BSA Books
In alignment with the Society’s Equity Action Plan, and cognizant of the centrality of books to the society and its mission, the Publications Committee is working on new ways to support monograph publication. The BSA has taken immense pride in its book publishing program since its inception in 1919, but the program slowed in the 21st century due in part to changes in the business of scholarly publishing. We have been exploring new ways to support the Society’s mission of fostering the study of books and other textual artifacts through publications additional to PBSA. The committee welcomes members’ insights on how we can further support the study of books and how print more broadly is reflected in books and other formats.
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Books published by the BSA
Scroll down to see a list of books published by the Bibliographical Society of America. To purchase BSA-published titles, please search for their availability at your favorite used book retailer. Some books are available through Oak Knoll Press or another partnering publisher; follow links to purchase.
Nipps, Karen. Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America, in association with the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2013.
Stoddard, Roger E. A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820. Edited by David R. Whitesell. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America, 2012.
Parisian, Catherine M., ed. The First White House Library: A History and Annotated Catalogue. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies’ Library, 2010.
Howard-Hill, Trevor. The British Book Trade 1475–1890: A Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; New York: Bibliographical Society of America; London: British Library and Bibliographical Society, 2009.
Krupp, Andrea. Bookcloth in England and America, 1823–50. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library; New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 2008.
Gatch, Milton McC. The Library of Leander van Ess and the Earliest American Collections of Reformation Pamphlets. Bibliographical Society of America Occasional Publications, 1. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 2007.
Alderson, Brian, and Felix de Marez Oyens. Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children’s Book Publishing in England 1650–1850. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library and Bibliographical Society of America; London: British Library; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2006.
Blanck, Jacob, Virginia L. Smyers, and Michael Winship, eds., compiled for the Bibliographical Society of America. Bibliography of American Literature. (9 vols.) New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955–91. Reprint, New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press and Bibliographical Society of America, 2003.
Todd, William B., and Anne Bowden. Tauchnitz International Editions in English 1841–1955: A Bibliographical History. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1988. Reprint, New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2003.
Carpenter, Kenneth E. The Dissemination of “The Wealth of Nations” in French and in France, 1776–1843. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 2002.
Huttner, Sidney F. and Elizabeth S. A Register of Artists, Engravers, Booksellers, Bookbinders, Printers & Publishers in New York City, 1821–42. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1993.
Maslen, K.I.D. An Early London Printing House at Work: Studies in the Bowyer Ledgers, with a Supplement to the Bowyer Ornament Stock (1973), an Appendix on the Bowyer-Emonson Partnership, and “Bowyer’s Paper Stock Ledger” by Herbert Davis. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1993.
Maslen, K.I.D., and John Lancaster, eds. The Bowyer Ledgers: The Printing Accounts of William Bowyer Father and Son Reproduced on Microfiche, with a Checklist of Bowyer Printing 1699–1777, a Commentary, Indexes, and Appendixes. London: Bibliographical Society; New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1991.
Christianson, C. Paul. A Directory of London Stationers and Book Artisans 1300–1500. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1990.
Fogelmark, Staffan. Flemish and Related Panel-Stamped Bindings: Evidence and Principles. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1990.
Adams, Thomas R. The American Controversy: A Bibliographical Study of the British Pamphlets about the American Disputes, 1764–1783. Providence, R.I.: Brown University Press; New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1980.
The Bibliographical Society of America, 1904–79: A Retrospective Collection. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1980.
Wolfe, Richard J. Early American Music Engraving and Printing: A History of Music Publishing in America from 1787 to 1825 with Commentary on Earlier and Later Practices. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press in cooperation with the Bibliographical Society of America, 1980.
Gulick, Sidney L. A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800. 2nd ed. Charlottesville Va.: University Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1979.
Johnson, Hazel A. A Checklist of New London, Connecticut, Imprints, 1709–1800. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1978.
Shaaber, M.A. Check-list of Works of British Authors Printed Abroad, in Languages other than English, to 1641. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1975.
Woodfield, Denis B. Surreptitious Printing in England, 1550–1640. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1973.
Goff, Frederick R., ed. Incunabula in American Libraries: A Supplement to the Third Census of Fifteenth-Century Books Recorded in North American Collections (1964). New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1972.
Goff, Frederick R., ed. Incunabula in American Libraries: A Third Census of Fifteenth-Century Books Recorded in North American Collections. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1964.Reprint, New York: Kraus, 1972.
Stillwell, Margaret B. The Beginning of the World of Books, 1450 to 1470: A Chronological Survey of the Texts Chosen for Printing during the First Twenty Years of the Printing Art, with a Synopsis of the Gutenberg Documents. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1972.
Eddy, Donald D. A Bibliography of John Brown. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1971.
Bristol, Roger P. Supplement to Charles Evans’ American Bibliography. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of America and the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1970.
Stillwell, Margaret B. The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing 1450–1550: An Annotated Checklist of First Editions Viewed from the Angle of their Subject Content: Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Natural Science, Physics, Technology. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1970.
Gregory, Winifred, ed., under the auspices of the Bibliographical Society of America. International Congresses and Conferences 1840–1937: A Union List of their Publications Available in Libraries of the United States and Canada. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1938. Reprint, New York: Kraus, 1967.
Gregory, Winifred, ed., under the auspices of the Bibliographical Society of America. American Newspapers 1821–1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1937. Reprint, New York: Kraus, 1967.
Faye, C.U., and W.H. Bond. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962.
Sabin, Joseph, continued by Wilberforce Eames and R.W.G. Vail [vols. 20–29]. Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. (29 Vols.) New York: Sabin [vols. 1–19], 1868–91; Bibliographical Society of America [vols. 20–29], 1928–36. Reprint, Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1961.
Currier, Thomas F. A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Ed. Eleanor M. Tilton for the Bibliographical Society of America. New York: New York University Press, 1953.
Hargrett, Lester. Oklahoma Imprints, 1835–1890. New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951.
Alden, John E., ed. Rhode Island Imprints, 1727–1800. New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1949.
Tryon, Warren S., and William Charvat, eds. The Cost Books of Ticknor and Fields and their Predecessors, 1832–1858. (2 vols.) Bibliographical Society of America Monograph Series, 2. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1949.
Allen, Albert H., ed. Arkansas Imprints, 1821–1876. New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1947.
Allen, Albert H., ed. Dakota Imprints, 1858–1889. New York: R.R. Bowker for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1947.
Stillwell, Margaret B., ed. Incunabula in American Libraries: A Second Census of Fifteenth-Century Books Owned in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Bibliographical Society of America Monograph Series, 1. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1940.
Cole, George W. An Index to Bibliographical Papers Published by the Bibliographical Society and the Library Association London, 1877–1932. Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the Bibliographical Society of America, 1933.
Winship, George Parker, ed. Census of Fifteenth Century Books Owned in America. New York: Bibliographical Society of America and New York Public Library, 1919.