Reference Links and Bibliographic Sources
Below are links to various other websites that relate to rare book collecting, handling and researching. Also listed are other useful sites on book related organizations, schools, fairs and others. Please let us know if you have a favorite book related site or others that you may be interested in.
This list will be updated periodically.
Book Collecting
Fine Books Magazine – www.finebooksmagazine.com
Handling Rare Books
IOBA – www.ioba.org
RBMS – www.rbms.info
Books on Books
The Book Club of California - http://www.bccbooks.org/
Bibliographical Society of America - http://bibsocamer.org/
Researching
World Cat - https://www.worldcat.org/
Mega Search Engine – www.ViaLibri.com
The John Carter Brown Library - http://www.brown.edu/academics/libraries/john-carter-brown/jcb-online/research-resource-guide
Useful Links to Other Sites
ABAA - http://www.abaa.org/
IOBA - http://ioba.org/
Book Fairs - http://www.bookfairs.com/
Rare Book School - http://www.rarebookschool.org/
California Rare Book School - www.calrbs.org
Bibliographic References Cited and Consulted
Adams Adams, Ramon F., Six-Guns & Saddle Leather, 1969 [Revised and Enlarged]
Arctic Biblio or AB Tremaine, Marie (Ed.), Arctic Bibliography, 1953, Vols. I-III
Beddie Beddie, M. K., Bibliography of Captain James Cook, 1970
Clifford Z80 The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Part One Zamorano 80, 1994
Clifford Calif The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Part Two California and the West, 1994
Conrad Conrad, L.J., Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration, 1999
Cowan 64 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510 – 1930, 1964
Cox A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, 1935
Fahey Early Printing in California, 1956
Gascoigne How to Identify Prints, 2004
Glasiter Glasiter, Geoffrey Ashall, An Encyclopedia of the Book, 1960
Greenwood Greenwood, Robert, California Imprints 1833-1862 A Bibliography, 1961
Grabhorn Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1915 – 1956, 1975
Graff Storm, Colton, The Everett D Graff Collection of Western Americana, 1968
Haskell Haskell, Daniel C., The United States Exploring Expedition, 1968
Hill The Hill Collection of Pacific, 2004
Holmes Holmes, Harold, A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets and Maps, 1948
Howell 50 Howell, John, Catalog 50 California: Spanish Exploration To American Statehood, 1979
Howgego II Howgego, Raymond John, Encyclopedia of Exploration 1800 – 1850, 2004
Howgego III Ibid, Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850– 1940, The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions, 2006
Howgego IV Ibid, Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850– 1940, Continental Exploration, 2008
Kurutz Calif Kurutz, Gary F., The California Gold Rush, 1997
Rittenhouse Rittenhouse, Jack D., The Santa Fe Trail A Historical Bibliography, 1971
Rocq Rocq, Margaret, California Local History, 1970
Rosove Rosove, Michael H., Antarctica, 1772-1922, 2001
Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 1967
Sanderson Sanderson, Michael, Voyages and Travel, 1986
Samuels Samuels, Peggy and Harold, Samuels’ Encyclopedia of Artist of the American West, 1985
Spence Spence, Sydney A., Antarctic Miscellany, 1980
Stewart Stewart, John, Antarctica an encyclopedia, 1990
Stillwell Stillwell, Margaret, Incunabula and Americana 1450-1800, 1961
Taft Taft, Robert, Artist and Illustrators of the Old West: 1850-1900, 1953
Taurus Mackenzie, Julian [Ed], The Taurus Collection, 2001
Volkmann Z80 A Complete Collection of The Zamorano 80, 2003
Wagner-Camp Becker, Robert, The Plains & the Rockies, Fourth Edition, 1982
Wheat Books Wheat, Carl I., Books of the California Gold Rush, 1949
Wheat Maps Wheat, Carl I., Maps of the California Gold Region 1848-1857, Reprint 1995 of 1942 Edition
Wickersham Wickersham, James, A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature 1724-1924, 1927, Online