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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).
Directories of American Bookstores to 1950
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