American nineteenth-century broadsides, ca. 1830-1900. [ca. 1830-1900]

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American nineteenth-century broadsides, ca. 1830-1900. [ca. 1830-1900]

Compiled over many years by the former Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, New York ; arranged and edited by Charlotte Kolczynski of Boston, Massachusetts as part of her M.L.S. thesis for the State University of New York at Buffalo, January 1987, "American nineteenth-century broadsides at the Buffalo and Erie County Library : a catalogue and index." The bulk of the collection, of various sizes and subjects, dates from between 1830 and 1900, and especially from the Civil War era ; the publishers include DeMarsan (27%), Wehman (19%), and Magnus (9%).

6 ft. (22 v. ; 1904 items) : ill. (some col.) ; 32 x 31 x 7 cm. (v. 1-21), 58 x 43 x 1.5 cm. (v. 22).

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Buffalo and Erie county public library N.Y.

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