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Philadelphia: George S. MacManus Co., 1979. First Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 3/8 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. One of only 500 copies issued. 179 pages including an index and text listing and describing 108 titles published by Copeland & Day. Illustrated with black and white images of publisher's devices and images of front covers of books.

Buffalo, NY: State University of New York, 1983. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The boards have a number of minor, faint spots. A small quarto measuring 10" by 6 3/4". In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with light minor soiling, but no chips or tears. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the first free end page by the author. 400 pages including an index.

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1934. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in burnt orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with two small closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine and one short closed tear to the heel of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 500 copies printed. 260 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Cooper and a number of photographs of title pages.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., c1902, 1966. Reprint of 1966. Near fine in blue-gray cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 5/8 inches. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with that spine area faded. A bibliographical guide "in which the scope, character, and comparative worth of books in selected lists are set forth in brief notes by critics of authority." 588 pages of text including an index.

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, c1942, 1949. Fourth Edition Pocket Size Edition. Third Printing Fine in red-brown, full, pebbled, leather like cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 16mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with no flaws with a prior owner's name written in pencil on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Laid-in at the front of the book is a prospectus advertising this title. 553 pages of text. Revised and enlarge by Jacob Blanck. Containing check lists for 188 American authors with over 10,000 descriptive entries all printed on "bible-thin" paper in a pocket sized format.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1912. First Edition. Very good in brown, heavy printed paper wraps with a long crease across the front panel and with rubbing to the edges of the panels and spine area which has a one inch deep chip at its upper edge. Volume number 3 of Publications Of The Newberry Library. A list of books and manuscripts on this subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of The Newberry Library. 120 pages including an index.

Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1958. First Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with lightly tarnished gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with several small chips from the upper edge of the spine area. A review copy which was sent to Time Magazine with a letter (enclosed within this copy) typed and signed by Paul J. Dufour and dated "11/19/56". 188 pages including an index.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., (1968). First Edition. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 1/8 inches with modest foxing to the fore edge of the text block. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing around the edges. 261 pages including an index covering some 400 British authors.