Americana-Beginnings

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Excerpt from Americana-Beginnings: A Selection From the Library of Thomas W. Streeter, Shown in Honor of a Visit of the Hroswitha Club on May 3, 1951Several of the nineteenth-century pieces entered here have not been previously described either bibliographically or in relation to their time. Even such a well-known pamphlet as the Mormon General Epistle dated from Winter Quarters in what is now Nebraska in December, 1847, has required quite a lengthy note because of the discovery of Mr. Dale L. Morgan which he kindly passed on to me, that it was actually printed at St. Louis.I am much indebted to my old friend Lawrence C. Wroth for advice on several questions which have arisen in the preparation of this catalogue. One of his suggestions, which I have been glad to follow, was to include in the collations, either directly or by reference, the size by fold of sheet, folio, quarto, and so on, and a summary statement of Signatures, for the books published in the eighteenth century or earlier. As he pointed out, the determination of Size by fold after that date is often difficult and I have not attempted this for the later books, but there give a summary state ment of signatures, where signature marks were used or where, even without them, the way in which the gatherings are made up is apparent. Even for nineteenth-century publications this data may at times prove to be of importance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.