Title: Bibliography of American Literature...for the Bibliographical Society of America Author: Blanck, Jacob, compiler Place: New Haven, CT Publisher: Yale University Press Date: 1955-1990 Description: 8 (of 9) volumes. With Volumes I-VIII. 10x7½, black cloth, stamped in gilt and red, lettered in gilt. First Edition, first printings. Invaluable and authoritative source for bibliographical information on American first editions and their various issue points. Vol. I: Henry Adams to Donn Byrne; Vol. II: George Cable to Timothy Dwight; Vol. III: Edward Eggleston to Bret Harte; Vol. IV: Nathaniel Hawthorne to Joseph Holt Ingraham; Vol. V: Washington Irving to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Vol. VI: Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas William Parsons; Vol. VII: James Kirke Paulding to Frank Richard Stockton; Vol. VIII: Charles Warren Stoddard to Susan Bogert Warner. Lacks only the final volume, Volume IX. Related articles, laid in, including Bibliography of American Literature - Part I by Joel Silver. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild shelf wear; a few bindings a bit shaken; two spines with slight flaking to red stamping; Vol. V with mild moisture wear to upper portions; four with previous owner's signature; a very good to near fine set. Item number: 160842
Title: Bibliography of American Literature...for the Bibliographical Society of America Author: Blanck, Jacob, compiler Place: New Haven, CT Publisher: Yale University Press Date: 1955-1990 Description: 8 (of 9) volumes. With Volumes I-VIII. 10x7½, black cloth, stamped in gilt and red, lettered in gilt. First Edition, first printings. Invaluable and authoritative source for bibliographical information on American first editions and their various issue points. Vol. I: Henry Adams to Donn Byrne; Vol. II: George Cable to Timothy Dwight; Vol. III: Edward Eggleston to Bret Harte; Vol. IV: Nathaniel Hawthorne to Joseph Holt Ingraham; Vol. V: Washington Irving to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Vol. VI: Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas William Parsons; Vol. VII: James Kirke Paulding to Frank Richard Stockton; Vol. VIII: Charles Warren Stoddard to Susan Bogert Warner. Lacks only the final volume, Volume IX. Related articles, laid in, including Bibliography of American Literature - Part I by Joel Silver. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild shelf wear; a few bindings a bit shaken; two spines with slight flaking to red stamping; Vol. V with mild moisture wear to upper portions; four with previous owner's signature; a very good to near fine set. Item number: 160842
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