A SHORT- TITLE LIST Of BOOKS, PAMPHLETS And BROADSIDES PRINTED In ITHACA, N. Y. 1811 To 1850. Printed and Mimeographed as Manuscript for Checking by Interested Librarians and Bibliographers. Subject to Revision and Amplification

McMurtrie, Douglas C. Eames, Wilberforce [1855 - 1937] - Former Owner

Verlag: Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, 1936

Beschreibung

56 pp. 11" x 8-1/2" Eames "was an American bibliographer and librarian, known as the 'Dean of American bibliographers'. Eames became Chief of the American History Division at the New York Public Library in 1911, and Bibliographer (a position he held until his death) there in 1916. In 1924, The New York Times called Eames: 'The greatest living scholar of books in America.' A. S. W. Rosenbach said of Eames: 'Probably the greatest student of books in the whole history of scholarship and book collecting lives quietly in New York, worshiped by every collector and scholar and unknown to the world in general- Wilberforce Eames.'" [Wiki]. Sunning & age-toning to wrappers, Eames name written to top right corner of front wrapper, age-toned paper. An About VG copy. White paper wrappers, stapled, with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st printing. SIGNED by Wilberforce Eames.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 35744

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A SHORT- TITLE LIST Of BOOKS, PAMPHLETS And BROADSIDES PRINTED In ITHACA, N. Y. 1811 To 1850. Printed and Mimeographed as Manuscript for Checking by Interested Librarians and Bibliographers. Subject to Revision and Amplification
• Verlag: Grosvenor Library, Buffalo
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1936
• Einband: Softcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
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