Early American Imprints, 1962 - 1968
Scope and Contents
1. The Coventry Bookstore. "New England Imprints, 1801-1839" Catalogue 2, June, 1968. Each item annotated as to whether it (or other editions) is in Watkinson Library. 2. Prospectus for the Readex Microprint editon of "Early American Imprints 1639-1800". 4/1962 3. Prospectus for the Readex Microprint edition of "Early American Imprints Second Series 1801-1819" 6/1964 4. "Western Americana Collecting" by Charles Eberstadt, reprinted from the Antiquarian Bookman's Yearbook. 1965. 11p. pocketsize. 5. Letter to Mrs. Marian Clarke, Curator of the Watkinson Library from Prof. Wilfred J. Ritz, Washington and Lee University School of Law, inquiring as to Watkinson's holdings of American Law and Trial Reports first printed before 1801. Accompanied by a photocopy of the list of holdings against an inventory taken from special collections across the country. 6. Advertisement/order sheet for a 15 volume reprint edition of Sabin's "Bibliotheca Americana" published by N. Israel, Amsterdam, [1962] 7. Typescript - "Dates of First Printing Presses in the Fifty States of the United States"
Dates
- Creation: 1962 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
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