British and American Book Auction Catalogs collection, 1703-

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Summary

Title:
Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs
Dates:
1703-
Abstract:
British catalogs from 1703-1930, the reference collection of English bookseller Frank Marcham, and various American book catalogs comprise this collection.
Extent:
159.5 linear ft. (319 boxes, 1 oversize box.)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs (Collection 416).UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
British catalogs originally collected by Frank Marcham.
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by auction house, then chronologically.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
©1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-01T14:31-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of British and American Book Auction Catalogs (Collection 416).UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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