Reference Works on Collectible Books: History
A curated list of price guides, bibliographies, and collectors' guides relating to history books. Many titles overlap with the Americana and Canadiana lists. Most are out of print — search ABEBooks or Biblio for used copies.
Abbey, J.R. — Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770–1860
1991. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts.
Covers colour plate books.
Adams, Ramon F. — The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry
Adams, Ramon F. — More Burs Under the Saddle: Books and Histories of the West
1989. University of Oklahoma Press.
Adams, Ramon F. — Burs Under the Saddle: A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West
1989. University of Oklahoma Press.
Adams, Ramon F. — Six-Guns and Saddle Leather: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen
1998. Dover Publications.
Adams, Ramon F. — The Adams One-Fifty: A Check-list of the 150 Most Important Books on Western Outlaws and Lawmen
1976. Jenkins Publishing Co., Austin.
Amtmann, Bernard — Montreal Book Auction Records: Canadiana, Americana, Arctica, Books & Pamphlets, Autographs
The complete set covers 1967 to 1982. Prices are outdated but widely used for bibliographic reference. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Boyle, Gertrude M. and Colbeck, Marjorie — A Bibliography of Canadiana: First Supplement
1959. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Broadfoot, Tom and Nichols, Julia — Civil War Books: A Priced Checklist with Advice
1996. Broadfoot Publishing.
George, Mark A. — Price Guide of World War I and World War II Books and Manuals
19,000 price entries on more than 13,000 books.
Hand, Richard A. — A Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas: A Compilation of over 10,000 Catalogue Entries with Prices and Annotations
Hand, Richard A. — A Bookman's Guide to Archaeology: A Compilation of over 7,000 Books Pertaining to the Scientific Study of Prehistoric and Historic People
Howes, Wright — U.S.iana, 1650–1950
McCarty, Dennis — Western Americana: A Price Guide to 3,000 Books Relating to the Trans-Mississippi West
1985. Clarendon Hills. The Willow Press. 120 pages.
Morrison, Shelly — Western Americana Catalogue Prices: 18,000 Price Entries for Non-Texas Western Americana
1997. W.M. Morrison Books.
Morrison, Shelly — Texana Catalogue Prices: 12,000 Price Entries on Texana
1996.
Schwab, Orrin — A Price Guide to Scarce and Rare Books and Pamphlets on Mormonism and Mormon History
1991. Orrin Schwab Books. 255 pages.
Seagrave, Ronald Roy — Civil War Books, Confederate & Union: A Bibliography & Price Guide
1995. Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Fredericksburg, VA.
Seagrave, Ronald Roy — Civil War Autographs & Manuscripts Prices Current, 1992
Covers every Confederate and Union general, plus cabinet members, naval and enlisted personnel, artists, photographers, and related ephemera.
Shifflet, Lee — A Bookman's Guide to Americana
1991. Scarecrow Press. 524 pages.
Spencer, Loraine and Holland, Susan — Northern Ontario: A Bibliography
1968. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Staton, Frances M. and Tremaine, Marie — A Bibliography of Canadiana
Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Streeter, Thomas W. — A Bibliography of Texas, 1795–1845
1996. University Press of Virginia. Also: 1960, Cambridge, Harvard University Press.
Tremaine, Marie — A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751–1800
1952. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Villeneuve, Michel — Laurentiana: Guide du collectionneur de livres québécois
1998. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
Whale, G.J. Kim — Hudson's Bay to Haro Strait: Books on Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest: A Collectors' Guide
1998. Also listed under Reference Works on Canadiana.
The first and only comprehensive description and price guide to approximately 1,800 of the most important and collectible books on Western Canada, the Arctic, and the North Pacific.