Source : Scribner

Source Title An extensive run of catalogues issued by the Scribner Book Store
Description The Scribner Book Catalogues are some of the best book catalogues to be issued in the 20th century. Typically they followed a theme. History, American Historical Novels, Music, Detective Fiction are a few of them. Today it is difficult for book dealers to assemble a significant selection of material on a single theme but even sixty years ago, it wasn't easy.

David A. Randall, head of the Rare Book Department from 1934 to 1956 and his counterpart in London, John Carter, produced many exceptional and memorable theme catalogues that today are themselves highly collectible. In 1956 Mr. Randall joined the faculty of Indiana University as Lilly Librarian and Professor of Bibliography.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 14048
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.