The first White House library
Subtitle: a history and annotated catalog
By: edited by Catherine M. Parisian
Series: Penn State studies in the history of the book
Publisher: Published by the Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies' Library
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780271037134
Description: "Examines the founding in 1850 of the first library in the White House purchased with public funds, which was intended to remain there as a permanent collection. Documents the contents of the library and considers it within the political, social, and intellectual milieu of mid-nineteenth-century America"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-382) and index.