This book provides a basic guide to the study of the printed matter
which has been produced in the United States. The great bulk of
research in this field has occurred during the last half century,
yet no comprehensive attempt has been made to record it.
Recognizing the need for an up-to-date guide to such
investigations, G. Thomas Tanselle has compiled a listing of the
principal material dealing with printing and publishing in this
country.
In his introduction Mr. Tanselle surveys the research which has
attempted to trace the history of printing and publishing in
America from its inception to the present and explains how this
material can be utilized effectively.
In nine carefully arranged categories he covers bibliographies
of imprints of particular localities; bibliographies of works in
particular genres; listings of all editions and printings of works
by individual writers; copyright records; catalogues of auction
houses, book dealers, exhibitions, institutional libraries, and
private collections; retrospective book-trade directories; studies
of individual printers and publishers; general studies of printing
and publishing; and checklists of secondary material.
From the mass of material, an appendix selects 250 titles.
Although the work is arranged so that the reader may easily locate
relevant sections, a comprehensive index provides further aid in
finding individual items.
"A successful checklist," writes the author, "is not merely a
work to be consulted for information but also a nucleus around
which additional information can be gathered in a meaningful way;
it provides a framework into which the community of workers in a
field can place further references inan organized fashion."
"Guide to the Study of United States Imprints" is a reference
tool designed to serve both as a guide to research and as a
practical manual for use in identifying, cataloguing, and recording
printed matter. It will be of enormous value to scholars in
American literature, history, and bibliography, to librarians,
typographers, and bibliophiles, and to antiquarian book dealers and
book collectors.
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