Reference Works on Americana

Includes price guides, bibliographies, and collector's guides.


Adams, Ramon F. More Burs Under the Saddle : Books and Histories of the West 1989 University of Oklahoma Press

Adams, Ramon F. Burs Under the Saddle : A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West 1989 University of Oklahoma Press

Adams, Ramon F. Six-Guns and Saddle Leather : A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen 1998 Dover Publications.

Broadfoot, Tom and Julia Nichols Civil War Books: A Priced Checklist with Advice 1996 Broadfoot Pub Co

Bruccoli, Matthew J., Clark, C.E. Frazer, Jr., Layman, Richard, and Franklin, Benjamin V. (editors) First Printings of American Authors: Contributions Toward Descriptive Checklists 1977-89 Detroit. Gale Research. Five volumes. Some volumes may be out of print.

Everitt, Charles P. Adventures of a Treasure Hunter: A Rare Bookman in Search of American History 1987 Meyerbooks. Quite an entertaining book, mostly consisting of anecdotes about the author's many years of buying and selling rare Americana. Originally published in 1951 so the books he refers to are even rarer now.

George, Mark A. Price Guide of World War I and World War II Books and Manuals 19,000 price entries on more than 13,000 books.

Hand, Richard A. A Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas: A Compilation of over 10,000 Catalogue Entries With Prices and Annotations

Howes, Wright U.S.iana 1650-1950

Leab, Katharine and Daniel Leab (editors) American Book Prices Current Annual Bancroft-Parkman

Morrison., Shelly Western Americana Catalogue Prices: 18,000 price entries for non-Texas Western Americana 1997 W M Morrison Books

Seagrave, Ronald Roy Civil War books, Confederate & Union including related titles ranging from historical archeological to slavery : a bibliography & price guide : over 150 modern titles reviewed 1995 Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Fredericksburg, Va. ,

Shifflet, Lee A Bookman's Guide to Americana 1991 Scarecrow Press. 524 pages

Smith, Geoffrey D. American Fiction, 1901-1925 : A Bibliography 1997 Cambridge Univ Press

Streeter, Thomas W. A Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845 1996 University Press of Virginia