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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Collector's Guide, 1940 - A monthly periodical devoted to first editions, Americana, - autographs, old newspapers and magaines, sheet music, etc. - -Author: Various - -Editor: James Madison - -Release Date: May 30, 2020 [EBook #62287] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE, 1940 *** - - - - -Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Lisa Corcoran and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - The - COLLECTOR’S GUIDE - - - A Monthly Periodical Devoted to First Editions, Americana, - Autographs, Old Newspapers and Magazines, Sheet Music, Playbills, Dime - Novels, Current Auction Prices, etc. $2 per year. Single copies 25c. -Published by James Madison, P. O. Box 124, Grand Central Annex, New York. - Advertising rates on page 8. - - - No. 17 January 1940 - - - - - Largest Buyers and Sellers - of - FRONTIER AMERICANA - IN THE COUNTRY - - * * * * - - _Edward Eberstadt & Sons_ - 55 West 42nd Street NEW YORK - - - RETZ & STORM, Inc. - 598 Madison Avenue, New York - - _Rare Books and First Editions - Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Catalogues Sent on Request_ - - -AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS OF AMERICANS OF ALL TIMES or RELATING -TO AMERICA. HISTORICAL AND LITERARY, purchased for immediate cash. Fine -Single pieces as well as Collections. Also accumulations of such -material in large quantities. - - Want List on Request - - The American Autograph Shop - MERION STATION, PA. U. S. A. - - - BEN BLOOMFIELD - 65 University Place, N. Y. C. - -Buys and sells autographs. HIGH PRICES PAID for collections and choice -single items. - - - [Illustration: HART BOOKS] - -_Please quote_ - - Bibliography (Amer.) - Books about Books - Literary Biography - Fine Printing and Limited - Unusual Books - - HART BOOK CO., - 1775 Broadway, New York (Room 702) - - - Always Selling Old Stuff - -including rare American periodicals, curious broadsides and song sheets, -and many other printed oddities you always wanted but never knew where -to get. Prices surprisingly reasonable. List free on request. - - PITZER - 41 Woodlawn Ave. Jersey City, N. 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(These Monographs are not for sale but only furnished - to libraries and educational institutions.) - -THE SACRAMENTO RIVER OF GOLD. By Julian Dana. 12mo. 7th vol. in the - “Rivers of America” series. Farrar & Rinehart, New York. $2.50. - -WHISKEY REBELS: The Story of a Frontier Uprising. By Leland D. Baldwin. - 326 pages, with notes and bibliography. A study of the Whiskey - Insurrection of 1794. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, - Pa. $3. - -MARCY AND THE GOLD SEEKERS: The Journal of Captain R. B. Marcy, with an - account of the Gold Rush over the Southern Route. By Grant - Foreman. 433 pages, illustrations and bibliography. Presents - evidence that a more extensive use was made of the southern route - to the California gold fields than has been generally credited. - University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Okla. $3. - -TRAILING THE FORTY-NINERS THROUGH DEATH VALLEY. By Carl I. Wheat. - Reprinted as a pamphlet from Sierra Club Bulletin, June, 1939. - Wheat’s address is care of California Historical Society, 456 - McAllister St., San Francisco. - -NEW YORK, PAST AND PRESENT: ITS HISTORY AND LANDMARKS, 1524-1939. - Contains 100 views reproduced and described from old prints and - modern photographs. By I. N. Phelps-Stokes. Published by the New - York Historical Society, New York, 1939. Price to non-members, 75c - plus 7c mailing fee. - -THE BIOGRAPHY OF A RIVER TOWN (Memphis). Compiled by Gerald M. Capers, - Jr., from its evolution as an Indian trading post. 292 pages, with - illustrations, maps, charts, and an index. University of North - Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N. C. $3.50. - -BOOK TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. - By Adolph Growoll. Reissue in facsimile of original limited - edition of 1898. Contains biographical sketches of Orville A. - Roorbach, Henry Stevens, Joseph Sabin, Frederick Leypoldt, etc. - Brick Row Book Shop, New York. $7.50. - -TWENTY-THREE BOOKS AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM. By John T. Winterich. 15 - illustrations that were not present in the original limited - edition; also contains new index. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, - Pa. $2.50. - -PORTRAIT OF A COLONIAL CITY: PHILADELPHIA. 1682-1838. By Harold - Donaldson Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Panoramic - account of Philadelphia during this period. J. B. Lippincott & - Co., Philadelphia. $15. - -STOCKBRIDGE, 1739-1939: A Chronicle. By Sarah Cabot Sedgwick and - Christina Sedgwick Narquand. Illustrated. 306 pages. Bicentennial - Book Committee, Stockbridge, Mass. $2.75. - -FARE TO MIDLANDS: Forgotten Towns of Central New Jersey. By Henry - Charlton Beck. Illustrated. 456 pages. E. P. Dutton & Co., New - York. $5. - -ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK STAGE. By C. D. Odell. 11th volume, covering - period from 1879 to 1882. Columbia University Press, New York. - $8.75. - -A CENSUS OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS IN QUARTO, 1594-1709. By Henrietta C. - Bartlett. Revised edition. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. - $10. - -FORGING AHEAD. By Wilfrid Partington. 8vo. A life of Thomas James Wise, - collector and “manufacturer”, showing how he pulled not only the - wool over astute collectors’ eyes, but also the silk, cotton and - rayon. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. $3.50. - -DAVY CROCKETT: AMERICAN COMIC LEGEND. Edited by Richard M. Dorson. 8vo. - Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1836-56 with contemporary - illustrations. Rockland Editions, 350 W. 31st St., New York. $5. - -ONE HUNDRED YEARS AT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. By William Couper. 4 - vols., approximately each 400 pages. Illustrated with maps, - drawings and photographs. Vols. 1 and 2 now ready. Vols. 3 and 4, - ready in March, 1940. Garrett & Massie, Richmond, Va. $12 for - 4-vol. set. Remit $6 for the two vols. now ready. - -ONCE OVER LIGHTLY. By Charles de Zemler. 8vo. A history of barbering - from the earliest times to the present. Published by the author, - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. $3.75. - -MUSIC AND EDGAR ALLAN POE. By May Garrettson Evans. 8vo. A - bibliographical study. John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Md. $1.75. - -THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO IN THE CIVIL WAR. By Festus P. Summers. Portrays - dramatic role of great railroad in a crucial period. G. P. - Putnam’s Sons, New York. $3. - -DRURY LANE CALENDAR, 1747-1776. Compiled from the playbills and edited - with an introduction by Dougald MacMaillan. An account of the life - and work of the 18th century actor and playwright. 398 pages. - Oxford University Press, New York, in co-operation with the - Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. $7. - -GHOSTS OF LONDON. By H. V. Morton. Odd nooks and corners of the London - of yesterday and today. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. $3. - -PIONEER DAYS. By Charles L. Hyde. Early days in South Dakota. G. P. - Putnam’s Sons, New York. $4. - -BANK OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco. A series of historical advertisements - commemorating its founding in 1864, with woodcut reproductions of - historical scenes. 24 pages. - -SACRAMENTO GUIDE. 220 pages, with folding map, and illustrated with - reproductions of early woodcuts, lithographs, and photographs. - Sacramento BEE, 1939. Paper covers, 50c. Cloth, $1. - - (_Continued on page 12_) - (_Continued from page 2_) - -THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, A MEDICO-GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT. By Dr. J. - Praslow, who practised medicine in San Francisco from 1849 to - 1856. (A translation from the German edition issued in Gottingen - in 1857). Published by J. J. Newbegin, San Francisco, 1939. $3. - -MR. CIBBER OF DRURY LANE. By Richard Hindry Barker. 8vo. Colley Cibber’s - life. Columbia University Press, New York. $3. - -RECOLLECTIONS OF A TULE SAILOR. By John Leale. 300 pages with 19 pages - of illustrations. Authentic details of San Francisco’s river and - ferryboat traffic, told by a veteran master and pilot of San - Francisco Bay since the early 60’s. George Fields, San Francisco, - Calif. $3. - -THE THEATRE HANDBOOK AND DIGEST OF PLAYS. By Bernard Sobol. A reference - work about the theatre and its people, including concise synopses - of nearly 1000 plays, etc. Crown Publishers, New York. $3. - - (_If otherwise difficult to procure, Current Books can be ordered from - THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE, at publishers’ prices. Free delivery. If - unobtainable, money will be promptly refunded._) - - - - - Amateur Journalists Who Became Famous - - -In “The Career and Reminiscences of an Amateur Journalist,” Thos. G. -Harrison states that Nathaniel Hawthorne was really a pioneer member of -the clan, having gotten out six weekly issues of a periodical of this -description, called THE SPECTATOR, the first number appearing Aug. 21, -1820. Thus it predates by three years what many have heretofore accepted -as his first literary effort, in the SALEM GAZETTE, in 1823. - -Prior to its appearance, Hawthorne, at that time a youth of 16, got out -a preliminary prospectus, stating that THE SPECTATOR would be issued on -Wednesdays, at 12c per annum, payment to be made at the end of the year. -In an early issue, Hawthorne advertised that he proposed to publish by -subscription, a new edition of “The Miseries of Authors,” to which he -promised to add a sequel containing facts and remarks drawn from his own -experience. - -Truman J. Spencer, for many years a historian on amateur journalism, -questions whether a copy of either THE SPECTATOR or Hawthorne’s -prospectus, is in existence today. Here, then, is an opportunity for -ambitious bibliophiles and rare book speculators to ransack the garrets -of their ancestors, and “see what they can see.” Harrison states that -THE SPECTATOR was neatly written by the hand of Hawthorne. It was -probably manifolded by some crude reproducing process of that period. - - [Illustration: _(_Courtesy Franklin Memorial Institute_)_] - - - - - THE JUVENILE PORT-FOLIO, - AND - LITERARY MISCELLANY, - - DEVOTED TO THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF YOUTH. - - A lasting wreath of various hue.—deck’d with each fragrant flower. - - Vol. I.] [No. 1. - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1812. - - - CONDITIONS. - -A No. will be published every Saturday. - -The price is _only Twelve and a half Cents_ per month, payable in -advance. - -No subscription will be received for less than three months. At the -close of each year, a title page and index, for the volume; also, a list -of the names of the subscribers will be given. - - - TO THE JUVENILE PUBLIC. - -The title to address the public, when a periodical work is first offered -for patronage, is established by custom, and a deviation from the -general usage, would be a breach of decorum, since the public now -demands, as a right, what formerly it granted as a courtesy; and, of -late years, more labour is bestowed in writing these “_Repositories of -promises_,” than in vamping up the original work. As it seems required, -therefore of every candidate, that he should publicly declare his -pretensions to favour, the Editor, in compliance with the general -custom, deems it necessary, briefly to state the intention of the -present work; and, in this, as well as in his Editorial capacity, in -general, he respectfully solicits from his patrons, that indulgence, -which the inexperience of youth so amply requires. In order, therefore, -to make up for his own deficiency, he respectfully solicits the favour -and assistance of such of the “_Literary Youth_,” as may have time and -inclination, to favour him with their communications. He has, also, the -promise of a few gentlemen of polite taste, to condescend their aid, “to -diffuse elegant and instructive literature, to soothe trembling merit, -and to ROUSE AND FOSTER INFANT GENIUS.” - -The columns of the Juvenile Port-Folio, will consist of all the _variety -of subject_, and Miscellaneous literature, which Magazines, and other -periodical literary works, usually contain: Selected with particular -attention to those subjects, that are adapted to the improvement, -edification, and rational amusement of youth. In our searches after -variety, a preference will always be given to those pieces, which are -characterised by elegance of expression, chastity of thought, and value -of information. “Though we shall touch, like the Bee, upon every plant -in the garden of literature, we shall only extract from those which -produce sweets, and diffuse fragrance.” - -Besides the more general subjects of literature, its pages will always -be open to such extracts of popular interest, as may be judicious and -entertaining; also a general selection of rare anecdotes, points of wit, -brilliant repartee, &c. Our purpose will be to render this department, -lively without licentiousness, brilliant without tinsel, and elegant -without elaboration. - -In the region of the Muses, we particularly solicit aid, but we fear -“not from the voice of inspiration.” We may venture, however, to hope, -that the perusal of our selected poetry will excite emulation, as no -piece will be admitted, which cannot lay some claim to true genius and -poetical merit. - -The Ladies will receive the Juvenile Port-Folio as an entertaining -companion, studious of their favour, by courtly manners and valuable -information; and the Gentlemen will find in it, a manly and correct -conduct, which we hope will not be unworthy of their regard; as, we -shall ever be anxious to please the Polite, the Learned, the Witty and -the Fair, with those views, we are emboldened to ask the patronage of -the public. - - “And, confident of praise, IF PRAISE BE DUE, - Trust without fear, to merit and to You.” - -But Hawthorne was not the first to publish a “boys’ paper.” From a -pamphlet on “Amateur Journalism,” issued by Will G. Snow of Meriden, -Conn., to commemorate “An Association of Amateur Journalists of the -Past,” called “The Fossils,” we learn that the earliest known American -example is THE JUVENILE PORTFOLIO AND LITERARY MISCELLANY, an eight-page -weekly, published from Oct. 17, 1812 to Dec. 7, 1816 by Thomas G. -Condie, Jr., at 22 Carter’s Alley, opposite Stephen Girard’s Bank, -Philadelphia, as per illustration herewith. - -After the demise of Hawthorne’s periodical, amateur journalism seemingly -went into a slumber twice as long as the famed sleep of Rip Van Winkle. -However, in 1858, came the COOS HERALD of Lancaster, N. H., and by 1872, -approximately 200 amateur gazettes were being turned out. At this period -the juvenile journal considered as having the largest circulation, was -OUR BOYS, started in Chicago in 1871 as a “four-pager,” and which by -1873 had evolved into a 16-page periodical almost as large as HARPER’S -WEEKLY. In its prime it is said to have enjoyed a circulation of 10,000 -copies per issue. Most of these sheets varied in size from 4 pages of 3 -by 4 inch dimensions to 32 pages, measuring 10 by 12, the latter about -the width of four ordinary newspaper columns. The average life of an -amateur paper was estimated at 8 months, which period was ample to -disgust most youthful journalists with the hardships of an editorial -career. - -In 1869, it was deemed advisable to organize an association for mutual -acquaintance, social intercourse and to assist the cause of amateur -journalism throughout the United States. A meeting was held in New York -at the residence of Charles Scribner, from which evolved the National -Amateur Press Association. Nellie Williams, a 13-year miss, is credited -as being the first “female of the species.” She issued the PENFIELD -EXTRA soon after the commencement of the Civil War. It had been planned -to issue an amateur journal at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, and it -was said that $5000 could have been raised without difficulty for that -purpose, but Director General Goshorn would not allot space, claiming -that the word “amateur” savored of infancy of mind. - -When approximately half a century ago, George Harrison announced himself -as a candidate for the presidency of the Western Amateur Press -Association, his ambition did not meet with unanimous endorsement, if we -consider the following outburst from a rival sheet: - - “We smelt the smell of a dead rat when we received a copy of the - WELCOME VISITOR, stating that Harrison is a candidate for the position - of President of the Western Amateur Press Association, against Wyn - Morris. We can inform the gentleman from Indiana that he is on the - hull of a sinking ship, and when he grasps for the exalted position he - has in view, it will melt before his eyes, and he will gradually sink - into the waters of oblivion. George, dear George, you are left - sure.”—AMATEUR IOWAN. - -To this not over-delicate prognostication, the Harrison clan replied in -kind as set forth below: - - “THE IOWAN no doubt smelt its own smell, eh. As for Harrison being - left in the race, we beg to inform our IOWA contemporary, in all - probability it is entirely mistaken. No other candidate now in the - field has a better chance than he.”—The WELCOME VISITOR. - -Let us quote one more expression of opinion, as one contempt-orary to -another: - - “In our estimation nothing is so contemptible as to publish an article - against an individual and then refuse to send him a copy of the paper - containing the attack. The low-lived editors of the YOUNG DEMOCRAT - should paste this in their hats.”—THE ACORN, St. Louis. - -At the time Mr. Snow wrote his “Amateur Journalism” pamphlet, in 1922, -the Fossil Library, consisting of 50,000 old amateur papers, was located -at 150 Nassau St., New York. It has since been moved to the Franklin -Memorial Institute, Philadelphia, where it will be permanently preserved -under the care of the Curtis Family of SATURDAY EVENING POST fame. The -second largest collection is owned by Truman J. Spencer, of Hamden, -Conn., while Vincent B. Haggery of Jersey City, N. J., has one of the -very few known files of the official organ of the National Amateur Press -Association, embracing 63 years. Any one interested can obtain -information as to other fine collections by writing to Edwin H. Smith, -Librarian of the N.A.P.A., 524 N. Kenmore St., Philadelphia. - -As to amateur journalists who subsequently reached exalted ranks as -authors or publishers, Mr. Spencer has kindly furnished me with the -following list: - -FRANK B. NOYES, publisher Washington STAR, at age of 12 ran the TIMES. - -THEODORE BODENWEIN (recently deceased), publisher of the New London DAY, -at 17 ran the THAMES BUDGET. - -E. H. STAIR, owner Detroit FREE PRESS, ran OUR BOYS AND GIRLS, in 1873. - -JOSEPHUS DANIELS, publisher of the Raleigh NEWS AND OBSERVER, and -ex-Secretary of the Navy, at age of 12 ran the CORNUCOPIA. - -RICHARD W. GILDER, for many years editor of the CENTURY MAGAZINE, ran -the REGISTER at 16. - -CYRUS H. K. CURTIS, S. E. POST AND LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL publisher, -conducted YOUNG AMERICA at the age of 14. - -JOHN THAYER, well-remembered as publisher of EVERYBODY’S MAGAZINE and -the SMART SET, when only 13, ran the PRINTER. - -GEORGE B. M. HARVEY, one of the final publishers of HARPER’S WEEKLY, -issued the DEMOCRAT when only 14. - -There were many other eminent publishers that lack of space compels us -to omit. And as for authors who became famous, Robert Louis Stevenson -issued the SUNBEAM MAGAZINE when 16; Frank Baum who wrote “The Wizard of -Oz” published the HOME JOURNAL in 1868; and Walter Pritchard, New York -theatre critic, and author of numerous books on the drama, joined the -amateur ranks at 12. - -According to Mr. Spencer, amateur journalism still exists and continues -to hold a fascination for many youths of today. From the speculative -standpoint, however, there is at present no active demand for an oldtime -collection thereof, although probably some individual with an ample -purse and a nostalgia for youth, would be happy to possess one, and pay -well for it. But who and where he is, it will take a wiser person than -the editor of this publication, to identify. - -Collectors of this interesting phase of Americana, will look forward -with pleasurable anticipation to the publication of a book entitled -“History of Amateur Journalism,” on which Truman J. Spencer has been -working for years. The outline of contents will comprise, DEFINITION AND -DESCRIPTION ... THE PIONEERS ... EXCHANGING AND ORGANIZING ... THE -NATIONAL AMATEUR PRESS ASSOCIATION ... RIVAL ORGANIZATIONS ... SECTIONAL -AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ... LITERATURE AND BOOKS ... THE FOSSILS ... -APPENDIX. Full information as to the date of publication, price, etc., -can be obtained by writing to Truman J. Spencer, 2525 Whitney Ave., -Hamden, Conn. - - -The famous rooming house at 61 Washington Square, N. Y., conducted for -more than fifty years by Mme. Katherine Branchard, and since her decease -in 1937, by her daughter-in-law, is no more. During their years of -struggle it was a haven of repose for Willa Cather, Frank Norris, Gelett -Burgess, Theodore Dreiser and Adelina Patti. After their departure from -the Branchard House, which incidentally is over 100 years old, they -wrote her letters from all parts of the world, and these should produce -some good autographic material. - -Mrs. Adelaide M. Faron, of the Walt Whitman Society of America, and -Librarian of the Hempstead Library, Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y., -recently held at the Adelphia College, Garden City, N. Y., an exhibition -of rare items and newly discovered manuscripts pertaining to the “good -gray poet”. - -Here is a little good advice from that past master of sheet music -knowledge, Wm. McDevitt, 2079 Sutter St., San Francisco. In his very -entertaining monthly called BOOK-COLLECTING (50 cents a year) he -says:—“In buying first editions of old songs, you will be safer in most -cases if the sheet music doesn’t contain ads on the back cover; you will -generally do well to distrust copies with the copyright line on front -apparently worn out with repeated printings.” - -The large mass of propaganda from both foreign and domestic pressure -groups is being collected and classified by the Carnegie Library of -Washington and the Washington and Lee University of Lexington, Va. - -The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., has acquired a -collection of photographs of real Wild West Indians, made by John K. -Hillers, 66 years ago. - - - - - [Illustration: RICHARD S. WORMSER - _Books_] - - RARE OUT OF PRINT - 22 WEST 48TH STREET, NEW YORK - _Telephone_ _Cable Address_ - BRYANT 9-9276 BOOKWORM, NEW YORK - - - - - Good Investments In Autographs - - - _Written for_ The Collector’s Guide _by Mary A. Benjamin_ - - [Illustration: _Allied News-Photo_] - -Frequently I am asked, “What is a safe investment in autographic -material over a long period of years?” The answer may well come from my -experience gained in this field during the past decade. The boom years -of 1928 and 1929 sent many items of a literary, historical and musical -character sky-rocketing, although subsequently they shot down just as -suddenly, 1938 seeing prices at probably their lowest level in 25 years. -And yet, just as in the case of rare books, some forms of autograph -material suffered less than others. The knowledge thus gained, helps -materially to light the pathway as to what is the best sort of -autographic material to consider for future investment. - -Today, the safest buy seems to be good Presidential letters written -either before or during their terms of office, preferably the latter. -These letters must have worthwhile contents. Uninteresting documents of -our Chief Executives are all too common and sell at nominal figures. -Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution are -also excellent, that is, if the contents measure up. In the literary -domain, authors’ letters about their works are always sought for, -although prices are more inclined to fluctuate than on historical items. - -Of late, increased interest has been evinced in the “War between the -States,” or, as it is called up North, the Civil War. An added lure is -that prices for this sort of material, are almost at rock-bottom, as -collectors are just beginning to wake up to its importance. The years -will see good war letters of famous Federal and Confederate Generals go -very high. The upward swing has already begun. - -A new field which has sprung up recently is that of State collections. -The country has heretofore been too young to care much for the -historical records of individual localities. But with the development of -the nation, this interest has steadily grown, and today, all letters -relating to internal politics of individual states or cities are being -sought, the competition having a healthy effect upon prices. - -Early Mormon material, and records pertaining to Texas, Michigan, -Colorado, Virginia, California, etc., are in active demand, thus -enabling the average dealer to place them without difficulty almost as -fast as received. Furthermore, whereas a collector may become -discouraged in buying a complete set of Signers because of the -super-rarity of a few names, there is little difficulty in obtaining the -two or three Signers belonging to the collector’s home state, to say -nothing of famous Generals, literary lights, composers, etc. - -The one, almost unchanging code of the collector should be to buy -hand-written letters of good date, and of unusual, historical, or -otherwise excellent content. Fine items seem to hold their value pretty -well, even in times of financial stress, and with the years should edge -upwards in price. Less desirable items will fluctuate considerably. To -sum up, good autographs provide the best expectation for at least a fair -dividend on the money invested. On the other hand, common items that -have little to recommend them except cheapness, are almost invariably a -disappointment as far as the hope of satisfactory returns, are -concerned. There are occasional exceptions but this rule holds true 98% -of the time. In closing, may I also stress the importance of being sure -that what you purchase is genuine. Unless you are an expert yourself, -the safest way is to acquire your pen treasures only through a dealer on -whose reliability and experience you can absolutely depend. - - -Walter Hart Blumenthal, rare book specialist at 1775 Broadway, New York, -is frequently called upon to contribute articles on odd books, such as -for example a Shorthand Bible, a Latin Life of Washington, “Alice in -Wonderland” in Esperanto, and a book bound in human skin. Shortly THE -COLOPHON will present an article by Mr. Blumenthal on books in which the -text and illustrations are pierced into the vellum, letter by letter, -the pages being backed by colored silk. In all the world, only seven -such early volumes are known, he states. - - -Rare book dealers should make good chiropractors because they know so -much about “spines”.... To make Book Week successful, avoid displaying -Weak Books.... It requires no earthquake to produce “shaken” books. - - - - - WANTED - AUTOGRAPHED - FREE FRANKLED ENVELOPES - - WARREN L. BARR - 420 21st St., N. W. Canton, Ohio - - - THE BOOM IS ON - _THE_ - COLLECTOR’S GUIDE - _formerly a Quarterly, is now_ - Published Monthly - _except July and August_ - - - ADVERTISING RATES - The Collector’s Guide - - Full page $15 - ½ and ¼ pages pro rata - Less space, $1 per inch. - - Discount - On three insertions, 10%; - Six insertions, 15%. - -For rates on front and back cover spaces when available, please address -publisher. - - - - - _A Book Stamp Innovation_ - - - [Illustration: {uncaptioned}] - -As Flodden W. Heron aptly observed in a recent issue of the ARGONAUT, it -is estimated by the Postal Department that one person out of every -fifteen is interested in stamp collecting. There are over twenty-five -journals issued exclusively for stamp collectors, and three hundred and -two American newspapers maintain stamp departments. In addition -sixty-four radio stations conduct regular stamp broadcasts. Book -collectors constitute a much smaller group, and to date there has been -no connection between these two enthusiastic armies of “acquisitioners.” -To bring these two groups into closer cooperation, Mr. Heron recently -suggested to the Pacific Philatelic Society of San Francisco the use of -postage stamps of authors as association items for collected books. -Investigation disclosed that postage stamps had been issued in honor of -nearly one hundred authors. - -He states that the idea occurred to him when coming into possession of a -Stamp Case, invented by Lewis Carroll of “Alice in Wonderland” fame. It -contained twelve pockets for stamps of different denominations. -Progressively this gave birth to the thought of using stamps as -association items in connection with first editions, artistically -affixing them to fly-leaves, inside covers, or occasionally to title -pages. Time will increase the scarcity or rarity of the stamps, and in -some instances, as with certain bookplates, greatly enhance the value of -the books to which they are affixed. Of course we must bear in mind that -the number who collect stamps exceeds greatly those whose interest is in -rare books. At the same time, many high school and college students and -other groups, would like to collect books but cannot afford the prices -of first editions. However, if postage stamps are classified as -association items, thousands can buy books not first editions, but good -reading copies. The inserting of proper stamps, will permit of book -collecting on an inexpensive scale, because it is only necessary to -watch dates, and acquire first-day “covers” for merely the regular price -of the stamps. And as time goes on, these first issues will have -increased value for book insertion, quite aside from their desirability -to stamp collectors. For example, a copy of “Leaves of Grass,” issued by -the Modern Library, with a first-day Whitman “cover” laid in, should -fetch over double the cost of the book within a year after the stamp was -issued. And this, in spite of the fact that a postage stamp in -connection with a book can not be compared with an author’s inscription -or presentation. It can be more likened to a bookplate, which has been -added to the volume by some one other than the author. Two of Mr. -Heron’s favorite authors are Lewis Carroll and Sir Walter Scott, and as -he could find of them no existing postage stamps, he had two made, for -his personal use, which serve as illustrations for this article. We feel -certain that Mr. Heron will be glad to answer any question pertaining to -book stamps on the part of those interested, if they will address their -inquiries to him at Mills Building, San Francisco. - - -Temple Scott, rare book expert, died on Sept. 30th. in Edinburgh. Among -his many activities, he had been adviser in the assembling of some of -the notable private libraries of this country, including those of Jerome -Kern, and the late William H. Woodin, former Secretary of the Treasury. -The Kern collection was considered one of the most valuable ever gotten -together in America, and in 1929 was sold at auction for $1,300,000. -Also remembered are some of Mr. Scott’s outstanding purchases including -the letters of Lord Chesterfield for which he paid $75,000, and the -original text which Sir Walter Scott prepared for a definitive edition -of his novels, and which set him back $150,000. - -The first volume of Dr. Greg’s “Bibliography of the English Drama to -1640” is reported as ready. Information regarding it can be obtained -from R. B. McKerrow, Picket Place, Wendover, Bucks, England. - -Mrs. Nellie Dumont, widow of the minstrel king, Frank Dumont, died -several months ago at her home, 1207 Green St., Philadelphia, Penna., -where she had resided for 60 years. Mr. Dumont in his lifetime, -possessed an unusually fine collection of theatrical material, and to -this day, as far as we know, it has never been definitely established, -just what became of it. - - - - - “COLLECTING - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - MAGAZINES” - -The only book on the subject. 72 pages, 4 pp. illustrations, 10 -Chapters. Lists values of all issues, special numbers, supplements. -Information on reprints, binding, maps, formats, bibliography. - - $1.00 - EDWIN C. BUXBAUM - Box 327 Swarthmore, Penna. - Wanted to Buy: Geographics before 1907 - - - _We are always anxious to buy_ - Rare American - CHILDREN’S BOOKS - _of every description_ - - - PEGASUS BOOK SHOP - 144 East 61 St. New York, N. Y. - - - HISTORY OF THE BOOK - COMBINATION OFFER - -SIX ORIGINAL LEAVES: (1) Manuscript leaf on vellum; (2) Chinese Block -Printing, 1440; (3) Nuremburg Chronicle Leaf with woodcut 1493; (4) Leaf -of Justinian printed in red and black by Bautista de Tortis, Venice, -1496; (5) Sallust leaf by J. Ibarra, Madrid 1772; (6) Kelmscott Press -leaf with woodcut initial printed by William Morris, 1893. - - _The group sent postpaid for $5.00_ - - DAWSON’S BOOK SHOP - 627 So. Grand Avenue - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - -Catalog of early printing sent free on request. - - - Mail Bidders Wanted - Catalogues Free - - ALBERT SAIFER - Book Auctions - Correspondence Address: - 142 S. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa. - Consignments Solicited—Rates on Request - -A list of old magazines and newspapers that are worth real money, in the -February issue of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE. - - - - - HOW TO TELL FIRST EDITIONS - - - - -When the date of the publication is not in brackets, it means that the -same will be found on title page. When, however, it is in brackets, -thus, (1931), it indicates that said date is printed either on the -reverse side of title page, or in some other part of the book. Or, -possibly, the date does not appear at all, in which case the brackets -are merely authoritative information supplied by the bibliographer. -Furthermore, our endeavor has been to list only authors and books for -which there is a reasonably active present-day demand, and which have a -speculative future. - - - LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888) - -LITTLE WOMEN. 2 vols. First volume has no announcement for “Little - Women, Part Two” at foot of last page of text, nor has it “Part - One” on the backstrip; Second volume has the notice regarding - “Little Women: Part One” at page IV. Usually bound in green or red - cloth, but other colors show up occasionally. Boston, 1868-1869. - - - THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH (1836-1907) - -THE STORY OF BAD BOY. Generally regarded as the story of his own - boyhood. Has “scattered” for “scatter” on page 14, line 20, and - “abroad” for “Aboard” on page 197, line 10. Green cloth binding. - Boston, 1870. - - - HERVEY ALLEN (1889- ) - -ANTHONY ADVERSE, New York, 1933. 105 copies de luxe edition, 3 vols. - signed. Trade edition is in one volume, with publisher’s monogram - on copyright page. On page 352, line 6, Xaxier for Xavier. On page - 397, line 22, the word found is repeated. On page 1086, line 18, - ship for shop. - - - SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876- ) - -WINESBURG, OHIO. New York, 1919. First printing said to have both - unstained and orange stained tops. - - - T. S. ARTHUR (1809-1885) - -TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM. Philadelphia, 1854. This holds priority over - an edition the same year published in Boston. - - - IRVING BACHELLER (1859- ) - -EBEN HOLDEN. There is a pine-cone design on backstrip with rounded top. - In later editions, a flat top was substituted. Boston (1900). - - - RAY STANNARD BAKER (1870- ) - -ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT. By David Grayson (pseudonym). New York, 1907. - Green pictorial cloth, about 1-3/16 inches thick. Illustration on - page 110, shows cows grazing. Second state is bound in dark green, - olive cloth, without illustration on page 110, of man plowing. - - - JOHN KENDRICK BANGS - (1862-1922) - -A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. New York, 1896. - - - EDWARD BELLAMY - (1850-1898) - -LOOKING BACKWARD, 2000-1887. Comes in gray, green, yellowish and perhaps - other colors of cloth; also in paper wrappers. Cloth-bound copies - hold priority. They are said to have been issued in the Spring, - whereas those in wrappers didn’t appear until Fall. The first - state has printer’s imprint on copyright page. Boston, 1888. - - - AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914?) - -THE FIEND’S DELIGHT. By Dod Grile (pseudonym). London (1872). Vignette - on title page. Red-brown pictorial cloth. American edition, 1873, - had no publisher’s advertisements at back. - -NUGGETS AND DUST. By Dod Grile (pseudonym). London (1872) First edition - of author’s first book. Original yellow pictorial wrappers. Should - have half-title, with two pages of advertisements preceding the - half-title, and ten pages of advertisements at the end. - -THE DANCE OF DEATH. By William Herman (pseudonym). San Francisco (1877) - First state has on its title page, in addition to title and - author, the words “Author’s copy”. Has no press notices at back of - book. Second state has imprint of Henry Keller & Co., 543 Clay - St., 1877. THE DANCE OF LIFE by Mrs. Dr. J. Milton Bowers, and - purporting to be an answer, is sometimes considered as a companion - piece. - -TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS. Issued in green cloth and probably also - other colors. White end-papers. E. L. G. Steele, San Francisco, - 1891. - -BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER. Has imprint of Western Authors Publishing Co. - Cloth and wrappers. San Francisco and New York, 1892. - - (_To be continued_) - - - - -General Stock of Americana, sea books, local New London, and Conn. -material, first editions, prints, autographs, etc. - -Write me your wants on your special subjects. - - TRACY’S BOOKSTORE - 60 Meridian St. New London, Conn. - - -CITY BOOK AUCTION. Sales of Books, Autographs, etc., held every Saturday -at 1.30 P.M. Catalogues free. Consignments solicited. Rates on request. - -120 Fourth Ave., New York City - - - - - Stick ’Em Up - - -As a preface to “Books on Western Gunmen,” by Guy J. Giffen, in the -Quarterly NEWS-LETTER of the Book Club of California, an editorial note -states that not the least interesting subdivision of Americana is that -relating to the bandits and gunmen of the Old West. The extensive -literature on the subject offers a tempting field to collectors with a -taste for the history and legend surrounding this phase of the Winning -of the West. Mr. Giffen’s extensive library of books on Western outlaws -is the result of a hobby of years’ standing. - -Mr. Giffen’s article maintains that any well-rounded collection of -Western Americana should have a division of books on gunmen, and -mentions a number of men and titles that will serve as a general guide -to their selection. Of particular interest are the books on Murrieta. -“Joaquin Murrieta, the Brigand Chief of California” was published by the -CALIFORNIA POLICE GAZETTE in 1854, and is now very rare, only two copies -being known, both in private collections. According to Franklin Walker -as set forth in “San Francisco’s Literary Frontier,” John Rollin Ridge, -partly of Indian blood, who came to San Francisco in 1850, furnished the -GAZETTE with much of its source material when he wrote “The Life and -Adventures of Joaquin Murrieta, the Celebrated California Bandit.” In -1859, the GAZETTE reprinted the story with additions but also in this -instance, only two copies are known to have survived. Of the many later -treatments of Murrieta, one of the best is “The Life and Adventures of -the Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta,” translated from the Spanish of -Ireno Paz, by Frances P. Belle. (Chicago, 1925). - - - - - _Edward Eberstadt & Sons_ - - _Specialists in Old and Rare Books Relating to the Far West_ - - 55 WEST 42nd STREET - NEW YORK - - - _WANTED AT ALL TIMES_ - - Americana, State and Local History, Exploration, Overland Narratives, - Confederate Imprints - - - All Scarce or Interesting Items, Relating to California, Texas, - Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, the Middle and Far West, the Early - and Confederate South - - - CATALOGUES ISSUED REGULARLY - -This is a readable account of his exploits, but it credits him with -superhuman ability, and relates incidents that could not have happened. -In Mr. Giffen’s belief, Murrieta’s true history has not yet been told -and at this late date, it is unlikely that it ever will be. It may be -interesting to collectors of Murrietana, to note that in 1880, a play -was produced at the Adelphi Variety Theatre, San Francisco, purporting -to picture the life of Murrieta. It was called “The Scarlet IX.” - -Stories of two California bandits of a much later date, Evans and -Sontag, are related in “The 25th Man”, published in 1924. The author, Ed -Morrell, gives a readable account of his experiences with these outlaws, -bearing however a bit heavily on the first person. The exploits of Evans -and Sontag were also offered to the public in dramatic form, at the -National Theatre, San Francisco, in the early nineties, some of the -bandit’s children having been engaged as a sort of “added attraction.” - -C. B. Glasscock’s “Bandits and the Southern Pacific” (New York, 1929) is -also an interesting narrative. “Old Waybills”, by Alvin F. Harlow (New -York, 1934) while primarily concerned with the pioneer express -companies, gives entertaining accounts of Black Bart, Jesse and Frank -James, Sam Bass and the Daltons, and indicates a sincere effort to -gather the facts. The books of Owen P. White have added much to -present-day popular knowledge of the outstanding killers and peace -officers of the Old West. His “Them Was the Days” (New York, 1925), -“Trigger Fingers” (New York, 1926), and “Lead and Likker” (New York, -1932) make exciting reading and present a true picture so far as the -truth can now be known. “Triggernometry” by Eugene Cunningham (New York, -1935) is another sincere endeavor to treat the gunmen as human beings -rather than supermen. - -Returning to books about individual bandits, one of the best is “Wild -Bill Hickok—Prince of Pistoleers”, by Frank J. Wilstach (New York, -1928), this work also containing many illustrations of more than passing -interest. “Wild Bill” (James Butler) Hickok has been much written about. -Probably the best account of his connection with the famous McCanlas -affair was published in the NEBRASKA HISTORY MAGAZINE for April-June, -1927. In it, the story of Colonel Nichols, published previously in -HARPER’S MAGAZINE of February, 1867 (and copied practically by every -biographer of Hickok) is disproved. - -Of nineteen volumes dealing with the James gang, “The Rise and Fall of -Jesse James,” by Robertus Love (New York, 1925) seems the most thorough -and unbiased biography. An important and scarce James item is “The Trial -of Frank James for Murder,” by George Miller, Jr., privately printed in -Missouri in 1898. It gives in detail information not to be found -elsewhere. The list could go on indefinitely, for the period of the -gunmen extended from the Civil War to the middle 90’s, and the -literature on the subject is limitless. Much of it, of course, is lurid, -sensational material, written solely for entertainment and with no claim -to historical accuracy. But there are also many more pretentious works: -good, bad and indifferent. Many otherwise excellent biographies of -Western gunmen are marred by the fact that the author’s treatment is -colored by his admiration or contempt for his subject. But, perhaps, -that is a failing of biographers in general. - - - - - Everything relative to - - North Carolina Literature - -Old books, letters, pamphlets and newspapers bought and sold. - - S. W. WORTHINGTON - Wilson North Carolina - - - - - INCUNABULA - - -In a recent article in the New York TIMES, Philip Brooks, noted rare -book commentator, remarked that there is nothing particularly mysterious -about incunabula. A polysyllabic Latin word with an impressive sound, it -means simply cradle books, or books published during the infancy of -printing. They occupy only a short span in the history of books, no more -than about fifty years, from the middle to the end of the fifteenth -century. To many collectors they are the true aristocrats, not only for -their antiquity, but often for their artistic beauty. For nearly 500 -years printers have been trying but none have been able to approach the -typographical perfection of the Gutenberg Bible, which was finished -around 1455. Even the paper of these ancients is of superior quality -that they will outlive most books issued today. - -Mr. Brooks further declared that while a common objection to collecting -incunabula is that they are incomprehensible, being printed in dead -languages that nobody reads nowadays, it is nevertheless a fact that -before the end of the century, books were being published freely in the -vernacular, and Caxton and his successors were making valuable -contributions to English literature in their native tongue. - -Since the middle of the seventeenth century, when the output of the -fifteenth century first began to attract notice as collectible objects, -they have been subject to such intensive scrutiny that they are now the -most thoroughly bibliographed books in the world. From Panzer -(1793-1803) and Hain (1826-1834), who described 16,300 titles, the -scientific study evolved through the brilliant work of Bradshaw and -Proctor until its culmination in the British Museum catalogue. - - - - - B. LOGIN & SON, Inc. - - _Chemical and Medical Periodicals and Books_ - - 29 EAST 21st STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. - - Quote Chemical, Medical, Biological, Technical, Agricultural, Natural - Sciences & All Kinds of Scientific Magazines, Biographies of Medical & - Chemical Men - - _Chemical and Medical Books Especially Early_ - -Moreover, collectors today who look somewhat wistfully on the mounting -prices of fifteenth century editiones principes (which means first -editions) of Gutenberg Bibles even in single leaves, or of that familiar -favorite, the Nuremberg Chronicle, are probably unaware that many -incunabula are still available for much less than $100. The elusiveness -and high price of all incunabula are as much a fiction as the belief -that it is impossible to identify individual volumes. - -It is generally admitted that there are in existence some 40,000 -separate editions of books published during the fifteenth century. No -one has yet had the hardihood to attempt to count all the known copies -of these editions. One of the best modern efforts to gauge their extent -was that of K. W. Hiersemann in his “Verlagskatalog”, Leipzig, 1924. He -estimated that there were at least 450,000 pieces of incunabula around, -or an average of more than eleven copies of each known edition. - -In undertaking to investigate the present-day holdings of incunabula in -all countries, Fremont Rider, librarian of the Olin Library at Wesleyan -University, reported that Germany, the birthplace of printing and native -home of most incunabula, is still, according to the latest available -records, the largest holder of such books. With 105 libraries owning a -hundred volumes or more, it registers a total of 115,927 volumes. Italy -ranks second with 70,721. France makes a poor third with 35,278, just -nosing out Great Britain’s 34,045. Austria comes next, outranking the -United States, which can muster 22,166 volumes. Poland, Switzerland, -Czecho-Slovakia, Spain, Holland and Russia follow next in order. In the -25 countries listed with libraries of a hundred or more volumes, Mr. -Rider has located 380,750 titles. - -The outstanding single collection of incunabula is in the Bayerische -Staatsbibliothek at Munich, with its 16,000 volumes. The British Museum -comes second with 11,500, the Bibliotheque Nationale third with 10,000. -The Huntington Library’s 5,200 take sixth place, while the 3,600 in the -Library of Congress entitle it to rank seventeenth among the libraries -of the world. Despite the great influx of incunabula into this country -in recent years, the resources of the European collections are -incomparable. It is perfectly true that most American libraries regard -the acquisition of a single incunabulum as a rare treasure, while many -unheard-of European libraries of religious orders or princely families -own far more volumes than our largest and richest universities. - - - - - JAMES F. DRAKE, Inc. - 24 West 40th St. - New York - - First Editions - Rare Books - Autographs - - _We are particularly interested in unusual Kipling items._ - -Mr. Rider’s analysis makes no attempt to assay the contents of the -various collections, as his concern is only with a quantitative -analysis. Some of the scarcest and most important incunables have found -their way into this country. As a result of an inquiry among the 236 -most likely sources in the United States, a table is shown giving the -relative sizes of incunabula collections in twelve institutions and over -a hundred colleges and universities. Following the Huntington and the -Library of Congress are Harvard University with 1,860 volumes, the -Pierpont Morgan Library with 1,800 and the Newberry Library with 1,634. -The Folger Shakespeare Library contains a surprisingly large -Shakespearean ancestry of 250 fifteenth century sources. The summary -leaves out of account the growing private collections, confined mostly -to this country, whose numbers should materially affect the figures and -perhaps the order of rank. Otherwise it gives a satisfactory account of -the distribution of incunabula in public institutions. - - - - - Collecting Medical Literature - - - _An Interview With An Authority_ - -Hello, Henry Schuman. - -Hello, James Madison. - -Since moving from Detroit to 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, are you -continuing to make a specialty of medical rarities? - -Yes indeed, in fact more so than ever. - -What class of collectors go in for medical books? - -Mostly members of the medical profession, but also general collectors -along scientific lines of which medicine is an integral part. - -Do collectors of medical literature aim to cover the entire field? - -Not in most instances. They usually specialize in branches that -encompass their special interests, such for example as physiognomy, -transfusion of blood, heart disorders, venereal ailments, etc. - -Has a well-selected medical library that was already assembled at say -the turn of the century, increased or diminished in value? - -Increased I should say, or, from a very conservative estimate, at least -held its own. This is due, no doubt, to the permanent interest such a -medical library holds. On the other hand, authors of literary classics, -especially from the beginning of the 19th century on, are subject to -increasing or waning interest due to a change of popular favor and -appreciation. In the case of modern authors such as Hemingway, Faulkner, -etc., this is even more noticeable. The “white-headed” literary lion of -today may be on tomorrow’s bargain shelf, and vice versa. - -Is the number of collectors of medical literature increasing? - -Somewhat, I should say. In the late twenties, Dr. Henry E. Sigerist -became head of the Institute of Medicine at John Hopkins University -where his outstanding accomplishments, combined also with his splendid -achievement in promoting the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, did -much to stimulate new interest, especially among the younger men. - -Which is the best medical bibliography? - -Probably the best, and certainly the most concise is Garrison’s “History -of Medicine”, first published in 1914 by W. B. Saunders Co., -Philadelphia. The fourth edition was issued in 1929 and is revised and -comparatively up to date. It sells for $14. - -How can one get posted on the prices of medical literature? - -The Sanders Price List of Medica Incunabula gives some prices of early -medicine. The cost is $10. As far as more modern medical books and -miscellany are concerned, I believe the best guide is dealers’ lists who -specialize in this sort of thing. I myself get out occasional catalogues -of medical rarities, my latest one being issued to honor the seventieth -birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, who is since deceased. - -How do you procure the medical material that you resell? - -There is no royal path that a dealer can pursue. One source is medical -libraries privately owned, and which on the decease of the owner, have -come into the possession of heirs who have no special interest therein, -and who therefore are not adverse to turning them into ready cash. -Europe, which may be termed the cradle of old medicine, holds most of -the rarities, especially those of ancient vintage, and my correspondents -on the other side are constantly on the watch for me. - -How highly are medical periodicals regarded by collectors? - -They play, as a rule, ‘second fiddle’ to books and pamphlets. They are -quite bulky, and in harmony with the modern scheme of architectural -contraction, collectors are not inclined to grant them shelf room. The -best modern outlet for medical periodicals appears to be colleges and -universities, although in many instances, the seller pro tem is apt to -be met with the rubber-stamp response of “Insufficient funds.” - -Have many facsimile reproductions been made of rare medical books and -pamphlets? - -Only a negligible number thus far and which have sold rather -indifferently. However, with the increasing interest displayed in the -collecting of medical literature, facsimiles will come more and more -into their own. - -Are many medical works sold at book auctions? - -Hardly any, I should say. Medical books at best interest but a modest -pro rata of collectors. Therefore, except in occasional instances, it -has not been found profitable to include them in auction catalogues. - -Who are the modern American trail blazers as far as stimulating interest -in the collecting of medical literature is concerned? - -In my opinion, Drs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Osler, and Harvey -Cushing. - - - - - _A New Aid to Collectors_ - - -Early in the year, the Pinwheel Press, of 142 So. 11th St., -Philadelphia, will publish “Early American Sheet Music” by Harry -Dichter. This is probably the first attempt to aid collectors and -dealers in this fascinating field of Americana. It will be illustrated -with many full-page reproductions of esteemed sheet music covers and -also give much useful bibliographical information. A business -announcement in this issue, gives full information as to its cost in the -several editions. - - - - - _About The New York Mirror_ - - -In 1823, George P. Morris in conjunction with Samuel Woodworth -established the New York MIRROR. In those days Woodworth was considered -quite a poet, his most permanent obeisance to the muse being “The -Bucket”, later more fittingly known as “The Old Oaken Bucket”. The -MIRROR lasted until 1842, but returned from its journalistic grave the -year following and was known as the NEW MIRROR. It ran for a year and a -half and stated in its last issue in Sept., 1844, that it was being -discontinued because the Post Office charged it magazine postage which -was much higher than that required of newspapers. Perhaps, to avail -itself of this discrimination, it became a daily about this time, a -weekly edition being gotten out for the benefit of the former NEW MIRROR -subscribers. From Sept., 1844 to February, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, so the -“Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America” reports, was employed -as critical writer. Perhaps this explains why “The Raven” was printed in -the EVENING MIRROR, on Jan. 29, 1845, “by permission”, from the advance -sheets of the AMERICAN REVIEW where it appeared a few weeks later. While -the MIRROR copy is usually spoken of as the second appearance of “The -Raven”, most collectors prefer it to its AMERICAN REVIEW appearance and -it commands a higher price, although in neither case as much as one -might conjecture. - -After Willis and Morris withdrew in 1845, Hiram Fuller took charge and -with certain minor changes of title, the periodical continued until -1857. Soon after Fuller came into control, he was sued by Poe for having -published the Thomas Dunn English article reflecting on his character. -Poe was awarded $225 damages. - - - - - WALTER R. BENJAMIN - 655 Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y. - - AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - -BUYS— - -Leading expert in autographs will purchase for immediate cash large -collections or single items of historical or literary importance. -American or foreign. - -SELLS— - -Collectors! Send for sample copy of THE COLLECTOR, a magazine for -autograph and historical collectors, established 1887. See prices quoted -on letters, guaranteed authentic, of the great Kings and Queens, -Statesmen, Authors, Musicians, Scientists, and Soldiers of all times and -all countries. - - - The United States - CARD COLLECTOR’S - Catalog - -A 90 page, 6×9 inch handbook, completely covering the card field, -cigarette, candy, gum, playing, advertising, etc., together with related -items of Albums, Silks, and other inserts. Dealers of all kinds should -have a copy to show markets and values. Pays for itself many times. - - 50c postpaid - - J. R. BURDICK - 417 So. Crouse Ave. Syracuse, New York - - -Indian Relics, Minerals, Miniatures, Beadwork, Coins, Books, Jewelry, -Buttons, Basketry, Rugs, Old Glass, Dolls, Gem Stones, Stamps, Covers, -View Cards, Western Postcard Photos. Catalog 5c. - - LEMLEY CURIO STORE - North Branch, Kansas. - - -Another instalment of “How To Tell First Editions” in the February issue -of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE. - - - - - _Stephen Foster Sheet Music Wants_ - - -Fletcher Hodges, Jr., Curator of the Foster Hall Collection in the -University of Pittsburgh, Penna., advises us that the following titles -are still required, and for the first satisfactory first edition copy of -each received, the respective prices noted will be paid. - - Beautiful Child of Song $100. - Happy Little Ones Are We 25. - I Will Be True To Thee 100. - Little Belle Blair 100. - Lizzie Dies Tonight 100. - Mine Is The Mourning Heart 100. - Mother, Thou’rt Faithful To Me 100. - My Loved One And My Own 100. - Onward And Upward 100. - Open Thy Lattice, Love Tonight 250. - Somebody’s Coming To See Me 100. - - - - - SCHUMAN’S of New York - -are Leading Specialists in Historical Medicine and Science, and are -large buyers of desirable material in this field. - - IMMEDIATE CASH PAYMENTS - - SCHUMAN’S - 730 Fifth Avenue, New York - - - _WANTED! WANTED_ - - MECHANICAL - PENNY - BANKS - - DR. A. E. CORBY - (Collector) - 44 Wall St., New York City - - - GUY DE MAUPASSANT - -Will purchase ANY interesting material by or about him. A. Artinian, -Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y. - - - FIRST EDITIONS—AMERICANA—FINE BOOKS. - - Bought & sold. Catalogs free. - - ANTON GUD - 636 East 13th Street New York City - - -Wanted For Cash: U. S. Presidential Bookplates or Booklabels. State name -of President and price desired for plate. Give your name and address. -Bookplate, Care of The Collector’s Guide, P. O. Box 124, Grand Central -Annex, New York. - - -Some facts about Baedeker’s Travel Books in the February issue of THE -COLLECTOR’S GUIDE. - - - - - _Suckers’ Progress_ - - -A book jobber recently found on his hands an entire warehouse full of -obsolete histories in sets of 20 volumes each. They simply wouldn’t -sell; nobody wanted to give them away as premiums; their stock was so -inferior that secondhand paper dealers laughed at the idea of purchasing -them. Then inspiration came to the jobber. He expressed the entire -edition to a publisher’s sucker list, accompanied by the following -letter. - - Sir: - - We are forwarding you herewith a set of Professor McFeely’s _History - of the World From Earliest Times Down to the Inaugural of Chester A. - Arthur_. There are two bindings available: one in cloth such as we are - sending you, retailing for $19.25, the other in beautiful hand-tooled - crushed levant, for $39.98. If you should decide you prefer the - expensive leather-bound edition you may return the set we are sending - you and upon remitting the balance you will receive the other - magnificent volumes. - -Each sucker actually received the leather-bound edition—in fact, no -cloth one existed. But every recipient, imagining that he had received -the wrong books by mistake and was gypping the jobber, sent on his -$19.25 and kept the books. In no time the entire edition was sold out. -(Lucius Beebe in New York HERALD TRIBUNE and reprinted by READER’S -DIGEST). - - -The New York TIMES reports that a new Medical Library building is being -erected at the Yale University of Medicine to receive Dr. Cushing’s -library and collections, including his letters, diaries and manuscripts. -Any of his friends who wish, now or later, to present correspondence, -photographs or other memorabilia for permanent preservation among the -Cushing papers will receive the appreciative thanks of the university. - -The late Merle Johnson, in his “American First Editions” called -attention to the fact that there is no formal Bibliography of the -writings of Bret Harte. The collector is referred to the sales catalogue -of the Charles Meeker Kozlay sale, held at the galleries of the American -Art Association some years ago and now on file at the New York Public -Library. It is the only known listing of the variants and minutiae. - - - - - BOOK-DEALERS - Take Notice - - _We Want Scholarly Books_ - -1. We Want Elizabethan & Restoration Dramatists—In First and Later - Editions. - -2. We Want Best Edited Editions of Dramatists: MARSTON, PEELE, NASH, - etc. BULLEN’S Old Plays, etc. - -3. The Publications of ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETIES, such as HUTH, MALONE, - FULLER, and BIBLIOGRAPHICAL. - - _We Pay Promptly on Receipt._ - - THE BRICK ROW BOOK SHOP, Inc. - 55 Fifth Ave., New York City - - - WE BUY WE SELL - _Specimen Books of_ - Printing Types - and - Printers’ Ornaments - - Penmanship Publications - Prior to 1880 - - PAUL A. STRUCK - 415 Lexington Av., New York - - - - - _The Long, Long Ago_ - - -In “San Francisco’s Literary Frontiers”, by Franklin Walker, “The Annals -of San Francisco” is described as being probably the best book ever -written about that glamorous city. Its 800 pages give not only the -history of California during the Spanish and American occupations, but -also a faithful account of its social history from 1846 to 1854. -Included also are vigorously penned descriptions of special local -happenings, such as the Great Fires, Steamer Days, the lawless ravages -of The “Hounds”, etc, to say nothing of short biographies of outstanding -oldtimers. The “Annals” have long been out of print, but the book was -gotten up so sumptuously that many copies were kept. It can usually be -picked up for from $7.50 to $20.00 depending on the condition and -binding. A folding map should accompany it. A few years ago, the -California Historical Society, San Francisco, compiled, under the -direction of Charles Francis Griffin, a 28 page index, which is a big -time-saver for historians, and literary searchers. It is bound in full -paper boards, and is sold by the Society for $1.25. - - -The first issue of the Princeton University Library CHRONICLE contains a -checklist of Winslow Homer, famed painter and designer for wood -engravers, whose life span was from 1836 to 1910. - - - - - RARE OLD JOKE BOOKS - (Joe Miller and Up) - Send for catalogue - WEHMAN BROS. - (Since 1889) - 712 BROADWAY NEW YORK - - - EARLY AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC - - Lure and Lore - _by_ - Harry Dichter - -After completing ten years of searching for and locating some of the -finest pieces in this field of Americana, these notes and checklists are -offered so that the collector and dealer may avoid the ordinary pitfalls -that await the novice. - - INVALUABLE TO DEALER AND COLLECTOR - -This is probably the first attempt at giving a working knowledge of the -field of sheet music collecting. - -Not a history of American Music but a necessary tool for every Rare and -Out of Print Dealer and even the seasoned collector of this interesting -material. - -Definitely names highspots and attempts at valuation (Both the Author -and Publisher realize that prices in such a field can only be -approximate as condition, demand and scarcity are prime factors.) - -Included is a Checklist of Early American Music Publishers, their places -and dates of operation. - - Many Full Page Reproductions of Important Items - -Cloth bound, Autographed Copies Strictly Limited to the number of orders -received before Feb. 1, 1940. Publication Date: Feb. 10, 1940. - - Price $3.00 - - Specially Priced Edition in Wrappers at $2.00 - - Regular Trade Discount to Dealers on 2 Copies or More - - _Order Your Copy Now_ - - PINWHEEL PRESS - PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS - 142 S. 11th STREET - PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - _Order direct from publisher or your bookseller_ - - - - - _Locating Bookplates_ - - -Bookplate collectors who desire to know what collections have been -assembled, where they are, the type of material gathered, how they are -cared for, and their availability for study and consultation, should -procure a copy of “A Census of Bookplate Collections in Public, College -and University Libraries.” It was compiled by Carlyle S. Baer, presiding -genius of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers, and -Miss Clara Therese Evans, of Columbia University. The cost is $1.00 and -it can be obtained by writing to Mr. Baer at 1763 Euclid St., N.W., -Washington, D. C. - - -Robert L. Shurter presents in the July, 1939, issue of the SOUTH -ATLANTIC QUARTERLY, an article on “The Writing of Looking Backward”, in -which the facts regarding the composition, purpose, and subsequent -influences of Edward Bellamy’s novel are set forth. - -We understand that a committee of bibliographers headed by Lawrence C. -Wroth, librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, is making -plans for the compilation and publication of a “Cooperative Catalogue of -Americana, 1700-1800”, and will be based upon material now housed in the -principal libraries of this country. It will contain all eighteenth -century historical material relating to the Western hemisphere, except -newspapers, broadsides, maps, prints, almanacs, legislative and -administrative proceedings and statute laws. A preliminary survey has -disclosed that only about half of the existing material is recorded in -either Sabin or Evans. - - - - - TRAILING GERONIMO - _by_ Anton Mazzanovich - - Over 100 Illustrations of Historical Value - - The First Authentic Story of the Trailing and Capture of this Great - Apache Indian Chief - - [Illustration: {uncaptioned}] - -This book will make a valuable addition to any American Historical and -Indian Library. It is real Americana. - -Size 5¼×7½, 278 Pages, Elegantly Bound in Art Craft, 4-Color -Illustrations of Geronimo - - _Price_ $3.00 - - WEHMAN BROS. - PUBLISHERS and BOOK JOBBERS - 712 Broadway, New York - -_This amazing story has been made into a great motion picture by -Paramount Pictures, Inc._ - - - - - RECENT AUCTION PRICES - - - Sometimes the author is given first, sometimes his book, - etc.—whichever seems most pertinent at the moment. - - - Parke-Bernet, Inc. - -AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT. 1900-3. 1908-36. Index 1916-22. 34 vols. - ex-library. $95. - -AMERICAN STATESMEN. Ed. by John T. Morse, Jr. 32 vols. Boston, 1898. - $70. - -THE MAN WITH THE HOE. By Edwin Markham. First edition in book form, in - original envelope. San Francisco, 1899. $22. - -JOHN L. STODDARD. Lectures. 12 vols. ¾ morocco. Boston, 1908. $15. - -WALT WHITMAN, manuscript, 1 page, about 75 words, in pencil. $42. - -THACKERAY, WILLIAM. Vanity Fair. The original 20 parts in 19. London, - 1847-48. $275. - -WHITMAN MASSACRE. By Matilda J. Sager Delaney, a survivor. Wrappers, - autographed. Spokane (1920). $5. - -DODGE CITY, THE COWBOY CAPITAL. By Robert M. Wright. (Wichita, Kan., - 1913). $17. - -CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 6 vols. New York, 1891. $6. - -THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. ITS HISTORY, SOIL, CLIMATE, RESOURCES, etc. - Wrappers. Laramie City, 1874. $27. - -HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF LARAMIE CITY. By J. H. Triggs. Wrappers. Worn. - Laramie City, 1875. $27. - -HISTORY OF CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN WYOMING. By J. H. Triggs. Wrappers. - Omega, 1876. $42. - -THE CHAP BOOK. 8 vols. Chicago, 1894-7. $12. - -PUDD’NHEAD WILSON. By Samuel L. Clemens. 1st. Hartford, 1894. $13. - -THE COLOPHON. 34 parts. New York, 1930-8. $47. - -AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING. Bds. Name in ink inside front cover. 1st - ed. Boston, 1918. $17. - -CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL. By Francis Parkman. 1st ed. Defects. New - York, 1849. $37. - -THE YELLOW BOOK. 13 vols. 1st eds. with one exception. Covers - discolored. London, 1894-7. $15. - -FOUR YEARS IN THE ROCKIES. By James B. Marsh. Orig. cloth. Cover - stained. New Castle, Pa., 1884. $42. - -PENCIL SKETCHES OF COLORADO. By A. E. Mathews. 36 views on 23 plates, - lithographed by J. Bien. Orig. cloth. Slight defects. (New York) - 1866. $140. - -THE BANDITTI OF THE PLAINS. By A. C. Mercer. Orig. ed. Slight defects. - (Cheyenne: Privately printed, 1894). $45. - -MISSOURI STATE GAZETEER, SHIPPERS’ GUIDE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, for - 1865. Portrait, views and pictorial advertisements. Geo. W. Hawes - & Co., Indianapolis, 1865. $50. - -THE DARK SIDE OF NEW YORK LIFE AND ITS CRIMINAL CLASSES. 26 parts, orig. - printed wrappers. Some defects. New York, 1873. $22. - -THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES. By Henry R. Wagner. A Bibliography of - Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1860-1865. Revised - and extended by Charles L. Camp. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, - 1937. $10. - -AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOK. (Mrs. Pinchard). The Blind Child. Original - boards. Loose, lightly stained. Philadelphia, 1793. $7. - -EBEN HOLDEN. By Irving Bacheller. 1st ed. First issue. Orig. cloth. - Boston (1900). $27. - -CATTLE TRADE. Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade. By Joseph G. McCoy. - Covers, spotted and foxed. Kansas City, 1874. $47.... Cattle - Brands of Members of Wyoming Stock Growers Association. Chicago, - 1882. $22.... Prose and Poetry of the Livestock Industry. By - Jerome C. Smiley and James W. Freeman. Vol. 1 (all published). - Denver (1905). $52. - -OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. By (Andrew Child). Crude wrappers; - title-page missing, lightly stained. (Milwaukee, 1852). $70. - -THE INDIAN’S LAST FIGHT. By Dennis Collins. Orig. cloth, privately - printed. (Girard, Kansas, about 1914). $37. - -THE GOLD MINES OF GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO. By Samuel Cushman and J. P. - Waterman. Orig. printed wrappers. Central City, 1876. $15. - -HANDS UP; or, Twenty Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the - Plains. By General D. J. Cook. Orig. cloth, worn, covers stained. - 1st ed. Presentation copy. Denver, 1882. $35. - -ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1850. By A. A. Enos. Wrappers. Privately printed - for distribution to friends. Stanton, (n.d.). $25. - -BRET HARTE. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches. Orig. cloth. - Backstrip defects. 1st ed. 1st issue. Boston, 1870. $32. - -THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN. By E. W. Howe. Some defects. 1st ed. - Atchison, 1883. $15. - -STORIES OF THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL. By Col. Henry Inman. 1st ed. Orig. - cloth, slightly rubbed. Kansas City, 1881. $9. - -VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS. By NATHANIEL P. LANGFORD. 1st ed. 2 vols., - orig. cloth. Boston, 1890. $20. - -MEMOIRS OF A PIONEER. By George Lathrop. Orig. printed wrappers. Lusk - Herald, Wyoming, circa 1917. $22. - -HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. By Merle Johnson. New York, 1929. - $15. - -THE RIVET IN GRANDFATHER’S NECK. By James Branch Cabell. 1st ed. New - York. 1915. $16. JURGEN. By the same author. 1st issue, inscribed. - New York, 1919. $32. - -FARM BALLADS. By Will Carleton. Back cover spots. New York, 1875. $6. - -THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, AND OTHER SKETCHES. By - Mark Twain. Immaculate copy of the first issue of the first - edition of the author’s first book. Original blue cloth. New York, - 1867. $610. - -TOM SAWYER. By Samuel L. Clemens. 1st issue. Rubbed. Hartford, 1876. - $475. - -MAGGIE. By Johnston Smith (Stephen Crane). Yellow wrappers. Privately - printed. 1st ed. Small defects and tears. (New York, 1893). $90. - -THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. By Stephen Crane. Orig. cloth, with dust - jacket. 1st issue of 1st ed. of author’s second novel. Very slight - end-paper blemishes. New York, 1895. $150. - -EMILY DICKINSON. Poems. 1st ed. Covers soiled. Boston, 1890. $52.... - Letters. 2 vols. 1st ed. backstrip discolorations. Boston, 1894. - $15.... The Single Hound. Bds. 1st ed. Boston, 1914. $55. - -NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. The Scarlet Letter. 1st ed., 1st issue. - Presentation copy by author. One of finest copies in existence. - Boston, 1850. $2000. - -THE COVERED WAGON. By Emerson Hough. 1st ed. with dust jacket. - Immaculate copy. New York, 1922. $40. - - - G. A. Baker & Co. - -NOTES OF A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA VIA CAPE HORN. By (S. C.) Upham. 1st ed. - Philadelphia, 1878. $7. - - - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB PUBLICATIONS - -ANTHONY ADVERSE. By Hervey Allen. 3 vols. Mt. Vernon, 1937. $7. - -THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. By Lewis Carroll. New York, 1935. $16. - -THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. By Fenimore Cooper. Boards. 1932. $8. - -UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York, 1938. $5. - -HERVEY ALLEN. Israfel. 2 vols. First edition. New York, 1926. $6. - -WILLA CATHER. All firsts. Alexander’s Bridge. Boston, 1912. $26.... Song - of the Lark. Slight defects. Boston, 1915. $7.... Youth and the - Bright Medusa. New York, 1920. (one of 25). $18. - -THE COLOPHON. Vol. 1, parts 1 to 4. New York, 1930. $21. - -EMILY DICKINSON. Further Poems. First edition. Dust wrapper. Boston, - 1929. $10. - -WILLIAM FAULKNER. Sanctuary. First edition, boards. Dust wrapper. New - York, (1931). $10. - -ERNEST HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. 1st. New York, 1929. $11. - -KATHERINE MANSFIELD. In a German Pension. 1st. London (1911). $42.... - The Garden Party. 1st issue. Blue lettering on binding. Extra “s” - on last line of page 103. London (1922). $80. - -EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. All firsts. Renascence. New York, 1917. $55.... - The Lamp and the Bell. New York, 1921. $14.... The Buck in the - Snow. New York, 1928. $8. - -EUGENE O’NEILL. The Hairy Ape. New York, 1929. $5. - -EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON. Tristram. 1st. New York, 1927. $15. - -THORNTON WILDER. Bridge of San Luis Rey. 1st. New York, 1927. $6. - -ELINOR WYLIE. Nets to Catch the Wind. 1st. New York, 1921. $12. - -THE COLOPHON, parts 14 to 20. 1933-35. $7. - -T. L. DE VINNE. Two autograph letters signed, 3 pages on his ideas of - good printing. 1912-13. $5. - -THE YELLOW BOOK, a London Quarterly. 13 vols., 1894-1907. $10. - -SAMUEL L. CLEMENS. Christian Science. New York, 1907. 1st edition. $5. - -THE HOLY BIBLE. R. Aitken, Philadelphia, 1781-82. Some defects. $51. - -WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. The White-Footed Deer., New York, 1844. 1st - edition. Wrappers. Some defects. $52. - -STAMP PERIODICAL. The American Journal of Numismatics. Vol. 1, 1866 to - Vol. 46, 1912. First 12 vols. bound; balance in wrappers. $55. - -FRANK R. STOCKTON. Rudder Grange. 1st ed. New York, 1879. $5. - -J. M. BARRIE. Margaret Ogilvy. 1st ed. London, 1896. $5. - -THE BOOK COLLECTOR’S GUIDE. By Seymour De Ricci. New York, 1921. $5. - -W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. Of Human Bondage. 2 vols. in box. New York, 1932. - $7. - -THE LITERARY WORLD. Vols. 1 and 2, New York, Feb. 6, 1847 to Feb. 19, - 1848. $6. - - - Charles F. Heartman - -ADVENTURES WITH INDIANS AND GAME, or, Twenty Years in the Rocky - Mountains. By William A. Allen. Chicago, 1903. $4.60. - -AMERICAN HUMOR. Polly & Pea Blossom’s Wedding, and Other Tales, by G. B. - Lamar and others. Philadelphia, 1851. $16. - -ARKANSAS BROADSIDE. Hon. Jesse Turner’s Position. Only two copies known. - Van Buren, Ark., 1861. $8.10. - -THE SOUTHERN PLANTATION OVERSEER as revealed in his letters. Original - board with author’s inscription. Northampton, Mass., 1925. $4.35. - -BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL. Funny side of a serious subject. Published as a - tabloid newspaper with many illustrations. New York, 1875. $2.80. - -SAN FRANCISCO WHIG, Steamer Edition newspaper. Feb. 3, 1853. Torn, - nothing missing. $1.35. - -CONFEDERATE PLAY, The Confederate Vivandiere, or, The Battle of - Leesburg, a military drama in three acts. Performed at the - Montgomery (Alabama) Theatre by an amateur company. Probably - unique. Original printed wrappers. Montgomery, 1862. $37.50. - -SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, Confederate issues, in original printed - wrappers. Brought $3.25 each, as follows:—May, 1863; June, 1863; - July, 1863; Sept. 1863; May, 1864. - -CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS. The Daily Mississippian. Dec. 16, 1861, $1.50; - Dec. 20, 1861, $2.10; Jan. 27, 1862, $1.60; Mobile Weekly - Advertiser, (torn) Aug. 3, 1861, $1.25; Ripley Advertiser, - (Ripley, Miss.), Dec. 11, 1861, $2.85. - -THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN. Jan. 1913 to Dec., 1931. 19 vols. (lacking 5 - nos.) Original wrappers. $27.50. - -JUVENILE. The Adventures of a Yankee; or the Singular Life of John - Ledyard. Original glazed boards. Boston, 1831. $12.25. - -LINCOLNIANA. The Daily Herald. Newburyport, Mass., Apr. 17, 1865. The - Washington tragedy, with mourning borders. $1.85. - -LOUISIANA. Pickings from the Portfolio of the Reporter of the New - Orleans Picayune. By T. Corcoran. Original printed wrappers. - (Philadelphia, 1846). $11. - -TEN YEARS IN NEVADA, or Life on the Pacific Coast. By M. M. Matthews. - Portraits. Original cloth. Buffalo, 1880. $6.10. - -MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS. Vols. 1 to 14 (1 and 2 in - reprint). New Series, Vols. 1, 2, 4 and 5. Original cloth. - 1900-1925. $37. - -A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING, etc. By William Mitchell. Few - margins repaired. Newly bound. Philadelphia, 1796. $35. - -NEGRO AND SLAVERY. A collection of about 100 miscellaneous newspapers - and periodicals. Various places, 1841 to 1872. $15. - -SAN FRANCISCO EVENING BULLETIN. 26 scattering nos., Dec., 1855 to Mar. - 1, 1856. $10.50. - -WESTCHESTER SPY. White Plains, N. Y. Vol. 11, May 13, 1840 to Apr. 28, - 1841. 51 issues. A few defects. $21. - -CHEROKEE LAND LOTTERY. By Jas. F. Smith. Contains numerical list of the - names of the fortunate drawers; also engraved map of each - district, 59 in all. Original sheep. New York, 1838. $13.35. - -THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT IN THE WEST AND SOUTH FOR THIRTY YEARS. By S. - Smith. Original cloth. New York, 1868. $2.35. - -SONGSTER. The Mermaid, or Nautical Songster. Old wrappers (very slightly - worn). New York, 1798. $16.50. - -THE NORTHWEST COAST; or, Three Years Residence in Washington Territory. - By Jas. G. Swan. Original cloth. New York, 1857. $3.60. - -140 CIVIL WAR SONG SHEETS, words only. Mostly 6 by 9 inches. Some - duplicates. Mainly published during the war. $14. - -WHIG ALMANAC. For 1843-4-5-5-6-7-8-9-50. In one vol. Binding broken. - $3.60. - -SIXTEEN MONTHS AT THE GOLD DIGGINGS. By Daniel B. Woods. Original cloth. - New York, 1852. $7.25. - -COLORADO. Prospectus of the Casco Consolidated Mining Company of - Leadville, Colorado. Original printed wrappers. Leadville, 1880. - $3.25. - -CONFEDERACY. Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Dept. General orders Feb. 8 - to Nov. 18, 1864. 53 pieces. Some stained and slightly mildewed. - $106. - -NEWSPAPERS. Madison (Wis.) Express. 15 scattering nos. 1845-6-7. $4.50. - -RICHMOND AND LOUISVILLE MEDICAL JOURNAL. Vols. 8, 9 and 11. 1869 to - 1871. 3 vols. Bindings broken and some leaves loose. $2.75. - - - CURRIER & IVES AND OTHER LITHOGRAPHS - - Plaza Art Galleries, Inc. - - Abbreviations - - C. L.—Colored lithograph - Fine—Fine condition - Good—Good condition - Fair—Fair condition - C. & I.—Currier and Ives - N. C.—Nathaniel Currier - L. F.—Large folio - M. F.—Medium folio - S. F.—Small folio - -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE STATESMAN AND PHILOSOPHER. By N. C. 1847. M. F. - Fine condition. Framed. $15. - -ZACHARY TAYLOR, PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE FOR THE 12TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES. By N. C. 1848. S. F. Good. Framed. Unlisted. $10. - -ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT, ASSASSINATED April 14th., 1865. C. - & I. Undated. S. F. Framed. $11. - -ANDREW JACKSON: The Union Shall Be Preserved. C. & I., M. F. Unlisted. - -GEN’L LAFAYETTE’S DEPARTURE FROM MOUNT VERNON, 1784. By E. Farrell. - Undated. L. F. Old maple frame. $15. - -WASHINGTON’S RETURN TO MOUNT VERNON, CHRISTMAS EVE, 1783. L. F. Old - maple frame. $21. - -TO THE CADETS OF THE WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY. Pair of aquatints by - George Catlin. Engraved by J. Hill, 1828. M. F. Top and side - margins trimmed to printed surface. Framed. $65. - -THE EXPRESS TRAIN. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Good condition (stained). Framed. - $32. - -THE MOTHER’S BLESSING. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $8. - -GOOD OLD DOGGIE. C. & I. Undated. M. F. $3. - -MUSIC SHEETS: (a) The Response, A Serenade. (b) Gov. Wright’s Grand - March. (c) Rockaway, or on Long Island’s Sea-Girt Shore. Three - colored lithographs, $3. - -FRUITS OF THE SEASON. C. & I. 1872. S. F. Framed. $3. - -STRAWBERRIES. C. & I. 1863. S. F. Framed. $5. - -THE WHALE FISHERY—“LAYING ON” N. C. 1852. S. F. Fair condition. Framed. - $19. - -M’DONOUGH’S VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. N. C. 1846. S. F. Framed. $25. - -CLIPPER SHIP “FLYING CLOUD”. N. C. 1852. L. F. Later impression. $16. - -THE MISSISSIPPI IN TIME OF PEACE. C. & I. 1865. L. F. Framed. $70. - -THE MISSISSIPPI IN TIME OF WAR. C. & I. 1865. L. F. Framed. $50. - -CENTRAL PARK, WINTER—THE SKATING CARNIVAL. C. & I. S. F. Framed. $62.50. - -THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. C. & I. Undated. S. F. $8. - -MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. C. & I. 1875. S. F. $12. - -FROZEN UP. C. & I. 1872. S. F. Framed. $47.50. - -PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST. C. & I. 1871. S. F. $21. - -GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA. C. & I. 1871. Framed. $22.50. - -VIEW OF THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT NEW YORK, JULY 19th, 1845. FROM THE - BOWLING GREEN. N. C. 1845. S. F. Framed. $21. - -AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—WINTER. AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—SPRING. AMERICAN - HOMESTEAD—SUMMER. AMERICAN HOMESTEAD—AUTUMN. Four by C. & I., - dated respectively 1868, 1868, 1868, 1869. All are S. F. and - framed. $95. - -MINNEHAHA FALLS, MINNESOTA. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $15. - -THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. C. & I. Undated. M. F. Framed. $15. - -THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. C. & I. 1864. L. F. $20. - -VIEW OF THE HUDSON. C. & I. Undated. L. F. Framed. $32.50. - -FOREST SCENE ON THE LEHIGH C. & I. Undated. L. F. Framed. $17.50. - -THE FARMER’S HOME—HARVEST. C. & I. 1864. L. F. $30. - -VIEW OF LONG ISLAND, N. Y. C. & I. 1857. L. F. $45. - -AMERICAN FARM SCENES, No. 4. N. C. L. F. Framed. The most important of - the famous set. $290. - -WILD DUCK SHOOTING. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Framed. $16. - -WATER RAIL SHOOTING. C. & I. 1870. S. F. Framed. $12. - -ENGLISH SNIPE. N. C. Undated. S. F. Framed. $13. - -THE HOME OF THE DEER. C. & I. Undated. S. F. Framed. $6. - -GREAT HORSES IN A GREAT RACE. SALVATORE AND TENNY AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY. C. - & I. 1891. L. F. Framed. $6. - -HOME FROM THE BROOK. THE LUCKY FISHERMAN. C. & I. 1867. L. F. Framed. - $18. - -SHOOTING ON THE PRAIRIE. C. & I. Undated. S. F. Framed. $15. - -THE LIFE OF A HUNTER, CATCHING A TARTAR. C & I. 1861. L. F. Framed. $90. - -AMERICAN HUNTING SCENES. “AN EARLY START”. C. & I. 1863. L.F. $125. - -HUSKING. C. & I. 1861. L. F. $145. - - - - - A SNAP - -The famous magazine ANTIQUES, 10 issues, all different. Fine condition. -$2. - - WEHMAN BROS. - 712 BROADWAY NEW YORK - - - - - BOOK AUCTION FIRMS - - - G. A. BAKER & CO., 3 W. 46th St., New York. - CITY BOOK AUCTION, 120 Fourth Ave., New York. - SAMUEL T. FREEMAN & CO., 1808 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. - CHARLES F. HEARTMAN, The Book Farm, Hattiesburg, Miss. - J. C. 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Were -the question put to us, we would say, “Chose those who have indicated -that they really want your patronage by advertising for it.” Every firm -using the business columns of THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE is a top-notcher in -his line—not a mossback in the lot. They get out frequent catalogues and -lists and will be glad to respond to your requests for copies thereof. -Furthermore, it is our careful endeavor to only admit dependable firms -to our columns, thus affording you an extra feeling of security when you -patronize them. - - - - - Your Books and Their Bindings - - [Illustration: {uncaptioned}] - -An illustrated booklet, describing fine and plain hand bindings, is -yours for the asking. Beautifully Illustrated, it shows 37 gold-tooled -designs on book backs; also de luxe editions. Our prices are moderate. - - EGGELING BOOKBINDERY - 31 EAST 10th ST. NEW YORK - - - - -Do You Like Antiques? 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Winterich’s latest volume, and conveys in its title but meagerly the -feast in store for those who wish to get a new slant on a number of the -world’s most famous books and the literary geniuses who wrote them. Not -only has Mr. Winterich an almost unique research aptitude, but also the -magnetic quality of being able to marshal his facts in a sprightly -manner. Aside from this, the book has additionally, a fund of definite -information for collectors, respecting the rarity and speculative -possibilities of the many classics of literature that it deals with. It -is a handsomely bound, fully indexed volume of 241 pages and is -published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., at $2.50. - - - - - _Just What Was Needed_ - - -The United States Card Collectors’ Catalog will come as a boon to -gatherers of various sorts of cards, including tobacco, cigarette, -candy, gum, etc. Attention is also given to associated items of silk, -leather, and celluloid buttons, to say nothing of special sections -devoted to playing cards, post cards, name cards and other non-insert -types, tobacco albums, etc. “A pip,” “An admirable piece of research,” -“A remarkable feat” are a few expressions of opinion from those who -possess a copy. Over three years of preparation were required to compile -this 90-page volume. It sells for 50c, and is published by J. R. -Burdick, 417 South Crouse Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. - - - - -Hearn (Lafcadio). First Editions and Values. A Checklist for Collectors. -By Wm. Targ. 12mo, boards, Chicago, 1935. Deluxe edition, limited to 50 -copies, printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the compiler. $2.50. - -Targ’s American First Editions and Their Prices. 12mo, cloth. Chicago, -1930. Limited to 500 copies. $3.00. - - FRANK L. DOUGHERTY - 5322 N. Ludlam Ave. Chicago, Illinois - - - - - Prophets and Profits - - -Some volumes, for which the demand was indeed slender several -generations ago, are today the real prizes of literature. Take for -example the earlier pamphlets and books of Poe, which today are -virtually beyond the means of the average collector. But this -circumstance need not stifle collecting enthusiasm. There are other -volumes, which, while no longer cheap in terms of dollars and cents, -should nevertheless double or treble in value, or perhaps even better -than that, as time goes on. Of course it would be foolish to promise -this as a certainty, and we shall therefore content ourselves with -pointing out some “first edition nuggets” that seem to have an excellent -chance of “coming into the money” at some future period. But before -doing so, let us whisper in your ear, the desirability—we might almost -say the necessity—of only acquiring “firsts” in fine condition. Yes, we -know they’re hard to get, and also that they cost more, but in our -opinion, they’re well worth the difference. Auction records have -demonstrated this time and time again. And now, let us “amble beyond our -preamble,” and point out a few, present-day good buys. - -Were we going into this branch of literary speculation, we should -endeavor to acquire the first edition, first issue of Walt Whitman’s -“Leaves of Grass,” and which was published in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1855. -No need to specify here all the necessary “points,” because, unless you -are a 100% bibliophile, you will probably do better acquiring this -treasure through some trustworthy and sophisticated rare book dealer. In -his worthy volume, “The Romance of Great Books and Their Authors,” John -T. Winterich quotes an assertion made by A. Edward Newton to the effect -that the first edition of the “Leaves of Grass” will reach a higher -figure than any other important book published in the nineteenth -century. When this declaration was made in 1924, asserts Mr. Winterich, -“Leaves of Grass” was selling in the market for $200 or less. Three -years later a copy was auctioned for $800, and in the interval since, -the price has risen, at auction and rare booksellers’ catalogues, to as -high as $3,000, with no indication that a summit of value has been -reached. The Chaucer Head Bookshop, of New York, recently offered a fine -copy without foxing for $1,000. - -Another book with a definite speculative future is the first issue of -the first edition of Mark Twain’s first book, “The Celebrated Jumping -Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches”, with the original blue -cloth binding, and all the “points”. It was published in New York in -1867, and at the Effrem Zimbalist sale, held at the Parke-Bernet -Galleries on Nov. 15, an immaculate copy brought $610. Beadle, the daddy -of lurid American literature on a large scale, had previously published -in No. 3 of his “Dime Book of Fun” an abridged version of the “Frog”. -And if you should happen to run across a copy in good condition, there -should be no difficulty in collecting at least $200 therefore. - -Or if pocket-book limitations do not justify “eating quite so high on -the hog”, we commend the issues of HARPER’S MAGAZINE from January to -August, 1894 inclusive. These contain the first printing of George Du -Maurier’s “Trilby”. It was later published in book form, but a picture -and a paragraph, which J. McNeil Whistler claimed lampooned him, were -omitted from the latter, although they had appeared in the magazine, -which explains why it is more sought after by collectors than the book. - -Bound volumes of the Du Maurier HARPER’S without the covers are not -particularly scarce and hardly to be considered from the standpoint of a -speculative future. Therefore, endeavor to secure the unbound monthly -parts in good condition, and with the original wrappers. At the William -Harris Arnold sale in 1924, they brought $70. - - (_To be continued._) - - - - - ESSENTIAL FOR SHEET MUSIC LOVERS - ANNALS OF MUSIC IN AMERICA - By Henry C. Lahee - -The book traces the development of music in America in chronological -order. Divided into periods with a brief review of each. The work is -systematically indexed. - - First mention of various musical instruments. - First performance of significant orchestral, choral, and operatic - works. - First concerts and musical performances given in various sections of - the country. - Opening of the earliest theatres, opera houses and concert halls. - Establishment of the first schools and conservatories of music. - American debuts of noted singers, pianists, violinists, and - conductors. - - 12mo, cloth, 1922. Sent postpaid upon receipt of $2.00 - - JAMES C. HOWGATE, Bookseller - 190 State St., Albany, N. Y. - - - - - _An Honest Heritage_ - - -Thomas J. Condie, Jr., credited by Will Snow with being the earliest -known publisher of an American amateur periodical, came naturally by his -talents. According to Mott’s “History of American Magazines,” his father -Thomas Condie conducted at the tail end of the 18th century, the -PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY, which in 1798 had almost reached the thousand mark -in circulation. Incidentally on page 101 of Goodspeed’s very interesting -house-organ, THE MONTH, (December) appears an aquatint of Girard’s Bank -which is held at $35. The first article in this issue speaks of Condie, -Jr. having gotten out his JUVENILE PORTFOLIO AND LITERARY MISCELLANY at -22 Carter’s Alley, directly opposite and the acquatint apparently shows -the very building. - - - - - _How To Tell A Reprint_ - - -It had been our original intention to devote a page in each issue on how -to detect reprints of popular historic newspapers. But so many items of -more general interest are clamoring for admittance to our columns, that -we are referring all inquiries to the Library of Congress, which has -gotten out 17 Information Circulars on the subject. - - - - - RHODE PRINTING-PUBLISHING CO. - Where Accuracy, Legibility and Neatness Are Predominating Factors - 220 West 42nd St., NEW YORK CITY - WIsconsin 7-7727 - - Printers of Books and Booksellers Catalogs, Magazines, Trade Journals, - Broadsides In Black Ink or Process Colors. - _Day and Night Service_ - - - - - The - COLLECTOR’S GUIDE - - - A Monthly Periodical Devoted to First Editions, Americana, - Autographs, Old Newspapers and Magazines, Sheet Music, Playbills, Dime - Novels, Current Auction Prices, etc. $2 Per Year. Single Copies 25c. -Published by James Madison, P. O. Box 124, Grand Central Annex, New York. - Advertising rates on page 8. - - - No. 17 January 1940 - - - - -We purchase for cash large or Small Collections. Especially Wanted: -Books, Pamphlets. Files of Newspapers. Magazines Relating to American -History. Library Sets, First. Special, Illustrated Editions. Books on -Art, Literature, Music, Opera Scores, Theatre, History, Travel, Sports, -Nature, Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, Anthropology, Occult, -Religion. Early Science, Medical, Trade, Industry, Labor. Manuscripts. - - We Call Anywhere & Pay Cash. - Books Removed at Our Expense. - - DAUBER & PINE BOOKSHOPS, INC. - 66 Fifth Ave., New York. - Phones: ALgonquin 4-7880, 7881. - - -_We carry a large stock of Americana, First Editions, Rare Medical Books -and Old Maps. May we have your wants or offerings?_ - - ARGOSY BOOK STORES - 114 E. 59th St., N. Y. C. - - - AUTOGRAPHS - HISTORICAL and LITERARY - _HIGHEST PRICES PAID_ - - CARNEGIE BOOK SHOP, INC. - 105 East 59th Street WIckersham 2-4861-2 New York City - - - MECHANICAL BANKS - -Send postal for new 1940 list of banks wanted. Also want silver or glass -banks. - - F. W. FERGUSON—Collector - 280 Fourth Ave. New York City - - -AMERICANA Bought—Americana Sold Americana Sold—Americana Bought -Americana Bought—Americana Sold Americana Sold—Catalogues - -CHARLES P. EVERITT, 107 East 59th Street, N. Y. ELdorado 5-6581 - - - Old Sea Books - _BOUGHT and SOLD_ - - _Consult the specialist_ - - Alfred W. Paine - 113 East 55th St., NEW YORK, N. Y. - - - Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. - _Old and Rare Books_ - First Editions - Press Items, Californiana Catalogues - 336 Sutter Street San Francisco, Cal. - - - AN IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR BOOK - -THE LONG ARM OF LEE or The History of the Artillery of the Army of -Northern Virginia. With a brief Account of the Confederate Bureau of -Ordnance, by Jennings Cropper Wise, formerly commandant of Virginia -Military Institute. - -Lynchburg 1915. 2 vols. many photographic illus. 8vo. 998 pp. boxed. -NEW. $5.00. - -A notable feature of this set is its three indexes: General, Battery, -and Battalion. - -MILITARY ENGINEER. 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