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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
Abstract

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
Abstract

The diaries of a librarian, traveling salesman, and committed diarist.

Dates: 1906-1970

Drinker and Morris Order, 1848 August 28

 File — Box 4267.001: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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