Catalogue of the private library of William A. Whiteman, Esq., of Philadelphia
Subtitle: a very select collection of books in the various departments of belles lettres : among the books will be found Mather's Magnalia, ed. 1702; Columbus' first letter, Basle, 1494; Bradford Club Series; Bacon's Works, 15 vols., large paper; Book of St. Albans; Ireland's Shaksperian forgeries; Independent Whig, printed by Keimer, 1721; Painter's Palace of pleasure; Abbotsford Waverly, 12 vols.; Shakespeareana; old plays; all the best editions of the old English dramatists, a large number of privately printed and large paper works; many very rare works relating to America, and the whole library is well enriched with extra engravings, newspaper cuttings, autographs, etc., etc. : the whole to be sold by auction, on Wednesday, December 5th, and the following days, at the Trade Sale Rooms, 498 Broadway, commencing at 4 o'clock, P.M. each day
Contributors: Whiteman, William A., 1834-1867
Publisher: Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co.
Published: 1866
Place of publication: New York (498 Broadway)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Private libraries; Catalogs; Library; Rare books; Bibliography; Book auctions
Other titles: Catalog of the private library of William A. Whiteman, Esq., of Philadelphia.
Notes: 852 entries.

"E.C. Markley & Son, printers"--Cover p. [2].

"On Thursday, Dec. 13th" printed on slip and pasted over "On Wednesday, Dec. 5th" on front cover.

Auctioneer's advertisement on back cover.

McKay, G.L. Amer. auction cats. 1168