Bookman's Guide to Americana / Edition 10

by Lee Shiflett

Overview

J.Norman Heard's Bookman's Guide to Americana has been a standard reference in the antiquarian book trade for almost four decades. For booksellers, collectors, and librarians needing a quick reference source for out-of-print and rare books in the comprehensive field of Americana, it has proven invaluable. The new tenth edition, now compiled by Lee Shiflett, contains price quotations for approximately 10,000 titles relating to the history, culture, and literature of the Americas. The prices quoted are derived from booksellers' catalogs issued since the ninth edition of the Guide (Heard and Hamsa, 1986).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810824645
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/1991
Edition description:	Tenth Edition
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.62(h) x 1.39(d)

About the Author

Lee Shiflett (MLS, Rutgers; PhD, Library & Information Science, Florida State), Associate Professor, SLIS, Louisiana State University, has been a specialist in collection development and acquisitions as a librarian and teacher for twenty years. His research interests are in American library history, and he is author of The origins of American Academic Librarianship (1981).

Editorial Reviews

...a sound contribution to the literature.

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...convenient.

American Reference Books Annual

...an essential purchase.

Fine Tool Journal

...a sound contribution to the literature.

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...convenient.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

J. Norman Heard's Bookman's guide to Americana has been a standard reference in the antiquarian book trade for almost four decades. Shiflett's new edition contains price quotations for approximately 10,000 titles relating to the history, culture, and literature of the Americas. The prices quoted are derived from booksellers' catalogs issued since the ninth edition of the Guide (1986). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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