"This book offers a comprehensive guide to descriptive bibliography--the activity of describing books as physical objects. The function of descriptive bibliography is to provide detailed historical accounts of the varied material forms in which texts have been transmitted and to show the relationships among those examples that claim to carry texts of the same work. The first part of this book contains five essays on general topics: an introduction to the field and its history; its relation to library cataloguing; the concept of ideal copy; the meanings of edition, impression, issue, and state; and tolerances in reporting details. The second part covers more specific subjects: transcription and collation; format; paper; typography and layout; typesetting and presswork; non-letterpress material; publishers' bindings, endpapers, and jackets; and overall arrangement. At the end is an appendix containing a sample description with detailed commentary, followed by a record of the literature of descriptive bibliography"--

"Analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera of the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly 800 titles described in detail, including histories, tales, verse collections, primers, alphabets, and allowing accurate identification and verification with other collections. Includes reproduced illustrations from all books described"--Provided by publisher.

This comprehensive manual remains the central book in bibliographical work, and an essential tool for researchers and students in all fields.

The definitive guide to two of the most prolific paperback publishers of the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book includes all known printings and variations of both the United States and Canadian editions. Images throughout show ad pages and other pertinent information. The book gives detailed information on variations of the books about such things as publishers address, ad pages, edge variations, size variations, and others.

Descriptive bibliography of every known book produced by Mormons in support of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the period 1830-1847. Also includes some author biographies.