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New York, Leon & Brother, 1885. Softcover. In original (blank) wrappers. Wrappers edge-worn and faintly dampstained; dampstain at top margin of last pages; otherwise very good condition. . 58p. Said (by Rostenberg and Stern) to be the first American bookseller's catalogue devoted to American authors.

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New York: Leon & Brother. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Softcover. Last page has a small brown stain to the upper outer corner and a private owner's blind stamp. ; Plain paper covers. ; 58 pages .

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New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original pale blue wraps, printed in dark blue, staple-bound; 8vo; pp. [3]-58, complete and unopened. Chipping along spine and edges of wraps; staples rusted; edges of text block a little tanned. Purported to be the first American catalogue with a focus on first editions, it includes a preface by booksellers Leon & brother, explaining why the first edition of a literary figure is important.

New York: Leon and Brother, Under 5th Avenue Hotel. 1885. First edition of the first catalogue dedicated exclusively to first editions of American authors. First edition of the first catalogue dedicated exclusively to first editions of American authors. Rebound in green card covers, with a portion of the original upper cover laid down. 58pp. Two page preface. A good copy, the contents clean and without inscriptions or stamps, a few pages chipped to the outer edge or corner (not affecting text). A landmark in bookselling. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

1885. LEON and Brother. Catalogue of First Editions of American Authors. Bound in 3/4 leather. New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. Very good. First edition. A very good copy. The first bookseller's catalogue devoted exclusively to first editions of American authors. The firm of Leon and Brother is something of a mystery. The brothers are originally believed to have come from Spain. It is doubtless that the catalogue, printed on fine paper, was expensive to produce and must have been issued in a reasonably large edition for it is not uncommon today. The year after this catalogue appeared, a sale of their stock was held at C.F. Libbie & Co. in Boston, and the Leons seemed to have disappeared.

New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Light rubbing to some extremities, else fine. 8vo. Engraved title (as used on the front cover of the original wrappers.) Maroon half morocco gilt, marbled boards, gilt edges. The first catalogue devoted totally to American literary first editions. As it listed all of the known works of the selected authors, it was also the first bibliography of American first editions, published 12 years before P. K. Farley's 'American Authors.' (BA) A run of Poe's works included 'Tamerlane'. Leon & Brother was located under the 5th Avenue Hotel, at 23rd Street.

New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Sides lightly soiled, a marginal nick on a couple of leaves. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, blue cloth spine. The first catalogue devoted totally to American literary first editions. As it listed all of the known works of the selected authors, it was also the first bibliography of American first editions, published 12 years before P. K. Farley's 'American Authors.' (BA) A run of Poe's works included 'Tamerlane'. Leon & Brother was located under the 5th Avenue Hotel, at 23rd Street.

New York, 1885. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm. [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 58 pp.  Missing front wrapper, text block unopened; some staining to title-page; printed on good paper. First edition of the first catalogue devoted to American literary firsts.  Includes substantial author collections of Emerson, Dunlap, Cooper, Whitman, Stowe, Simms, Sigourney, Taylor. Thoreau, and Tuckerman. "A hopeful sign of future book-collecting is exhibited in the fact that Bibliophiles of America are emulating their brethren of the Old World in placing upon their shelves first editions. . . Believing that, in offering this catalogue, the compilers are supplying a want which is generally felt among American Collectors, they trust that due indulgence will be made for errors."  (788).

New York, 1885. The first bookseller's catalogue devoted entirely to American authors, 8vo, 58pp., interleaved; title-p. printed in red and black; orig. printed front wrapper; the whole bound in contemporary or slightly later half brown morocco, slightly rubbed. A landmark in the history of American bookselling. The compiler was Francis Leon, a Polish refugee who opened his shop in 1884. "The publication was such an event that the publishers issued the catalogue not only in an ordinary edition (as here), but also in a deluxe large paper edition on Whatman paper" (Blanck, Papers of the Biblio. Soc., vol. 36, no. 2).