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Scarce and valuable reference work...

Item # 716414 ·
This is one of the most desired, yet difficult to find, reference works for post-1820 American newspapers, essentially picking up where the Brigham work left off. This single volume is titled: "American Newspapers 1821 - 1936 - A Union List of Files Available In the United States and Canada" edited by Winifred Gregory, originally published in 1937 and reprinted in 1967.
This volume includes all known titles of American & Canadian newspapers from the noted time period, listed by state and city, giving the date span of publication, frequency of publication, and a listing of institutions which hold noted years, providing a sense of scarcity. Brown library bindings in nice, clean condition, 792 pages.

Background: Edited by Winifred Gregory and published in 1937 as a direct continuation of Clarence Brigham’s seminal pre-1820 bibliography, American Newspapers 1821–1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada is an indispensable, 792-page master reference work celebrated for its comprehensive scope and extreme scarcity on the antiquarian market. Arranged geographically by state and city, this definitive single-volume registry cataloged every known American and Canadian newspaper title across more than a century, meticulously detailing each publication’s exact date spans, issuing frequencies, and specific institutional holdings. Because it reveals the exact library repositories housing original print runs and microforms—many of which remain undigitized—the work serves as a critical blueprint for determining the historical rarity and physical location of early regional press. Bound in durable brown library cloth, surviving copies in clean, well-preserved condition are exceptionally difficult to acquire, as the vast majority of original printings and 1967 reprints were absorbed directly into institutional research collections.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$228
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.