Fine Books & Manuscripts

[AMERICAN MIDWEST] Group of Bibliographies and References Related to the American Midwest and Ohio Valley Regions. 19 vols. Including: THOMSON, Peter G. A Bibliography of the State of Ohio… Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1880. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Rebound in modern green cloth, original spine label laid down. Very good; RARE. ––BANTA, R.E.; Thompson, Donald E., compilers. Indiana Authors and Their Books 1816–1916; 1917–1966; 1967–1980. Crawfordsville: Wabash College, 1949/81. 3 vols. 4to. FIRST EDITIONS. Publisher’s red-orange buckram, spines gilt on brown background. FINE. ––COYLE, William, editor. Ohio Authors and their Books 1796–1950… Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1962]. Large 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s red buckram, original dustjacket. Laid in with the booklet Bookscouting for Valuable Ohio Books. FINE. –– GREELEY, Albert Harry. A Selective Bibliography of…Michigan History. Lunenburg: The Stinehour Press, 1958. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s buckram backed cloth. FINE. –– McMURTRIE, Douglas C., editor. American Imprints Inventory…No. 6 Check List of Kentucky Imprints 1811–1820 [and] No. 17 Check List of Ohio Imprints 1796–1820. 1939/41. 2 vols. 4tos. FIRST EDITIONS. Publisher’s cloth backed printed wraps. –– McDERMOTT, John Francis, editor. The Early Histories of St. Louis. St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation, 1952. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s brick cloth gilt, original dust jacket (unevenly darkened). NEAR FINE. –– MOTT, Frank Luther. Literature of Pioneer Life in Iowa. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1923. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s brown printed wrappers. Yapped edges chipped; else clean. –– Fifty Ohio Rarities 1653–1802. Ann Arbor: Clements Library, 1953. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies. Publisher’s cream wrappers, original dust jacket. Light spotting to jacket. –– A Catalogue of Books and Maps…Finley Collection on the History and Romance of the Northwest. Galesburg: Knox College, 1928. 8vo. Second edition of the 1924 original. Original printed wrappers. Small chip to upper wrap, uneven toning. –– Indiana and the Old Northwest: An Exhibition. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1980. Oblong 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s pictorially wrappers. FINE. –– PETERSEN, William J., compiler. A Reference Guide to Iowa History. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1942. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s brown wrappers. FINE. –– The Private Press in the Midwest… Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Library, [1973]. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cream printed wrappers. Light toning. –– RIEGER, Paul E. The Upper Ohio Valley. A Bibliography and Price Guide. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s olive buckram. FINE. –– JILLSON, Willard Rouse. Early Kentucky Literature 1750–1840. Franfort: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1931. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s printed grey paper over boards (toned and soiled). –– JILLSON, Willard Rouse. Rare Kentucky Books, 1776–1926. Louisville: Standard Printing, 1939. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s buckram pictorially stamped. –– ROTHERT, Otto A. The Filson Club… Louisville: John P. Morton, 1922. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s green buckram gilt. FINE. –– McMULLEN, Charles Haynes. The Publishing Activities of Robert Clarke & Co., 1858–1909. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1940. 213 pp. bound photocopied thesis including bibliography. FINE.