Historical Nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana or a Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare Books Relating to America
by Henry Stevens
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About This Item
Two volumes. 12mo. 175 x 110 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches]. xii, 436 pp.; [2], 437-805 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, decorated with gilt title and emblem on front covers and gilt title on the spine. Spine of volume I chipped at head and tail and repaired with glue; corners bumped. Volume II with cloth joints a bit worn; hinge of both boards detached. A reference copy only
Privately printed in an edition of 250 copies, printed at the Chiswick Press. Of this catalogue Bill Reese writes: "One of Stevens' efforts to raise cash was a two-volume catalogue listing 2,934 books, entitled Historical Nuggets; Bibliotheca Americana, rushed into print in 1862. In fact much of the listing had been standing in type since 1857. But all the leading American customers has already seen proofs of the Nuggets before the war, and none bought further now. It is ironic that the catalogue Henry Stevens is best known for today was a catastrophe at the time."
The catalogue is loosely arranged by author, with full titles and format and pagination. In his introduction entitled, "To the Diligent Biblioscopers" Stevens offer fifteen guiding principles for the writing of his which includes bibliographical notes, library locations, and three indexes. With faults a marvelous work.
William Reese, Collectors, Booksellers, and Libraries, p. 9.
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- Bookseller
- De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 829
- Title
- Historical Nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana or a Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare Books Relating to America
- Author
- Henry Stevens
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...