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New York: The Typophiles, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. (4)pp, printed in black and orange. 7.25" x 4.75". The occasion featured Paul A. Bennett as Master of Ceremonies, an address by Carl Purington Rollins, a quiz by Ben Grauer, and a menu of Goudy's favorite foods.

Worcester: Printed by William Manning, 1819. First Edition. Removed. Very Good. 38pp. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets, spine reinforced with archival paper, tiny repair to top of first leaf. 9.25" x 5.75" [American Bibliography 46972].

Boston: G.K. Hall & Co, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xvii, 739 with index. Bound in red buckram over heavy boards, gilt lettering on spine. 10.25" x 7". Deaccessioned from a southern collegiate library: stamp on upper and lower edges, shadow of pocket removed from rear pastedown, slight trace of shelf label, otherwise clean and sound. Contains 5,040 entries.

Princeton: Princeton U Press, 1940. First Separate Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. Unpaginated: 6pp text, 14 plates of captioned wood engravings after Alexander Anderson. Bound in gray wrappers, cover decoration; small chip from top of spine. 8.75" x 5.75" This is one of 200 copies printed from the original wood blocks in the possession of Helen M. Knubel.

Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 333pp; frontispiece and other plates reproducing title-pages. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering on red block. 7.25" x 4.5" Limited edition of 500 copies. This is #26, signed by the author.

Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xiv, 383 with index. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 9.5" x 6" Many of the entries are annotated by Matthews.

Philadelphia: Library Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: vii, 205 with index; 15pp illus from photographs, showing several hundred song sheets. Bound in brown buckram, gilt spine lettering. 11.25" x 8.5" Standard reference on the topic.

Charlottesville: Univ Press of Virginia, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xii, 189 with index, colophon; 24 black-and-white plates. Bound in black boards and gray cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt printers' marks on cover. 10.25" x 6.75" Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Laid in is the author's business card with a handwritten presentation message, signed Rollo. On the pastedown is the recipient's miniature bookplate.

Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. pp: xl, 360, index; 12 illustrations from covers of pamphlets. Bound in black cloth, spine stamped in silver and red. 9.5" x 6.25" Contains 1,126 annotated entries.

New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four thick volumes. Bound in red buckram, gilt lettering on spines. 9.25" x 6" Especially strong in Western Americana. Limited to 750 copies.

London: Bibliographical Society, 1900. First Edition. Morocco & Cloth. Fine. pp: xxxi, 143 with addenda and index; frontispiece and 79 illustrations from old woodcuts. A biography of Verard and an introduction to his methods precede an annotated, illustrated census of 286 books printed under his name from 1485 through about 1525. Bound in red morocco and tan cloth boards, gray endpapers, two edges untrimmed. 11" x 8.5" Illustrated Monographs No. VII. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, "September 1900 for 1899.

Washington DC: Department of Defense, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes, thick octavo. 4,478pp; large, folding map in color at the back of each volume. Bound in blue buckram, gilt lettering on spines. 9.25" x 6" Best single bibliography on the subject. Volumes 1 and 2 contain 20,003 annotated entries. Volume 3 is a thorough index by sub-topic.

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: viii, 618 with author, title, and subject indices. Bound in blue buckram, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.25

Chicago: Privately Printed, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 39pp; frontispiece from the first book printed west of the Mississippi River. Printed on octavo signatures and laid into orange wrappers with lettering and decoration on cover. 9.75" x 6.25" One of only 200 copies; this one not numbered.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes bound as one. pp: 338, 62; 486, 28, 21 (indices and supplements). Bound in green cloth, red spine block with gilt lettering. 8.5" x 5.25" "This Reprint is Strictly Limited to 150 Copies" (statement on verso title-page).

Staten Island, NY: Maurizio Martino, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xxxvii, 279, (26)chronological index, (28)title and subject index, (1)errata. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering on red block. 8.5" x 5.5" "This reprint is strictly limited to 150 copies.

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xv, 486, index; 11 plates. Contains full bibliographical entries and annotations. Bound in red and tan cloth, gilt-decorated spine, top edges gilt. 9.5" x 6

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. Limited Edition Reprint. Original Cloth. Fine. 698pp. Contains more than 10,000 citations of books and periodicals pertaining to African-American history and culture, arranged under topical headings. 9" x 6" Originally published in 1928 by Tuskegee Institute, where Monroe Work was Director of Records and Research.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xxxviii, 229 with index. Bound in red cloth, gilt spine lettering, AAS seal embossed on cover. 9.5" x 6.25" Standard reference in the field.

v.p.: v.p., v.d.. Very Good. Includes "The Ulster County and Its Illegitimate Offspring" by R.W.G. Vail, published by the New York Library in 1931, octavo, 35pp, frontispiece and 15pp illustrations on coated stock, bound in printed gray wrappers. Also includes a 19th-c. facsimile of the "Ulster County Gazette, published at Kingston...by Samuel Freer and Son, Vol. II, Saturday, January 4, 1800, Num.88." 4pp, folio, printed on rag paper.