The pioneer Americanists
Subtitle: early collectors, dealers, and bibliographers
By: edited by J. Kevin Graffagnino, Terese M. Austin, Jayne Ptolemy, Brian Leigh Dunnigan
Publisher: Clements Library, University of Michigan
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781881606093
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Book collectors; Biography; Antiquarian booksellers; Bibliographers; Book collecting; History; Booksellers and bookselling; Americana; Collectors and collecting
Notes: Copyright statement from verso of title page.

"This volume looks at the leading Americanists--collectors, dealers, bibliographers, curators, auctioneers--who completed or substantially completed their careers before 1900. It consists of autobiographical or biographical sketches that provide a sense of what these individuals and their contemporaries thought about Americana as a bibliophilic specialty ..."--Foreword, page ix.

Limited edition of 1,200 copies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.