American authors and books, 1640-1940 - Burke, William Jeremiah, 1902-1990.; Howe, Will David, 1873-1946, jt. auth. (New York, Gramercy Publishing co., 1943)
"Facts about the writing, illustrating, editing, publishing, reviewing, collecting, selling, and preservation of American books ... The material has been arranged in dictionary form, with cross-reference to related subjects. Bibliographical references for further study are given throughout the handbook."--Pref.
Keywords: American literature -- Bio-bibliography.; American literature -- Dictionaries; Booksellers and bookselling -- United States; Publishers and publishing -- United States; Learned institutions and societies -- United States