Catalogue of American Poetry, Comprising Duplicates from the Collection of the Late C. Fiske Harris, of Providence, R. I.
by Tibbitts, Wm. T
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About This Item
Square 12mo. 170 x 135 mm., [6 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 83 pp. Original plain blue paper wrappers stitched as issued; front wrappers missing, spine chipped, title-page chip at corners and at spine, but intact; light water staining throughout. A bit fragile but sound.
This copy with pencil notes on first leaf that indicate a previous owner used this as a guide to his own collection, marking books that he owned with a "C", those he sold with a symbol of a "check".
Called by some the first American catalogue devoted to American poetry, this list of books includes 1,078 titles for sale, each described in short-title format and priced. Some of the descriptions include short annotations giving some historical reference to the work.
The collection contains many 18th century imprints, including the 1723 edition of Gloria Britannorum printed by James Franklin of Boston for $ 3.00, Freneau's Poems, Monmouth, N.J., 1795 for $6.50, and two copies of Wheatley's Poems, London 1773 priced at $3.50 each and the Walpole, N.H. edition printed in 1802 for $ 1.50.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 823
- Title
- Catalogue of American Poetry, Comprising Duplicates from the Collection of the Late C. Fiske Harris, of Providence, R. I.
- Author
- Tibbitts, Wm. T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- For Sale by Wm. T. Tibbitts
- Place of Publication
- Providence
- Date Published
- 1883
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De Simone Company Booksellers enjoyed its second opening as a book company in 2018 after a seventeen-year hiatus. Originally established in 1978, De Simone Company bought, sold, and evaluated rare books, manuscripts, and prints for twenty-two years before closing, when De Simone accepted the position as Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.
De Simone held this position for fourteen years before moving to the Folger Shakespeare Library as the Eric Weinmann Librarian. In this position, he managed seven departments, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, research services, and the Library's book, manuscript, and art collections. He held this position for three years before retiring in 2017 and reopening De Simone Company Booksellers.
Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.
He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.
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- 12mo
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