Rushton M. Dorman, Esq. Library Sale Catalogue (1886) A Study of the Dispersal of a Nineteenth-Century American Private Library (Volume One)
Author: | Rogal, Samuel |
Year: | 2001 |
Pages: | 504 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-7379-3 978-0-7734-7379-9 |
Price: | $299.95 + shipping |
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This two-volume set constitutes an edition of the sale catalogue of the private library of Rushton M. Dorman of Chicago, Illinois, a collection numbering 1,842 separate items. It casts an interesting and important light upon book-collecting and reading habits and interests among affluent late 19th-century Americans. In addition, the substance and tone of the comments set down by the original compiler of the catalogue allow one to view the marketing methods employed by a major late 19th-century book auction firm. The volumes will be of interest to students of literary history, librarians, bibliophiles, historians of the book and book trade.
Table of Contents
Vol. One: Editors Introduction; Catalogue Title-page; Order of Sale; Proem; Notice to Bookbuyers and Order to Purchase Sheet; Conditions of Sale
The Dorman Catalogue: Manuscripts; Early Printed Books; bibliography; Archaeology; Prints and Drawings; Art; Cruikshankiana; Facetiae
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