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Eberstadt, Edward.   EBERSTADT’S  TEXAS  CATALOGUE.  $55.

Cloth. Octavo.xiv.220 pages. New York: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1963. ISBN 1-57898-166-2. 

Edward Eberstadt and Sons was perhaps the most prominent Americana Firm of its era. The firm acquired very important Americana items and presented them to their customers in handsomely produced and extensively annotated catalogues. Many of these catalogues have become reference works in their own right. The extensive scholarship that went into the catalogue description is still of use today. Eberstsadt’s Catalogue 162 is devoted entirely to Texas material. Nine hundred and fifty important books and manuscripts on Texas are offered for sale and expertly described. The catalogue itself has become a standard work in the field, being cited in Jenkins as a basic Texas book. The Eberstadt Texas Catalogue also includes an introduction by Archibald Hanna.

 

 

Eberstadt & Sons.   THE NORTHWEST  COAST PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF DISCOVERY, CONQUEST AND EXPLORATION. $45.

Octavo.  127 pp. Edward Eberstad & Sons, 1941.  ISBN 1-57898-180-8. 

This useful reference is Eberstadt Catalogue 119.  In it are included 219 important books pertaining to the Northwest Coast of the United States. According to William Reese, “One of the most notable bookseller catalogues ever issued in Americana, this was Catalogue 119 of the firm.  It covered Pacific Northwest Coast voyages by Russians, English, French, Spanish and American Expeditions, with a special section on the Wilkes Expedition, with a narrative as well as specific descriptions.  A useful reference even today...” 

 

 

Eckels, John C. THE FIRST EDITIONS OF CHARLES DICKENS.  $60.

8vo. xvi, 272 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. London 1932. Reprint 1993. ISBN 1-888262-43-5.

Second and best edition of this standard work on the printed editions of the works of Charles Dickens. Besterman 1629. Howard Hill 1, 3079.

 

 

 

 

Edwards, Edward. A CATALOGUE OF THE PERSIAN PRINTED BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. $75.00
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp. viii, 968 columns. London, British Museum, 1922.
The British Museum [Now British Library] collection of Persian books is very extensive. The preface claims that this is the first work of its kind, for no detailed catalogue of any large collection of Persian printed books had hitherto been published. The works included in this catalogue are firstly books in the Persian language, secondly translations of Persian books in European languages, and thirdly bibliographies and writings on Persian literature. The bibliography also describes all copies of Fitzgerald's Umar Khayyam, in the British Museum. It also describes whether the editions are illustrated. The bibliography includes a general index of titles, and subject index, with the classification in the latter. 6000 printed items are described. Besterman 4760. Very scarce catalogue. No copies were found on the internet at the time of publication.

 

 

 

Essling, Prince Andre Prosper Messena. LES LIVRES A FIGURES VENITIENS. ETUDES SUR L’ART DE LA GRAVURE SUR BOIS A VENICE... DE LA FIN DU XV SIECLE ET DU COMMENCEMENT DU XVI.   $550.

Folio. Three parts in 6 vols. 2100 pp. Cloth. Florence & Paris, 1907-1914. Reprint 1995. ISBN 1-57898-026-7.

This monumental work is the most exhaustive bibliographic study of illustrated books of any country or period ever published. Essling assembled a vast collection of early Venetian woodcut books, which served as the basis for his bibliography, which covers these illustrated works from 1450-1525. In all 3585 books are meticulously described and collated. Two thousand illustrations from the books are reproduced.

 

 

Evans, Charles. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.  $150.

Cloth, Quarto. Thirteen volumes bound in one. Miniprint edition. ISBN 1-578898-107-7.

This work is the most general list of early American publications, indispensable for collectors and booksellers of Americana. It includes books, pamphlets, and periodicals, and is arranged chronologically by dates of publications. Though many additions have been made to Evans’ bibliography, it is still a very useful printed reference. A new CD-ROM version of Evans’ now exists and sells for circa $1,000. There is no printed version currently in print.

 

 

Evans. (Bristol, Roger Pattrell).  INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT TO CHARLES EVANS’ AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. $15.

The publication in 1970 of the Supplement to Evans’ American Bibliography made it necessary to issue an index to that volume.  This volume is the result.  It covers the 11,000 items described in the Supplement.  The first section of this index includes authors and titles in a single alphabet.  Among authors have been included all pseudonyms and all attributed authors, whether or not revealed on the title page.                                                                                                                                 

 

 

Evans (Bristol, Roger Pattrell).  SUPPLEMENT TO CHARLES EVANS’ AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.  $25.

 Charlottesville:  University Press of Virginia, 1970, 636pp.

No bibliography is ever complete or finally finished, and the American Bibliography of Charles Evans is no exception.  He produced a fair number of bibliographical ghosts, or nonexistent books.  Many of his entries, for other reasons, are inaccurate as to author, title, imprint or collation and require revision or correction.  The work to revise and update Evans continued until 1969.  The final results reveal that this important supplement includes more than 11,200 entries that escaped the notice of both Evans and Shipton. This represents an increase of nearly 30% above the Evans-Shipton total of 39,162.

Eys, W. J. van (Willem J.). Bibliographie des Bibles et des Nouveaux Testaments en Langue Française des XVme et XVIme Siecles. $85.00

Octavo. Hardcover Viii.211 + 269 pages. Geneve : H. Kundig, 1900-1901.

Two parts in one volume. First part contains bibliographical descriptions of 184 Bibles and part two contains full descriptions of 191 New Testaments in the French language published during the 15th- and 16th centuries.