Booksellers and bookselling
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's Alabama authors collection
Collection
Identifier: W-0064
Overview
Correspondence, manuscripts, signed book pages, publication announcements, catalogs, and newspaper clippings related to the careers of several Alabama authors as well as the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Birmingham Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
Dates:
1868-1989
Charles Raven Brockmann diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3757
Overview
The diaries of a librarian, traveling salesman, and committed diarist.
Dates:
1906-1970
Drinker and Morris Order, 1848 August 28
File — Box 4267.001: [1005680107], Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
This file contains a letter from Drinker and Morris in Richmond, Virginia, to Lindsay and Blakiston, Booksellers, in Philadelphia, placing an order for several books.
Dates:
1848 August 28
Harrison M. Hayford Correspondence [RESTRICTED], 1964 April 20
File — Box 4265.001: [1006233187], Folder: 51
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters to Harrison Hayford of Evanston, Illinois, from international book publishers/sellers. One letter is from Mario Casalini Ltd. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the other is from Daijo-Shukutoku-Gakuen in Tokyo, Japan.
Dates:
1964 April 20
Cameron McRae Plummer book list
Collection
Identifier: W-0087
Overview
Contains a list of books compiled by Haunted House Book Shop owner Cameron McRae Plummer.
Dates:
1950-1961
R. Howard Letter [RESTRICTED], 1960
File — Box 4265.001: [1006233187], Folder: 47
Scope and Contents
This file contains one typewritten letter from R. Howard of Bernard Quaritch, Limited, in London, England, to R. C. Riebel of Louisville, Kentucky. Howard is offering to sell a somewhat damaged 1623 copy of Shakespeare: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies for 17,000 pounds ($47,600).
Dates:
1960