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Oak Knoll Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1932. HC. very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. B&W illustrations. Maroon cloth (no dustjacket). 209pp.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Covers have wear around edges. Spine has completely browned/stained. ; Reprint of 1932 edition. .

NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1932 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Essays which "bring together the salient facts and persons connected with bookmaking and bookselling in the British American colonies and the young republic begotten of them". Includes essays on publishers The Cambridge Press, the Wileys and Putnams, Appletons and Harpers. Illustrated. Light edgewear; spine is sunned..

Oak Knoll Press, 1991. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In tan cloth with gilt titling, 8vo, 209pp. Facsimile edition copying the 1932 edition.

New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.: Oak Knoll Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1991. Re-issue of Second Edition; First Thus. Hardcover. 0938768255 . A pristine copy of this re-issue of the 1932 original, with a 14-page introduction by Joseph Rosenblum, a select bibliography, and a brief biographical sketch of the author. There are no signs whatever of any prior wear or use. .

Newcastle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1991. Hardcover. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight. 209pp.

New Castle:: Oak Knoll Books,. Near Fine. 1991. Hardcover. 0938768255 . First printing thus. Near fine in light gray cloth. No dust jacket. .

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1991. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Gilt on brown & white covers. 8vo, 209pp.

John Wiley & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. 0938768255 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 209 pages .

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint. Fine condition hardcover book. Reprint of the 1932 Edition.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1991. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (13), x, 209 pages. Reprint of the first edition, with a new introduction by Joseph Rosenblum. A fine copy. This work first appeared in 1932 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its publisher, John Wiley and Sons. Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment of the Cambridge Press in Massachusetts Bay in 1638 and ends in 1850, by which time the production and distribution of the book had entered the modern age. This is one of the best accounts of early American bookselling, printing and publishing. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. 1st ed. NY (Wiley) 1932. Ex-library, with withdrawal stamp but minimal markings. A very nice copy.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. x, 209 pages. Frontispiece illustration of the Bay Psalm Book. Illustrations in text. Brown paper covered boards with tan cloth spine. Pasted down title label on the spine. Soiling or darkening to the the tan cloth. A "X" mark on the spine. Edge wear to the boards. Light toning to the end papers. Previous owner's stamp of "Private Library of George D. Inabinette" is stamped 4 times on the front end sheets and also stamped 4 times on the rear end papers.

Boynton, Henry Walcott (1869-1947) Annals of American Bookselling 1638-1850. 1932, 8vo, 209 pp; New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall, Limited; Printed in US by The HaddonCraftsmen, Camden, N. J. First Edition, First Issue. No Dust Jacket. Nice tight copy with some corner wear, paper boards with cloth spine and some soiling of the spine.
"Boynton was interested in the colorful figures that populated the book world of early America and tells their fascinating story in an entertaining manner. His account begins with the establishment of the Cambridge Press in Massachusetts Bay in 1638 and ends in 1850, by which time the production and distribution of the book had entered the modern age. This is one of the best accounts of early American bookselling, printing and publishing." (Knoll Press).
Henry Walcott Boynton was born in 1869 at Guilford, Connecticut. Boynton was the author or editor of at least twenty-four books, often using his pseudonym, John Walcott. In 1893 he received his… Read More

BOYNTON, Henry Walcott. ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING, 1638-1850. New York; John Wiley & Sons, 1932. 8vo. Cloth spine, boards. Frontispiece, i 209 pages, 7 plates. First edition. Frederick Baldwin Adams' copy with Rockwell Kent bookplate. Spine stained, e very good.