Collectors, booksellers, and libraries : essays on Americanists and the rare book market
2018
002.075 R338 2018
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Title
Collectors, booksellers, and libraries : essays on Americanists and the rare book market
Published
New Haven : Overland Press, 2018.
Description
viii, 321 p. : colored ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
002.075 R338 2018
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1028578594
Note
"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 (p. vii).
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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.
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