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20th-Century American Bestsellers

A LibGuide to ENSP 3559: 20th-Century American Bestsellers

Reference Works

AbeBooks
Used booksellers united, good for searching by edition, may have affordable first editions
ArchiveGrid
Start with the "How to Search" page.
Biermann, Christopher J.. Handbook of Pulping and Papermaking, Elsevier Science, 1996. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uva/detail.action?docID=305584.
Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph. First Printings of American Authors: Contributions Toward Descriptive Checklists. Gale Research Co, 1977.
5 vol. set, available in Shannon Reference
Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of Paper and Paper-Making
Etherington, Don and Matt T. Roberts. Bookbinding and the Conservation of books A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
Johnson, Merle de Vore, and Jacob Blanck. Merle Johnson's American First Editions. 4th ed. R.R. Bowker co, 1942.
Mundie, Davie. A Field Guide to the Faces.
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections
The National Union Catalog, pre-1956 imprints ; a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries
754 volumes of pictures of catalog cards, alphabetical by author last name. Helpful for assignments one and two. HathiTrust version is searchable.

Periodic Table of Typefaces

Tanselle, G. Thomas. "A Sample Bibliographical Description with Commentary." Studies in Bibliography vol. 40, 1987.
WorldCat (UVa Portal)
If you find your title and then choose "View all editions and formats" you get very useful information for assignments one and two.
Zempel, Edward N, and Linda A Verkler. First Editions, a Guide to Identification: Statements of Selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish Publishers On Their Methods of Designating First Editions. 3rd ed. Spoon River Press, 1995.

Bibliography

Belanger, Terry. "Bibliography Defined." An excerpt from "Descriptive Bibliography" in Peters, ed., Book Collecting: A Modern Guide
Bowers, Fredson. Principles of Bibliographical Description. Russell & Russell Inc, 1962.
Written by a founder of modern bibliography and former chair of the UVa English Department
Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. Clarendon Press, 1972.
Downloadable PDF from the Center for Research Libraries. Also available in print, in Shannon Reference: Z116 .A2 G27 1995
Harmon, Robert B. Elements of Bibliography: A Simplified Approach. Rev. ed. Scarecrow Press, 1989.
Jones, John Bush. Readings In Descriptive Bibliography. [1st ed. Kent, Ohio] Kent State University Press [1974], 1974.