cloth, dust jacket
2003 · Denver
by Topp, Chester W.
Denver: Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, 2003. cloth, dust jacket. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 414 pages. VOLUME VI. First edition limited to 500 copies. This copy has been bound upside down, else a fine copy. Volume VI in what will be a multi-volume bibliography of over twenty-five publishers of Victorian yellowbacks and paperbacks. An expansion of the work of Michael Sadleir and the catalogue of the Robert Wolf collection, this series represents the first comprehensive study of this important literary genre. Arranged chronologically by publisher, each numbered entry includes information on the first English and first American editions along with other important editions. With a history of each publisher, thirty-two color book cover illustrations, and title, author, and series indexes. (Inventory #: 73363)