads nowadays, it is nevertheless a fact that before the end of the century, books were being published freely in the vernacular, and Caxton and his successors were making valuable contributions to English literature in their native tongue.
Since the middle of the seventeenth century, when the output of the fifteenth century first began to attract notice as collectible objects, they have been subject to such intensive scrutiny that they are now the most thoroughly bibliographed books in the world. From Panzer (1793-1803) and Hain (1826-1834), who described 16,300 titles, the scientific study evolved through the brilliant work of Bradshaw and Proctor until its culmination in the British Museum catalogue.
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Moreover, collectors today who look somewhat wistfully on the mounting prices of fifteenth century editiones principes (which means first editions) of Gutenberg Bibles even in single leaves, or of that familiar favorite, the Nuremberg Chronicle, are probably unaware that many incunabula are still available for much less than $100. The elusiveness and highprice of all incunabula are as much a fiction as the belief that it is impossible to identify individual volumes.
It is generally admitted that there are in existence some 40,000 separate editions of books published during the fifteenth century. No one has yet had the hardihood to attempt to count all the known copies of these editions. One of the best modern efforts to gauge their extent was that of K. W. Hiersemann in his “Verlagskatalog”, Leipzig, 1924. He estimated that there were at least 450,000 pieces of incunabula around, or an average of more than eleven copies of each known edition.
In undertaking to investigate the present-day holdings of incunabula in all countries, Fremont Rider, librarian of the Olin Library at Wesleyan University, reported that Germany, the birthplace of printing and native home of most incunabula, is still, according to the latest available records, the largest holder of such books. With 105 libraries owning a hundred volumes or more, it registers a total of 115,927 volumes. Italy ranks second with 70,721. France makes a poor third with 35,278, just nosing out Great Britain’s 34,045. Austria comes next, outranking the United States, which can muster 22,166 volumes. Poland, Switzerland, Czecho-Slovakia, Spain, Holland and Russia follow next in order. In the 25 countries listed with libraries of a hundred or more volumes, Mr. Rider has located 380,750 titles.
The outstanding single collection of incunabula is in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at Munich, with its 16,000 volumes. The British Museum comes second with 11,500, the Bibliotheque Nationale third with 10,000. The Huntington Library’s 5,200 take sixth place, while the 3,600 in the Library of Congress entitle it to rank seventeenth among the libraries of the world. Despite the great influx of incunabula into this country in recent years, the resources of the European collections are incomparable. It is perfectly true that most American libraries regard the acquisition of a single incunabulum as a rare treasure, while many unheard-of European libraries of religious orders or princely families own far more volumes than our largest and richest universities.
JAMES F. DRAKE, Inc.24 West 40th St.New YorkFirst EditionsRare BooksAutographsWe are particularly interested in unusual Kipling items.
JAMES F. DRAKE, Inc.24 West 40th St.New York
First EditionsRare BooksAutographs
We are particularly interested in unusual Kipling items.
Mr. Rider’s analysis makes no attempt to assay the contents of the various collections, as his concern is only with a quantitative analysis. Some of the scarcest and most important incunables havefound their way into this country. As a result of an inquiry among the 236 most likely sources in the United States, a table is shown giving the relative sizes of incunabula collections in twelve institutions and over a hundred colleges and universities. Following the Huntington and the Library of Congress are Harvard University with 1,860 volumes, the Pierpont Morgan Library with 1,800 and the Newberry Library with 1,634. The Folger Shakespeare Library contains a surprisingly large Shakespearean ancestry of 250 fifteenth century sources. The summary leaves out of account the growing private collections, confined mostly to this country, whose numbers should materially affect the figures and perhaps the order of rank. Otherwise it gives a satisfactory account of the distribution of incunabula in public institutions.
An Interview With An Authority
Hello, Henry Schuman.
Hello, James Madison.
Since moving from Detroit to 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, are you continuing to make a specialty of medical rarities?
Yes indeed, in fact more so than ever.
What class of collectors go in for medical books?
Mostly members of the medical profession, but also general collectors along scientific lines of which medicine is an integral part.
Do collectors of medical literature aim to cover the entire field?
Not in most instances. They usually specialize in branches that encompass their special interests, such for example as physiognomy, transfusion of blood, heart disorders, venereal ailments, etc.
Has a well-selected medical library that was already assembled at say the turn of the century, increased or diminished in value?
Increased I should say, or, from a very conservative estimate, at least held its own. This is due, no doubt, to the permanent interest such a medical library holds. On the other hand, authors of literary classics, especially from the beginning of the 19th century on, are subject to increasing or waning interest due to a change of popular favor and appreciation. In the case of modern authors such as Hemingway, Faulkner, etc., this is even more noticeable. The “white-headed” literary lion of today may be on tomorrow’s bargain shelf, and vice versa.
Is the number of collectors of medical literature increasing?
Somewhat, I should say. In the late twenties, Dr. Henry E. Sigerist became head of the Institute of Medicine at John Hopkins University where his outstanding accomplishments, combined also with his splendid achievement in promoting the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, did much to stimulate new interest, especially among the younger men.
Which is the best medical bibliography?
Probably the best, and certainly the most concise is Garrison’s “History of Medicine”, first published in 1914 by W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. The fourth edition was issued in 1929 and is revised and comparatively up to date. It sells for $14.
How can one get posted on the prices of medical literature?
The Sanders Price List of Medica Incunabula gives some prices of early medicine. The cost is $10. As far as more modern medical books and miscellany are concerned, I believe the best guide is dealers’ lists who specialize in this sort of thing. I myself get out occasional catalogues of medical rarities, my latest one being issued to honor the seventieth birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, who is since deceased.
How do you procure the medical material that you resell?
There is no royal path that a dealer can pursue. One source is medical libraries privately owned, and which on the decease of the owner, have come into the possession of heirs who have no special interest therein, and who therefore are not adverse to turning them into ready cash. Europe, which may be termed the cradle of old medicine, holds most of the rarities, especially those of ancient vintage, and my correspondents on the other side are constantly on the watch for me.
How highly are medical periodicals regarded by collectors?
They play, as a rule, ‘second fiddle’ to books and pamphlets. They are quite bulky, and in harmony with the modern scheme of architectural contraction, collectors are not inclined to grant them shelf room. The best modern outlet for medical periodicals appears to be colleges and universities, although in many instances, the seller pro tem is apt to be met with the rubber-stamp response of “Insufficient funds.”
Have many facsimile reproductions been made of rare medical books and pamphlets?
Only a negligible number thus far and which have sold rather indifferently. However, with the increasing interest displayed in the collecting of medical literature, facsimiles will come more and more into their own.
Are many medical works sold at book auctions?
Hardly any, I should say. Medical books at best interest but a modest pro rata of collectors. Therefore, except in occasional instances, it has not been found profitable to include them in auction catalogues.
Who are the modern American trail blazers as far as stimulating interest in the collecting of medical literature is concerned?
In my opinion, Drs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Osler, and Harvey Cushing.
A New Aid to CollectorsEarly in the year, the Pinwheel Press, of 142 So. 11th St., Philadelphia, will publish “Early American Sheet Music” by Harry Dichter. This is probably the first attempt to aid collectors and dealers in this fascinating field of Americana. It will be illustrated with many full-page reproductions of esteemed sheet music covers and also give much useful bibliographical information. A business announcement in this issue, gives full information as to its cost in the several editions.
Early in the year, the Pinwheel Press, of 142 So. 11th St., Philadelphia, will publish “Early American Sheet Music” by Harry Dichter. This is probably the first attempt to aid collectors and dealers in this fascinating field of Americana. It will be illustrated with many full-page reproductions of esteemed sheet music covers and also give much useful bibliographical information. A business announcement in this issue, gives full information as to its cost in the several editions.
In 1823, George P. Morris in conjunction with Samuel Woodworth established the New York MIRROR. In those days Woodworth was considered quite a poet, his most permanent obeisance to the muse being “The Bucket”, later more fittingly known as “The Old Oaken Bucket”. The MIRROR lasted until 1842, but returned from its journalistic grave the year following and was known as the NEW MIRROR. It ran for a year and a half and stated in its last issue in Sept., 1844, that it was being discontinued because the Post Office charged it magazine postage which was much higher than that required of newspapers. Perhaps, to avail itself of this discrimination, it became a daily about this time, a weekly edition being gotten out for the benefit of the former NEW MIRROR subscribers. From Sept., 1844 to February, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, so the “Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America” reports, was employed as critical writer. Perhaps this explains why “The Raven” was printed in the EVENING MIRROR, on Jan. 29, 1845, “by permission”, from the advance sheets of the AMERICAN REVIEW where it appeared a few weeks later. While the MIRROR copy is usually spoken of as the second appearance of “The Raven”, most collectors prefer it to its AMERICAN REVIEW appearance and it commands a higher price, although in neither case as much as one might conjecture.
After Willis and Morris withdrew in 1845, Hiram Fuller took charge and with certain minor changes of title, the periodical continued until 1857. Soon after Fuller came into control, he was sued by Poe for having published the Thomas Dunn English article reflecting on his character. Poe was awarded $225 damages.
WALTER R. BENJAMIN655 Fifth Ave.New York, N. Y.AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTSBUYS—Leading expert in autographs will purchase for immediate cash large collections or single items of historical or literary importance. American or foreign.SELLS—Collectors! Send for sample copy of THE COLLECTOR, a magazine for autograph and historical collectors, established 1887. See prices quoted on letters,guaranteed authentic, of the great Kings and Queens, Statesmen, Authors, Musicians, Scientists, and Soldiers of all times and all countries.The United StatesCARD COLLECTOR’SCatalogA 90 page, 6×9 inch handbook, completely covering the card field, cigarette, candy, gum, playing, advertising, etc., together with related items of Albums, Silks, and other inserts. Dealers of all kinds should have a copy to show markets and values. Pays for itself many times.50c postpaidJ. R. BURDICK417 So. Crouse Ave.Syracuse, New YorkIndian Relics, Minerals, Miniatures, Beadwork, Coins, Books, Jewelry, Buttons, Basketry, Rugs, Old Glass, Dolls, Gem Stones, Stamps, Covers, View Cards, Western Postcard Photos. Catalog 5c.LEMLEY CURIO STORENorth Branch, Kansas.Another instalment of “How To Tell First Editions” in the February issue of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE.
WALTER R. BENJAMIN655 Fifth Ave.New York, N. Y.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Leading expert in autographs will purchase for immediate cash large collections or single items of historical or literary importance. American or foreign.
SELLS—
Collectors! Send for sample copy of THE COLLECTOR, a magazine for autograph and historical collectors, established 1887. See prices quoted on letters,guaranteed authentic, of the great Kings and Queens, Statesmen, Authors, Musicians, Scientists, and Soldiers of all times and all countries.
The United StatesCARD COLLECTOR’SCatalog
A 90 page, 6×9 inch handbook, completely covering the card field, cigarette, candy, gum, playing, advertising, etc., together with related items of Albums, Silks, and other inserts. Dealers of all kinds should have a copy to show markets and values. Pays for itself many times.
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Indian Relics, Minerals, Miniatures, Beadwork, Coins, Books, Jewelry, Buttons, Basketry, Rugs, Old Glass, Dolls, Gem Stones, Stamps, Covers, View Cards, Western Postcard Photos. Catalog 5c.
LEMLEY CURIO STORENorth Branch, Kansas.
Another instalment of “How To Tell First Editions” in the February issue of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE.
Fletcher Hodges, Jr., Curator of the Foster Hall Collection in the University of Pittsburgh, Penna., advises us that the following titles are still required, and for the first satisfactory first edition copy of each received, the respective prices noted will be paid.
SCHUMAN’S of New Yorkare Leading Specialists in Historical Medicine and Science, and are large buyers of desirable material in this field.IMMEDIATE CASH PAYMENTSSCHUMAN’S730 Fifth Avenue, New YorkWANTED! WANTEDMECHANICALPENNYBANKSDR. A. E. CORBY(Collector)44 Wall St., New York CityGUY DE MAUPASSANTWill purchase ANY interesting material by or about him. A. Artinian, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y.FIRST EDITIONS—AMERICANA—FINE BOOKS.Bought & sold. Catalogs free.ANTON GUD636 East 13th StreetNew York CityWanted For Cash: U. S. Presidential Bookplates or Booklabels. State name of President and price desired for plate. Give your name and address. Bookplate, Care of The Collector’s Guide, P. O. Box 124, Grand Central Annex, New York.Some facts about Baedeker’s Travel Books in the February issue of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE.
SCHUMAN’S of New York
are Leading Specialists in Historical Medicine and Science, and are large buyers of desirable material in this field.
IMMEDIATE CASH PAYMENTS
SCHUMAN’S730 Fifth Avenue, New York
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DR. A. E. CORBY(Collector)44 Wall St., New York City
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FIRST EDITIONS—AMERICANA—FINE BOOKS.
Bought & sold. Catalogs free.
ANTON GUD636 East 13th StreetNew York City
Wanted For Cash: U. S. Presidential Bookplates or Booklabels. State name of President and price desired for plate. Give your name and address. Bookplate, Care of The Collector’s Guide, P. O. Box 124, Grand Central Annex, New York.
Some facts about Baedeker’s Travel Books in the February issue of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE.
A book jobber recently found on his hands an entire warehouse full of obsolete histories in sets of 20 volumes each. They simply wouldn’t sell; nobody wanted to give them away as premiums; their stock was so inferior that secondhand paper dealers laughed at the idea of purchasing them. Then inspiration came to the jobber. He expressed the entire edition to a publisher’s sucker list, accompanied by the following letter.
Sir:We are forwarding you herewith a set of Professor McFeely’sHistory of the World From Earliest Times Down to the Inaugural of Chester A. Arthur. There are two bindings available: one in cloth such as we are sending you, retailing for $19.25, the other in beautiful hand-tooled crushed levant, for $39.98. If you should decide you prefer the expensive leather-bound edition you may return the set we are sending you and upon remitting the balance you will receive the other magnificent volumes.
Sir:
We are forwarding you herewith a set of Professor McFeely’sHistory of the World From Earliest Times Down to the Inaugural of Chester A. Arthur. There are two bindings available: one in cloth such as we are sending you, retailing for $19.25, the other in beautiful hand-tooled crushed levant, for $39.98. If you should decide you prefer the expensive leather-bound edition you may return the set we are sending you and upon remitting the balance you will receive the other magnificent volumes.
Each sucker actually received the leather-bound edition—in fact, no cloth one existed. But every recipient, imagining that he had received the wrong books by mistake and was gypping the jobber, sent on his $19.25 and kept the books. In no time the entire edition was sold out. (Lucius Beebe in New York HERALD TRIBUNE and reprinted by READER’S DIGEST).
The New York TIMES reports that a new Medical Library building is being erected at the Yale University of Medicine to receive Dr. Cushing’s library and collections, including his letters, diaries and manuscripts. Any of his friends who wish, now or later, to present correspondence, photographs or other memorabilia for permanent preservation among the Cushing papers will receive the appreciative thanks of the university.
The late Merle Johnson, in his “American First Editions” called attention to the fact that there is no formal Bibliography of the writings of Bret Harte. The collector is referred to the sales catalogue of the Charles Meeker Kozlay sale, held at the galleries of the American Art Association some years ago and now on file at the New York Public Library. It is the only known listing of the variants and minutiae.
BOOK-DEALERSTake NoticeWe Want Scholarly Books1. We Want Elizabethan & Restoration Dramatists—In First and Later Editions.2. We Want Best Edited Editions of Dramatists: MARSTON, PEELE, NASH, etc. BULLEN’S Old Plays, etc.3. The Publications of ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETIES, such as HUTH, MALONE, FULLER, and BIBLIOGRAPHICAL.We Pay Promptly on Receipt.THE BRICK ROW BOOK SHOP, Inc.55 Fifth Ave.,New York CityWE BUYWE SELLSpecimen Books ofPrinting TypesandPrinters’ OrnamentsPenmanship PublicationsPrior to 1880PAUL A. STRUCK415 Lexington Av., New York
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We Want Scholarly Books
1. We Want Elizabethan & Restoration Dramatists—In First and Later Editions.
2. We Want Best Edited Editions of Dramatists: MARSTON, PEELE, NASH, etc. BULLEN’S Old Plays, etc.
3. The Publications of ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETIES, such as HUTH, MALONE, FULLER, and BIBLIOGRAPHICAL.
We Pay Promptly on Receipt.
THE BRICK ROW BOOK SHOP, Inc.55 Fifth Ave.,New York City
WE BUYWE SELLSpecimen Books ofPrinting TypesandPrinters’ Ornaments
Penmanship PublicationsPrior to 1880
PAUL A. STRUCK415 Lexington Av., New York
In “San Francisco’s Literary Frontiers”, by Franklin Walker, “The Annals of San Francisco” is described as being probably the best book ever written about that glamorous city. Its 800 pages give not only the history of California during the Spanish and American occupations, but also a faithful account of its social history from 1846 to 1854. Included also are vigorously penned descriptions of special local happenings, such as the Great Fires, Steamer Days, the lawless ravages of The “Hounds”, etc, to say nothing of short biographies of outstanding oldtimers. The “Annals” have long been out of print, but the book was gotten up so sumptuously that many copies were kept. It can usually be picked up for from $7.50 to $20.00 depending on the condition and binding. A folding map should accompany it. A few years ago, the California Historical Society, San Francisco, compiled, under the direction of Charles Francis Griffin, a 28 page index, which is a big time-saver for historians, and literary searchers. It is bound in full paper boards, and is sold by the Society for $1.25.
The first issue of the Princeton University Library CHRONICLE contains a checklist of Winslow Homer, famed painter and designer for wood engravers, whose life span was from 1836 to 1910.
RARE OLD JOKE BOOKS(Joe Miller and Up)Send for catalogueWEHMAN BROS.(Since 1889)712 BROADWAYNEW YORKEARLY AMERICAN SHEET MUSICLure and LorebyHarry DichterAfter completing ten years of searching for and locating some of the finest pieces in this field of Americana, these notes and checklists are offered so that the collector and dealer may avoid the ordinary pitfalls that await the novice.INVALUABLE TO DEALER AND COLLECTORThis is probably the first attempt at giving a working knowledge of the field of sheet music collecting.Not a history of American Music but a necessary tool for every Rare and Out of Print Dealer and even the seasoned collector of this interesting material.Definitely names highspots and attempts at valuation (Both the Author and Publisher realize that prices in such a field can only be approximate as condition, demand and scarcity are prime factors.)Included is a Checklist of Early American Music Publishers, their places and dates of operation.Many Full Page Reproductions of Important ItemsCloth bound, Autographed Copies Strictly Limited to the number of orders received before Feb. 1, 1940. Publication Date: Feb. 10, 1940.Price $3.00Specially Priced Edition in Wrappers at $2.00Regular Trade Discount to Dealers on 2 Copies or MoreOrder Your Copy NowPINWHEEL PRESSPRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS142 S. 11th STREETPHILADELPHIA, PA.Order direct from publisher or your bookseller
RARE OLD JOKE BOOKS(Joe Miller and Up)Send for catalogueWEHMAN BROS.(Since 1889)712 BROADWAYNEW YORK
EARLY AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC
Lure and LorebyHarry Dichter
After completing ten years of searching for and locating some of the finest pieces in this field of Americana, these notes and checklists are offered so that the collector and dealer may avoid the ordinary pitfalls that await the novice.
INVALUABLE TO DEALER AND COLLECTOR
This is probably the first attempt at giving a working knowledge of the field of sheet music collecting.
Not a history of American Music but a necessary tool for every Rare and Out of Print Dealer and even the seasoned collector of this interesting material.
Definitely names highspots and attempts at valuation (Both the Author and Publisher realize that prices in such a field can only be approximate as condition, demand and scarcity are prime factors.)
Included is a Checklist of Early American Music Publishers, their places and dates of operation.
Many Full Page Reproductions of Important Items
Cloth bound, Autographed Copies Strictly Limited to the number of orders received before Feb. 1, 1940. Publication Date: Feb. 10, 1940.
Price $3.00
Specially Priced Edition in Wrappers at $2.00
Regular Trade Discount to Dealers on 2 Copies or More
Order Your Copy Now
PINWHEEL PRESSPRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS142 S. 11th STREETPHILADELPHIA, PA.
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Bookplate collectors who desire to know what collections have been assembled, where they are, the type of material gathered, how they are cared for, and their availability for study and consultation, should procure a copy of “A Census of Bookplate Collections in Public, College and University Libraries.” It was compiled by Carlyle S. Baer, presiding genius of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers, and Miss Clara Therese Evans, of Columbia University. The cost is $1.00 and it can be obtained by writing to Mr. Baer at 1763 Euclid St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
Robert L. Shurter presents in the July, 1939, issue of the SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY, an article on “The Writing of Looking Backward”, in which the facts regarding the composition, purpose, and subsequent influences of Edward Bellamy’s novel are set forth.
We understand that a committee of bibliographers headed by Lawrence C. Wroth, librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, is making plans for the compilation and publication of a “Cooperative Catalogue of Americana, 1700-1800”, and will be based upon material now housed in the principal libraries of this country. It will contain all eighteenth century historical material relating to the Western hemisphere, except newspapers, broadsides, maps, prints, almanacs, legislative and administrative proceedings and statute laws. A preliminary survey has disclosed that only about half of the existing material is recorded in either Sabin or Evans.
TRAILING GERONIMObyAnton MazzanovichOver 100 Illustrations of Historical ValueThe First Authentic Story of the Trailing and Capture of this Great Apache Indian Chief{uncaptioned}This book will make a valuable addition to any American Historical and Indian Library. It is real Americana.Size 5¼×7½, 278 Pages, Elegantly Bound in Art Craft, 4-Color Illustrations of GeronimoPrice$3.00WEHMAN BROS.PUBLISHERS and BOOK JOBBERS712 Broadway, New YorkThis amazing story has been made into a great motion picture by Paramount Pictures, Inc.
TRAILING GERONIMObyAnton Mazzanovich
Over 100 Illustrations of Historical Value
The First Authentic Story of the Trailing and Capture of this Great Apache Indian Chief
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This book will make a valuable addition to any American Historical and Indian Library. It is real Americana.
Size 5¼×7½, 278 Pages, Elegantly Bound in Art Craft, 4-Color Illustrations of Geronimo
Price$3.00
WEHMAN BROS.PUBLISHERS and BOOK JOBBERS712 Broadway, New York
This amazing story has been made into a great motion picture by Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Sometimes the author is given first, sometimes his book, etc.—whichever seems most pertinent at the moment.
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AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT. 1900-3. 1908-36. Index 1916-22. 34 vols. ex-library. $95.
AMERICAN STATESMEN. Ed. by John T. Morse, Jr. 32 vols. Boston, 1898. $70.
THE MAN WITH THE HOE. By Edwin Markham. First edition in book form, in original envelope. San Francisco, 1899. $22.
JOHN L. STODDARD. Lectures. 12 vols. ¾ morocco. Boston, 1908. $15.
WALT WHITMAN, manuscript, 1 page, about 75 words, in pencil. $42.
THACKERAY, WILLIAM. Vanity Fair. The original 20 parts in 19. London, 1847-48. $275.
WHITMAN MASSACRE. By Matilda J. Sager Delaney, a survivor. Wrappers, autographed. Spokane (1920). $5.
DODGE CITY, THE COWBOY CAPITAL. By Robert M. Wright. (Wichita, Kan., 1913). $17.
CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 6 vols. New York, 1891. $6.
THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. ITS HISTORY, SOIL, CLIMATE, RESOURCES, etc. Wrappers. Laramie City, 1874. $27.
HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF LARAMIE CITY. By J. H. Triggs. Wrappers. Worn. Laramie City, 1875. $27.
HISTORY OF CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN WYOMING. By J. H. Triggs. Wrappers. Omega, 1876. $42.
THE CHAP BOOK. 8 vols. Chicago, 1894-7. $12.
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON. By Samuel L. Clemens. 1st. Hartford, 1894. $13.
THE COLOPHON. 34 parts. New York, 1930-8. $47.
AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING. Bds. Name in ink inside front cover. 1st ed. Boston, 1918. $17.
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL. By Francis Parkman. 1st ed. Defects. New York, 1849. $37.
THE YELLOW BOOK. 13 vols. 1st eds. with one exception. Covers discolored. London, 1894-7. $15.
FOUR YEARS IN THE ROCKIES. By James B. Marsh. Orig. cloth. Cover stained. New Castle, Pa., 1884. $42.
PENCIL SKETCHES OF COLORADO. By A. E. Mathews. 36 views on 23 plates, lithographed by J. Bien. Orig. cloth. Slight defects. (New York) 1866. $140.
THE BANDITTI OF THE PLAINS. By A. C. Mercer. Orig. ed. Slight defects. (Cheyenne: Privately printed, 1894). $45.
MISSOURI STATE GAZETEER, SHIPPERS’ GUIDE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, for 1865. Portrait, views and pictorial advertisements. Geo. W. Hawes & Co., Indianapolis, 1865. $50.
THE DARK SIDE OF NEW YORK LIFE AND ITS CRIMINAL CLASSES. 26 parts, orig. printed wrappers. Some defects. New York, 1873. $22.
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES. By Henry R. Wagner. A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1860-1865. Revised and extended by Charles L. Camp. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937. $10.
AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOK. (Mrs. Pinchard). The Blind Child. Original boards. Loose, lightly stained. Philadelphia, 1793. $7.
EBEN HOLDEN. By Irving Bacheller. 1st ed. First issue. Orig. cloth. Boston (1900). $27.
CATTLE TRADE. Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade. By Joseph G. McCoy. Covers, spotted and foxed. Kansas City, 1874. $47.... Cattle Brands of Members of Wyoming Stock Growers Association. Chicago, 1882. $22.... Prose and Poetry of the Livestock Industry. By Jerome C. Smiley and James W. Freeman. Vol. 1 (all published). Denver (1905). $52.
OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. By (Andrew Child). Crude wrappers; title-page missing, lightly stained. (Milwaukee, 1852). $70.
THE INDIAN’S LAST FIGHT. By Dennis Collins. Orig. cloth, privately printed. (Girard, Kansas, about 1914). $37.
THE GOLD MINES OF GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO. By Samuel Cushman and J. P. Waterman. Orig. printed wrappers. Central City, 1876. $15.
HANDS UP; or, Twenty Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains. By General D. J. Cook.Orig. cloth, worn, covers stained. 1st ed. Presentation copy. Denver, 1882. $35.
ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1850. By A. A. Enos. Wrappers. Privately printed for distribution to friends. Stanton, (n.d.). $25.
BRET HARTE. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches. Orig. cloth. Backstrip defects. 1st ed. 1st issue. Boston, 1870. $32.
THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN. By E. W. Howe. Some defects. 1st ed. Atchison, 1883. $15.
STORIES OF THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL. By Col. Henry Inman. 1st ed. Orig. cloth, slightly rubbed. Kansas City, 1881. $9.
VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS. By NATHANIEL P. LANGFORD. 1st ed. 2 vols., orig. cloth. Boston, 1890. $20.
MEMOIRS OF A PIONEER. By George Lathrop. Orig. printed wrappers. Lusk Herald, Wyoming, circa 1917. $22.
HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. By Merle Johnson. New York, 1929. $15.
THE RIVET IN GRANDFATHER’S NECK. By James Branch Cabell. 1st ed. New York. 1915. $16. JURGEN. By the same author. 1st issue, inscribed. New York, 1919. $32.
FARM BALLADS. By Will Carleton. Back cover spots. New York, 1875. $6.
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, AND OTHER SKETCHES. By Mark Twain. Immaculate copy of the first issue of the first edition of the author’s first book. Original blue cloth. New York, 1867. $610.
TOM SAWYER. By Samuel L. Clemens. 1st issue. Rubbed. Hartford, 1876. $475.
MAGGIE. By Johnston Smith (Stephen Crane). Yellow wrappers. Privately printed. 1st ed. Small defects and tears. (New York, 1893). $90.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. By Stephen Crane. Orig. cloth, with dust jacket. 1st issue of 1st ed. of author’s second novel. Very slight end-paper blemishes. New York, 1895. $150.
EMILY DICKINSON. Poems. 1st ed. Covers soiled. Boston, 1890. $52.... Letters. 2 vols. 1st ed. backstrip discolorations. Boston, 1894. $15.... The Single Hound. Bds. 1st ed. Boston, 1914. $55.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. The Scarlet Letter. 1st ed., 1st issue. Presentation copy by author. One of finest copies in existence. Boston, 1850. $2000.
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NOTES OF A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA VIA CAPE HORN. By (S. C.) Upham. 1st ed. Philadelphia, 1878. $7.
ANTHONY ADVERSE. By Hervey Allen. 3 vols. Mt. Vernon, 1937. $7.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. By Lewis Carroll. New York, 1935. $16.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. By Fenimore Cooper. Boards. 1932. $8.
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York, 1938. $5.
HERVEY ALLEN. Israfel. 2 vols. First edition. New York, 1926. $6.
WILLA CATHER. All firsts. Alexander’s Bridge. Boston, 1912. $26.... Song of the Lark. Slight defects. Boston, 1915. $7.... Youth and the Bright Medusa. New York, 1920. (one of 25). $18.
THE COLOPHON. Vol. 1, parts 1 to 4. New York, 1930. $21.
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WILLIAM FAULKNER. Sanctuary. First edition, boards. Dust wrapper. New York, (1931). $10.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. 1st. New York, 1929. $11.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD. In a German Pension. 1st. London (1911). $42.... The Garden Party. 1st issue. Blue lettering on binding. Extra “s” on last line of page 103. London (1922). $80.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. All firsts. Renascence. New York, 1917. $55.... The Lamp and the Bell. New York, 1921. $14.... The Buck in the Snow. New York, 1928. $8.
EUGENE O’NEILL. The Hairy Ape. New York, 1929. $5.
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON. Tristram. 1st. New York, 1927. $15.
THORNTON WILDER. Bridge of San Luis Rey. 1st. New York, 1927. $6.
ELINOR WYLIE. Nets to Catch the Wind. 1st. New York, 1921. $12.
THE COLOPHON, parts 14 to 20. 1933-35. $7.
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THE YELLOW BOOK, a London Quarterly. 13 vols., 1894-1907. $10.
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS. Christian Science. New York, 1907. 1st edition. $5.
THE HOLY BIBLE. R. Aitken, Philadelphia, 1781-82. Some defects. $51.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. The White-Footed Deer., New York, 1844. 1st edition. Wrappers. Some defects. $52.
STAMP PERIODICAL. The American Journal of Numismatics. Vol. 1, 1866 to Vol. 46, 1912. First 12 vols. bound; balance in wrappers. $55.
FRANK R. STOCKTON. Rudder Grange. 1st ed. New York, 1879. $5.
J. M. BARRIE. Margaret Ogilvy. 1st ed. London, 1896. $5.
THE BOOK COLLECTOR’S GUIDE. By Seymour De Ricci. New York, 1921. $5.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. Of Human Bondage. 2 vols. in box. New York, 1932. $7.
THE LITERARY WORLD. Vols. 1 and 2, New York, Feb. 6, 1847 to Feb. 19, 1848. $6.
ADVENTURES WITH INDIANS AND GAME, or, Twenty Years in the Rocky Mountains. By William A. Allen. Chicago, 1903. $4.60.
AMERICAN HUMOR. Polly & Pea Blossom’s Wedding, and Other Tales, by G. B. Lamar and others. Philadelphia, 1851. $16.
ARKANSAS BROADSIDE. Hon. Jesse Turner’s Position. Only two copies known. Van Buren, Ark., 1861. $8.10.
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BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL. Funny side of a serious subject. Published as a tabloid newspaper with many illustrations. New York, 1875. $2.80.
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SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, Confederate issues, in original printed wrappers. Brought $3.25 each, as follows:—May, 1863; June, 1863; July, 1863; Sept. 1863; May, 1864.
CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS. The Daily Mississippian. Dec. 16, 1861, $1.50; Dec. 20, 1861, $2.10; Jan. 27, 1862, $1.60; Mobile Weekly Advertiser, (torn) Aug. 3, 1861, $1.25; Ripley Advertiser, (Ripley, Miss.), Dec. 11, 1861, $2.85.
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LINCOLNIANA. The Daily Herald. Newburyport, Mass., Apr. 17, 1865. The Washington tragedy, with mourning borders. $1.85.
LOUISIANA. Pickings from the Portfolio of the Reporter of the New Orleans Picayune. By T. Corcoran. Original printed wrappers. (Philadelphia, 1846). $11.
TEN YEARS IN NEVADA, or Life on the Pacific Coast. By M. M. Matthews. Portraits. Original cloth. Buffalo, 1880. $6.10.
MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS. Vols. 1 to 14 (1 and 2 in reprint). New Series, Vols. 1, 2, 4 and 5. Original cloth. 1900-1925. $37.
A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING, etc. By William Mitchell. Few margins repaired. Newly bound. Philadelphia, 1796. $35.
NEGRO AND SLAVERY. A collection of about 100 miscellaneous newspapers and periodicals. Various places, 1841 to 1872. $15.
SAN FRANCISCO EVENING BULLETIN. 26 scattering nos., Dec., 1855 to Mar. 1, 1856. $10.50.
WESTCHESTER SPY. White Plains, N. Y. Vol. 11, May 13, 1840 to Apr. 28, 1841. 51 issues. A few defects. $21.
CHEROKEE LAND LOTTERY. By Jas. F. Smith. Contains numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers; also engraved map of each district, 59 in all. Original sheep. New York, 1838. $13.35.
THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT IN THE WEST AND SOUTH FOR THIRTY YEARS. By S. Smith. Original cloth. New York, 1868. $2.35.
SONGSTER. The Mermaid, or Nautical Songster. Old wrappers (very slightly worn). New York, 1798. $16.50.
THE NORTHWEST COAST; or, Three Years Residence in Washington Territory. By Jas. G. Swan. Original cloth. New York, 1857. $3.60.
140 CIVIL WAR SONG SHEETS, words only. Mostly 6 by 9 inches. Some duplicates. Mainly published during the war. $14.
WHIG ALMANAC. For 1843-4-5-5-6-7-8-9-50. In one vol. Binding broken. $3.60.
SIXTEEN MONTHS AT THE GOLD DIGGINGS. By Daniel B. Woods. Original cloth. New York, 1852. $7.25.
COLORADO. Prospectus of the Casco Consolidated Mining Company of Leadville, Colorado. Original printed wrappers. Leadville, 1880. $3.25.
CONFEDERACY. Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Dept. General orders Feb.8 to Nov. 18, 1864. 53 pieces. Some stained and slightly mildewed. $106.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE STATESMAN AND PHILOSOPHER. By N. C. 1847. M. F. Fine condition. Framed. $15.
ZACHARY TAYLOR, PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE FOR THE 12TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. By N. C. 1848. S. F. Good. Framed. Unlisted. $10.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT, ASSASSINATED April 14th., 1865. C. & I. Undated. S. F. Framed. $11.
ANDREW JACKSON: The Union Shall Be Preserved. C. & I., M. F. Unlisted.
GEN’L LAFAYETTE’S DEPARTURE FROM MOUNT VERNON, 1784. By E. Farrell. Undated. L. F. Old maple frame. $15.
WASHINGTON’S RETURN TO MOUNT VERNON, CHRISTMAS EVE, 1783. L. F. Old maple frame. $21.
TO THE CADETS OF THE WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY. Pair of aquatints by George Catlin. Engraved by J. Hill, 1828. M. F. Top and side margins trimmed to printed surface. Framed. $65.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Good condition (stained). Framed. $32.
THE MOTHER’S BLESSING. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $8.
GOOD OLD DOGGIE. C. & I. Undated. M. F. $3.
MUSIC SHEETS: (a) The Response, A Serenade. (b) Gov. Wright’s Grand March. (c) Rockaway, or on Long Island’s Sea-Girt Shore. Three colored lithographs, $3.
FRUITS OF THE SEASON. C. & I. 1872. S. F. Framed. $3.
STRAWBERRIES. C. & I. 1863. S. F. Framed. $5.
THE WHALE FISHERY—“LAYING ON” N. C. 1852. S. F. Fair condition. Framed. $19.
M’DONOUGH’S VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. N. C. 1846. S. F. Framed. $25.
CLIPPER SHIP “FLYING CLOUD”. N. C. 1852. L. F. Later impression. $16.
THE MISSISSIPPI IN TIME OF PEACE. C. & I. 1865. L. F. Framed. $70.
THE MISSISSIPPI IN TIME OF WAR. C. & I. 1865. L. F. Framed. $50.
CENTRAL PARK, WINTER—THE SKATING CARNIVAL. C. & I. S. F. Framed. $62.50.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. C. & I. Undated. S. F. $8.
MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. C. & I. 1875. S. F. $12.
FROZEN UP. C. & I. 1872. S. F. Framed. $47.50.
PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST. C. & I. 1871. S. F. $21.
GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA. C. & I. 1871. Framed. $22.50.
VIEW OF THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT NEW YORK, JULY 19th, 1845. FROM THE BOWLING GREEN. N. C. 1845. S. F. Framed. $21.
AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—WINTER. AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—SPRING. AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—SUMMER. AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—AUTUMN. Four by C. & I., dated respectively 1868, 1868, 1868, 1869. All are S. F. and framed. $95.
MINNEHAHA FALLS, MINNESOTA. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $15.
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $15.
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. C. & I. 1864. L. F. $20.
VIEW OF THE HUDSON. C. & I. Undated. L. F. Framed. $32.50.
FOREST SCENE ON THE LEHIGH C. & I. Undated. L. F. Framed. $17.50.
THE FARMER’S HOME—HARVEST. C. & I. 1864. L. F. $30.
VIEW OF LONG ISLAND, N. Y. C. & I. 1857. L. F. $45.
AMERICAN FARM SCENES, No. 4. N. C. L. F. Framed. The most important of the famous set. $290.
WILD DUCK SHOOTING. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Framed. $16.
WATER RAIL SHOOTING. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Framed. $12.
ENGLISH SNIPE. N. C. Undated. S. F. Framed. $13.
THE HOME OF THE DEER. C. & I. Undated. S. F. Framed. $6.
GREAT HORSES IN A GREAT RACE. SALVATORE AND TENNY AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY. C. & I. 1891. L. F. Framed. $6.
HOME FROM THE BROOK. THE LUCKY FISHERMAN. C. & I. 1867. L. F. Framed. $18.