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A Complete Run of Catalogs of The William Reese Company, from Number 1 to Number 298.


New Haven, Ct. [1980-2012]. 298 catalogues. Many illustrations. About ten catalogs in photocopy. Original printed or pictorial wrappers. Condition varies but generally fine or as new. William Reese Company issued its first catalog in January of 1980.  Thirty years later we are at catalog 270, and a run takes up eight linear feet of shelf.  A recent reorganization of our warehouse allows us to offer a few complete sets of our catalogs for sale.  In these catalogs we have offered tens of thousands of books for sale in our fields of Americana, travels and voyages, natural history, bibliography, American and English literature, fine press books, and manuscripts, with side excursions into photography, painting, and the graphic arts.  Many of the catalogs are thematic by place (such as Utah and the Mormons), time (such as Americana Before 1700), events (such as the American Revolution), genre (such as broadsides, First Books, Literature of the Great War, and Little Magazines), or reference work (such as our well-known Streeter Sale Revisited catalogues).  Thousands of items which appear in these catalogs were never offered for sale online or in other venues.  Many have found these catalogs valuable reference tools, and we can certainly say they contribute to an important record of the rare book market in our generation. $1650. plus shipping

Catalog 303

18th Century North America



177 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 302

Literature:  Including Recent Acquisitions & Selections from Stock



575 Items

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Catalog 301

Travels & Voyages



167 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 300

One Hundred Rare Americanum



100 Items - Illustrated

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Americana List for the 2013 New York International Book Fair


103 Items


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San Francisco Book Fair 2013 - Americana Quick List

73 items

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Americana Bulletin 30

Historical Manuscripts


32 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 299

Western Americana



177 Items - Illustrated

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Americana Bulletin 29

Photographica


32 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 298

Literature and Rare Books 1502 - 2000



385 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 297

Recent Acquisitions in Americana
with Material from Newly Acquired
Collections on American Presidents,
Early American Religion
& American Artists




212 Items - Illustrated

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Americana Bulletin 28

The Civil War



32 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 296

Rare Latin Americana



209 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 295

A Tribute to Wright Howes on the 50th Anniversary of U.S.Iana

Part II: The Odd and Unusual



295 items

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Americana Bulletin 27

Images of Native Americans



32 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 294

A Tribute to Wright Howes on the 50th Anniversary of U.S.Iana

Part I: "b" or Better


100 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 293

Literary Miscellany - The Secular and the Sacred



282 Items from the 16th through the 20th Centuries - Illustrated

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Americana Bulletin 26

American Views


32 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 292

96 American Manuscripts


96 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 291

The United States Navy



144 Items - Illustrated

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Americana Bulletin 25

Broadsides


32 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 290

The American Revolution 1765 - 1783.



170 items - Illustrated

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Americana Bulletin 24

Provenance



32 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 289

Literature, Including Recent Acquisitions



403 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 288

The Ordeal of the Union



181 Items - Illustrated
 
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Catalog 287

Western Americana



160 items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 23

Literature, Pressbooks and Original Art



59 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 286

Literary Miscellany, Including Recent Acquisitions



472 Items - Illustrated

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Catalog 285

The English Colonies in North America 1590 - 1763



75 Items - Illustrated

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Two New Occasional Lists

"Destroyed by fire ...."

Fire, it seems, is to publishers' warehouses as tornadoes are to trailer parks - their natural predator. Whether supported by historical evidence, an unsubstantiated rumor, or just wishful thinking, the claim that a substantial part of the edition of a particular publication was destroyed in a fire is a recurring theme of bibliographies and bookseller catalogues. This list contains items from our Americana and Literature inventories that are said to have been the victim of such a calamity. Also included are books and pamphlets said to have been suppressed, destroyed, or withdrawn from circulation, either because the press or publisher was attacked by an angry mob, or the work was riddled with printing errors, or the author or subject's family sought to avoid embarrassing revelations. We of course find such publications interesting for this aspect of their history, but also for the variety of subjects included - political polemics, religious works, memoirs, illustrated works by renowned artists, histories, literature, poetry, accounts of travel and exploration among them. We therefore issue this list of disparate works united by a common theme. Should the list not perform to our expectations, we will have to assume that it was forgotten in a postal warehouse somewhere, where it was, unfortunately ....

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Cowboys & Cattle Drives

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Bulletin 22

Evidence



32 items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 21

American Cartography



32 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 284

Latin American Independence


153 Items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 20

The Crisis:  From the Boston Tea Party to the Articles of Confederation 1773 - 1777.



34 items - Illustrated

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Catalog 283

American Presidents



158 Items - Illustrated

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Special Occasional Lists from Our Americana Department

  • The Blue and the Gray: A Civil War List - 75 items  Download .pdf

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Bulletin 19

California



30 Items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 18

American Historical Manuscripts



38 Items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 17

The Great West Illustrated



Forty Items - Illustrated

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Bulletin 16: Magnificent Voyages

Bulletin 16: Magnificent Voyages



11 items - Illustrated

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The British in Latin America

Special List: The British in Latin America



87 items

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'49 Plus 160 - The California Gold Rush

A Special List: '49 plus 160 - The California Gold Rush



49 items

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