Finding Aid for the Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs, 1703-
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
© 1999
Manuscripts Division
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Finding Aid for the Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs, 1703-
Collection number: 416
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Brooke Whiting, October 1959
- Revised by:
- Lilace Hatayama, July 1983
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs,
Date (inclusive): 1703-
Collection number: 416
Extent: 319 boxes (159.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
British catalogs originally collected by Frank Marcham.
[Identification of item], Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs (Collection 416). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of British catalogs from 1703-1930, the reference collection of English bookseller Frank Marcham, and
various American book catalogs. An illustrated index to the British catalogs to 1900 is available, and the British Museum's
List of catalogues of English book sales, 1676-1900, has been annotated with UCLA's holdings and location within the collection.
Of American catalogs, there are files for Libbie, 1885-1919; Henkels, 1898-1935; Parke-Bernet, and others. Auction houses
represented in the collection include American Art Association, American Book Auction, Anderson Galleries, Christie's, Charles
Hamilton, Henkels, Libbie & Company, Park-Bernet, Sotheby Parke-Bernet & Company, and Swann.
Arranged alphabetically by auction house, then chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Book auctions--England--Catalogs.
Book auctions--United States--Catalogs.
Booksellers' catalogues--Great Britain.
Booksellers' catalogues--United States.
C.F. Libbie & Co.
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm).
Parke-Bernet Galleries.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Container List
Collection of Book Auction Catalogues. v.p., 1703-
Creator/Collector: British and American Book Auction Catalogues
Physical Description: (5000 items in 319 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Scope and Content Note
The British catalogues, 1703-1930, constitute the reference collection of the English bookseller, Frank Marcham. An illustrated
index to the British catalogues to 1900 is available. The British Museum's
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900 has been annotated with UCLA's holdings, and location of each item within the collection.
The Library now subscribes to Sotheby's and Christie's auction catalogues.
Of American catalogues, there are files for Libbie, 1885-1919; Henkels, 1898-1935; Parke-Bernet, and others.
Many book auction catalogues are also catalogued in the Rare Book Catalog, Department of Special Collections.
- Marcham, Frank
- 1. Auctions.
- 2. Book industries and trade.
- 3. Catalogs, Booksellers'.