Catalogue Of The Library Manuscripts And Prints Of Rushton M Dorman Esq Of Chicago Illinois

Download or read book The Rushton M. Dorman, Esq. Library Sale Catalogue (1886) written by Samuel J. Rogal and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: volume is the first in a two-volume set which constitutes an edition of the sale catalogue of the private library of Rushton M. Dorman of Chicago, Illinois, a collection numbering 1842 separate items. The book demonstrates book-collecting and reading habits and interests among affluent late 19th-century Americans. In addition, the substance and tone of the comments set down by the original compiler of the catalogue display the marketing methods employed by a major late-19th-century book-auction firm.