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The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: Containing An Account of all State, Territory, Town and County Histories Relating to the United States

The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: Containing An Account of all State, Territory, Town and County Histories Relating to the United States

Lindsley Bradford, Thomas

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General ReferenceGeneral Antiques & CollectiblesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9353708400
ISBN13: 9789353708405
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How do you track a nation's memory when it is scattered across thousands of town chronicles and county pamphlets? Every local history leaves clues. In Volume V of Thomas Lindsley Bradford's monumental The Bibliographer's Manual of American History, those clues are gathered, named, and made usable: verbatim title transcriptions, bibliographical notes, and the kind of ordering only a compiler can deliver. Each entry is set beside the prices realised over the last forty years, turning provenance into evidence. An exhaustive index by titles, plus an index by states, lets you move from place to print in seconds, not afternoons. Created as a working american history bibliography, this bibliographic reference guide maps the landscape of united states local histories from early settlements to the self-portraiture of 19th century America. Casual readers can browse and marvel. Researchers will value its local history title listings for locating elusive state and county histories; rare book collecting devotees will appreciate a historical book price guide that records antiquarian book sale prices over decades, illuminating patterns of scarcity and demand. As a librarian reference tool it supports collection development and verification, while as a bookseller catalog resource it strengthens accurate description and confident valuation. Genealogists, too, will find dependable genealogy research sources in the trail of titles that point to courthouse narratives, parish compilations, and community records. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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