ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, BY ORVILLE A. ROORBACH, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. ENOX LIBRARY NEW YORK Stereotyped by RICHARD C. VALENTINE, New York. R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer, 114 Fulton-street. THE purpose of this book.is to supply Booksellers with a practical Manual of information respecting all books printed in this country during the last thirty years; in other words, all American editions now in the market. Some few of the more important or curious works printed prior to 1820 are also mentioned. The aim has been to make the arrangement such as will give the desired information with as little search as possible. The prices are taken from the publishers' Trade Lists. Of such books as are now scarce, or out of print, and which are to be found only in the hands of collectors of second-hand and rare books, the size, publisher, and date of publication alone are given, as the present price is regulated by the scarcity or intrinsic value of the work. As far as could be ascertained, all reprints from English works (excepting the Law list) are noted by (*), American translations of Foreign works by (†), and reprints, having notes or additions by American editors, are indicated by (†). Biographical and Law books are classed separately at the end of the volume. The general list contains both the authors' names (when they are given in the books) and also the title of the book, repeated in its place in the alphabetical arrangement. It is proposed to continue this Catalogue by Supplements, at intervals, in which any errors which may have occurred in this volume will be corrected. It is also intended to publish a Classified Index. Believing that such a book of reference as this will be found of essential value to every one connected with the Trade, the compiler trusts that every Bookseller will at once coincide in this opinion; and as only a small edition is printed, specially for their use, it is hoped that the Trade will promptly join in repaying the very considerable trouble and expense incurred. NEW YORK, March, 1849. ORVILLE A. ROORBACH. Authors, Publishers, &c., will confer a favor and insure a correct description of their publications in the Supplement by sending the full title, size, style of binding, and price, to O. A. R., New-York. |