Orville A. Roorbach (New York), 1859
2. List Of Booksellers In The United States and the
Canadas. Collected Since
May Last, By Direct Communication With Every
City And Town On The List.
By Orville A. Roorbach.
New York: Orville A. Roorbach, March, 1859.
128 leaves, unpaged. Printed on light blue ledger paper: ruled, except for
the first
3 pages, and with versos blank, save for the title leaf. A
copy at CtY has an errata
slip inserted at front. Leather spine and
corners, cloth sides?
One hundred copies only. Announced, with a call for subscriptions, in BM 1
Jan. 1859 at the pre-publication price $25. Deposited for
copyright 9 April 1859.
Advertised as "now ready" in BM 15 April 1859
at $40, and as "Reduced to the
Original Subscription Price,
$25" in BM 1 Sept. 1859.
References: Sabin 73098; NUC (NR 0410465); OCLC
(54287618 and 17248945
[microform]). A copy now at CtY is briefly
described in PW 28 Dec. 1935, p.
2321.
Copies seen: CtY (rebound); DLC (rebound deposit
copy).
