Directories of American Bookstores to 1950
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II. Second-Hand and Antiquarian Bookstores
C. N. Caspar (Milwaukee), 1885–1887
63. Directory Of The Antiquarian Booksellers And
Dealers In Second-Hand
Books Of The United States. Arranged
First–In a General Alphabet, with
Addresses.
Second–Geographically according to States and Towns. Third–
Classifying the Specialties of each Dealer. Together With Valuable
Hints For
Finding The Author, Title, Publisher, Place Of Publication,
Edition, Size Or
Price Of Books, a List Of Practical Bibliographies,
Trade Catalogues, Retail
And Special Lists, Literary And Trade
Journals, Advertising Mediums, Etc., All
The leading Jobbing Houses in Miscellaneous New Books, Important Subscrip-
tion Book Publishers, and the various News Companies and Wholesale Dealers
in Newspapers, Periodicals and Popular Books, with Addresses of the same. Sub-
scription-Price, $5.00 Net. Compiled by C. N. Caspar.
Milwaukee, Wis. C. N. Caspar, Publisher. 1885.
[1–5] 6 [7] 8–11, bl. [12], [13] 14–268, addenda
269–270, ads 271–276, with versos of
pp. 26–268
paginated but otherwise blank. Leather spine and corners, cloth
sides.
Preface dated 15 June 1885 at end, p. 6. Deposited 6 Aug. 1885. Listed in PW
15
Aug. 1885 at $5. A copy at MnU received 21 Aug. 1885.
References: NUC (NC 0186085) and OCLC (2368599,
81409447, 65843511, and
for microform 77419777, 85746681,
9343746).
Copies seen: CtY; DLC (deposit copy); KU; NN
(rebound); MnU; MWA; ViU
(rebound, lacking pp. [7]-21).
63+. Supplement To Caspar's Directory of Antiquarian
and Second-hand
Booksellers of the U. S. Additions, Changes And
Corrections Up To January 1,
1887. Furnished Gratuitously to every
Subscriber to this Directory….
[Milwaukee: C. N. Caspar, 1887]
[i], bl. [ii], [1] 2–12 [13–14]. Stitched, unbound.
"Note," p. [i], dated Jan. 1887 at end.
References: OCLC (166587567 and 57210684).
Copies seen: MWA; NN (bound into no. 63).
James Clegg (Rochdale UK), 1888–1894
The first volume in this series, entitled Directory of
Second-Hand Booksellers and
published for the editor (Arthur
Gyles) in Nottingham in 1886, does not include
North American
bookstores. With the 1899 volume, the list of bookstores was
expanded
to include dealers in both new and second-hand books (see nos. 32 to
36 above).
64. The Directory of Second-hand Booksellers and List
of Public Libraries, Brit-
ish and Foreign. Edited By James Clegg.
[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]
Rochdale: Printed And Published By James Clegg, Wet Rake. London:
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. New York: Westermann & Co.,
838, Broadway. Paris: H. Welter, 59, Rue Bonaparte. Leipzig: G.
Hedeler,
"Export Journal" Office. MDCCCLXXXVIII.
[i–iii] iv [v–vi] vii–viii, [1] 2–112, ads
1–51, with additional ads throughout.
Rear endpaper, printed
with ads, included in pagination. Cloth.
Prints a list of second-hand booksellers in "Canada," p. 31, and the "United
States," pp. 31–39, with "Addenda," p. 110, and "Corrigenda,"
p. 111.
"Preface," pp. [iii]-iv, dated at end 31 Aug. 1888.
Copy seen: TxU.
65. The Directory of Second-hand Booksellers, and List
of Public Libraries,
British and Foreign. Edited By James Clegg.
[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]
Rochdale: Printed And Published By James Clegg, Wet Rake. London:
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. New York, Chicago, Washington:
Brentano's. Paris: H. Welter, 59, Rue Bonaparte. Leipzig: G. Hedeler,
"Export Journal" Office. [Leipzig signified by double apostrophes] Welter
&
Co., Kœnigsstrasse 8. MDCCCXCI.
ads [i–ii], [i], ad [ii], [iii] iv [v] vi [vii] viii–x,
[1–3] 4–308, ads 1–48, with
additional ads
throughout. Cloth.
Prints a list of second-hand booksellers in "Canada," pp. 43–44, and
the "United
States," pp. 44–69.
"Preface," pp. [iii]-iv, dated 14 March 1891 at end.
Copies seen: CtY; MBW.
66. The International Directory Of Second-hand
Booksellers And Bibliophile's
Manual, Including Lists Of The Public
Libraries of the World; Publishers, Book
Collectors, Learned Societies
And Institutions, Theological Colleges Burns
Clubs, &c. Edited By
James Clegg. [Entered At Stationers' Hall.]
Rochdale: Printed And Published By James Clegg, Aldine Press. London:
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. New York: John Anderson, Junior,
99, Nassau Street. Paris: Librairie Neal, 248, Rue De Rivoli. Leipzig:
Geo.
Hedeler, "Export Journal" Office. 1894.
ad [i], [ii–iii], ad [iv], [i], ad [ii], [iii] iv [v] vi [vii] viii
[ix] x–xii, [1] 2–288, ads
1–51, with additional
ads throughout. Rear endpaper, printed with ads, included
in
pagination. Slip with "Latest Corrections." tipped to p. [1]. Cloth.
Prints a list of second-hand booksellers in "Canada," pp. 53–55, and
the "United
States," pp. 55–83; see also "Additions and
Changes," p. x.
"Preface," pp. [iii]-iv, dated at end 31 Oct. 1894.
Copy seen: NNGr.
Miscellaneous Directories of Second-Hand Book Stores, 1940–1949
67. The Dealer's Index (A Directory of Used Book
Dealers and their Specialties,
with a Classified Directory of
Specialty Publishers, and a Brief Glossary of Com-
mon Book Terms.)
Compiled By Farrell C. Toombs and Richard P. Adair
American Readers Congress 1369 East Fifty-Seventh Street Chicago, Illinois
[©1940]
[i–viii], [1] 2–71, bl. [72], with inserted blue paper
dividers. Individual leaves,
spiral bound?
Prints a "List of dealers," pp. [1]-34, with addenda, p. 35.
"Introduction" dated 1 Feb. 1940 at end, p. [viii]. Deposited 21 March 1940.
Copy seen: DLC (deposit copy, rebound).
68. The O. P. Market A Subject Directory To The
Specialties Of The Out-Of-
Print Book Trade Compiled by Scott
Adams
R. R. Bowker Co., New York 1943 [1944] [1945]
[i–ii] iii–v, bl. [vi], vii, bl. [viii], 1–120 pp.
Prints a "Directory of Dealers," pp. 68–119.
Published in four forms:
A: First printing, first state. As above, with title
page dated 1943 and only 120pp.
Cloth.
B: First printing, second state. Title page dated
1943, but with supplement, paged
[121] 122–136 and printed on
different paper stock (see no. 68+), inserted at
end. Cloth.
C: Second printing. Title page dated 1944 and
supplement, paged [121] 122–136,
printed as part of the whole.
Printed paper wrapper.
D: Third printing. Title page dated 1945 and
supplement, paged [121] 122–136,
printed as part of the whole.
Printed paper wrapper.
Deposited (form B) 19 Nov. 1943 and (form C) 13 Nov. 1944. Listed with
127pp.
in PW 20 Nov. 1943 and again with 143pp. in PW 18 Nov. 1943,
both at $2.50.
Copies (form A) received at NNC 14 Jan. 1944 and
at NjP 18 Jan. 1944.
References: OCLC (2859153, 4376603, 20143546, 36616840, 221110103).
Copies seen: CtY (form A); NNC (form A); MnHi (form
A); NjP (form A)l MH
(form B); DLC (two deposit copies, forms B &
C); TxU (form C); MnU (form D);
ViU (form D).
68+. Supplement To Directory Of Booksellers' Specialties….
[n.p., n.d.; New York, 1943?]
[121] 122–136. Unprinted gray paper wrapper?
Copies seen: CtY; NjP (lacking wrapper, tipped into no. 68 above).
69. Market Guide for Old Books
[D. R. MacGregor Bookseller 2643 G Street San Diego, 2, Calif.] [©1948]
Cover-title, with imprint taken from foot of p. [1].
16 leaves, unpaged. Printed paper wrapper.
Hannegan | Roorbach | ALG | Bartlett | NY Trade Sale Assn |
Dingman | Office of PW | Farley | Geyer | Caspar | Industrial Info. Co. |
Clegg | Wilson | Bowker | The Librarian | |
1854 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
1859 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
1859–60 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
1860 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
1863 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
1867 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
1868 | 6+, 7 | ||||||||||||||
1869 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
1870 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
1879–80 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
1880 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
1882 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
1883 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
1884 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
1885 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
1886 | 16 | 20 | |||||||||||||
1887 | 17 | 21 | |||||||||||||
1888 | 18 | 22 | |||||||||||||
1889 | 23 | 28 | |||||||||||||
1889–90 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
1890 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
1891 | 25 | 29 | |||||||||||||
1892 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
1893 | 27 | 30 | |||||||||||||
1895 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
1899 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
1902 | 37 | ||||||||||||||
1903 | 33 | 38 | |||||||||||||
1904 | 38+ | ||||||||||||||
1906 | 34 | 39 | |||||||||||||
1907 | 40 | ||||||||||||||
1908 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
1909 | 42 | ||||||||||||||
1910 | 35 | 43 | |||||||||||||
1912 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
1913 | 45 | ||||||||||||||
1914 | 36 | 46 | |||||||||||||
1915 | 47 | ||||||||||||||
1919 | 48 | ||||||||||||||
1922 | 49 | ||||||||||||||
1925 | 50 | ||||||||||||||
1927 | 58 | ||||||||||||||
1928 | 51 | ||||||||||||||
1930 | 59 | ||||||||||||||
1932 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
1935 | 53 | ||||||||||||||
1936 | 60 | ||||||||||||||
1939 | 54 | ||||||||||||||
1940 | 61 | ||||||||||||||
1942 | 55 | ||||||||||||||
1946 | 56 | ||||||||||||||
1949 | 57 | ||||||||||||||
1950 | 62 |
Caspar | Clegg | Miscellaneous | |
1885 | 63 | ||
1887 | 63+ | ||
1888 | 64 | 3 | |
1891 | 65 | ||
1894 | 66 | ||
1940 | 67 | ||
1943 | 68(A&B), 68+ | ||
1944 | 68(C) | ||
1945 | 68(D) | ||
1948 | 69 | ||
1949 | 70, 71 |
Deposited Nov. 4, 1948.
Copies seen: DLC (deposit copy); NN; ViU.
70. Market Guide for Old Books Number Two By D. R.
MacGregor Compiler
of Market Guide No. 1 (A List of Subjects)
1949–50 One Thousand Authors Two
Hundred Seventy-Five
Buyers
The Daroma Press San Diego, Calif [©1949]
[i–iv], 1–37, 37–43. Printed paper wrapper.
Prints a list of 284 "Buyers," pp. 31–43.
Reference: OCLC (25830865).
Copy seen: ViU.
71. Directory Of U. S. Dealers In Old and Rare Books 1949 Edition
Continental Book Company Marietta, Georgia 1949
[i–iii], ad [iv], 1–97, ads 98–100, with additional ads
throughout. Printed paper
wrapper.
Reference: OCLC (8011778).
Copies seen: MnHi; NjP; NN.
Directories of American Bookstores to 1950
Studies in bibliography | ||