The Rushton M. Dorman, Esq. Library Sale Catalogue (1886): The Study of the Dispersal of a Nineteenth-century American Private Library
- ISBN-10
- 0773473793
- ISBN-13
- 9780773473799
- Category
- Private libraries
- Pages
- 508
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edwin Mellen Press
- Author
- Samuel J. Rogal
Description
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.
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