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A Dictionary Of Books Relating To America, From Its Discovery To The Present Time (Volume Xxiv)

A Dictionary Of Books Relating To America, From Its Discovery To The Present Time (Volume Xxiv)

Sabin, Joseph

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354504264
ISBN13: 9789354504266
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 574
Weight: 1.83
Height: 1.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the nation had a name, it had books. History starts in the margins. Joseph Sabin's A Dictionary Of Books Relating To America, From Its Discovery To The Present Time (Volume XXIV) is a landmark americana bibliographic dictionary, built for anyone who wants to trace how America was printed, sold, argued over, and remembered. Part annotated book catalog, part map of ideas, it guides you through titles, editions, and publication details that illuminate 16th-19th century America, from early American exploration accounts to the documentary backbone of US history primary sources. This complete reference volume brings order to the vast world of colonial America publications and British colonial America writing, pointing researchers and collectors towards the right imprints and the right contexts. Its methodical coverage speaks directly to a librarian reference collection and to serious readers assembling an academic research reference shelf, especially alongside touchstones such as Evans early american imprints and the Howes usiana reference tradition. Sabin's work endures because it does not merely list books; it reveals the networks of printers, ports, politics, and scholarship that shaped the Atlantic world. In Volume XXIV, the alphabetical procession sharpens into a practical finder, helping you identify often scarce pamphlets, travel narratives, sermons, and state papers across centuries. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, ideal for the casual browser of Americana and the classic-literature collector who values authoritative provenance.

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