Find an item in the exhibition

This online exhibition is organized according to the physical exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York City. On this page you will be able to locate an item by its case.

A virtual Hand-List is availble as a pdf with embedded links to the online exhibition.

By Case:

Case 1 Isaiah Thomas & Hannah Mather Crocker Choose link... Lawyer's Pedigree Tom Thumb's Play Book Phillis's Poem on the death of Mr. Whitefield A Monumental Inscription on the Fifth of March Narrative of the King's Troops Specimen of Printing Types Be Merry and Wise Isaiah Thomas Miniature History of Printing in America Michigan Essay Catalogue of the Library of Isaiah Thomas... Songs, Ballads, &c...in three volumes Donors & Donations Platorme of Church-discipline Cotton Mather Letter to Increase Mather Mather Family Coat of Arms Hieroglyphica Animalium	Case 2 William Bentley, Christopher Columbus Baldwin & Lucy and Sarah Chase Choose link... Inventory of the Library of William Bentley Bentley Diary from 1815-1818 Mr. Richard Mather Abridgement of Dibdin's Classics John Winthrop Bust Elisha Cooke, the son Baldwin Diary Christopher Columbus Baldwin portrait Catalogue & Sons of Africa Copy of the Church-Covenants in Church of of Salem Several Rules, orders and by-laws...1701 Account Book of Slave Auctions Coffee beans removed from Grant's headquarters Public Laws of the Confederate States Collections Search, MFA Boston Boston Athenaeum Philadelphia on Stone
Case 3 Late-Nineteenth Century Benefactors Choose link... Brinley Letter A Defence of the Answer and Arguments Wo to Drunkards Token for Children M.T. Cicero's Cato Major Generall Historie of Virginia Bloudy Tenent Correspondence...his Excellency & History of Spaine Children's Friend Atlantic Souvenir Paine's photographs Charleston Mercury Extra Freaks of Nature Illustrated Charter of City of St. John Cheever's Almanac for...1661 and Sting of Death	Case 4 Charles Henry Taylor Choose link... Bass Otis Portrait & Account Book George Washington by Stuart Wm. P. Dewees, M.D. Henry M. Johnson Iron, Steel & Metals Cloisonne Vase F. Mayer & Co. Specimen Book American Institute Medal Johnston's Taproom Johnston's Lens and Ephemera New-England Courant Branch's Alligator Cries of New York
Case 5 Collecting in the Early Twentieth Century Choose link... Selections from Garrison Poems Written During...by Whittier Day of Doom Job Weeden and Poem on the Late Distress Fanshawe and Letter from Emerson Pliocene Skull Five poetry booklets by Cook John Marr and Other Stories Declaration of the Colony of Virginia A Plan for the Harbour of Boston Catalogue of Books of Library Company... Redeemed Captive Death of General Wolfe Illustrated Catalogue of New Jersey Memorabilia Catalogue no. 1116. Valuable Americana	Case 6 Collecting and Compiling Choose link... Laussat Prefet Colonial Moniteur de la Louisiane Plan of New Orleans Les Cenelles. Choix de Poesies Le Capitaine May et le General Urania or a choice Collection American Psalmody Weekly Rake Bookbinding New-England Memorial Bookbinding of Two Treatises... Royal Danish American Gazette Smith's Universal Receipt Book & French Cook Catalogue of Books to be sold by... Little Book for little Children Mother Goose's Melody Mother Goose's Quarto
Case 7 Western Americana Choose link... Warre's Sketches General Circular to all Persons of Good... Traveller's Guide...life of Barnum Narrative of Zenas Leonard Amusing Adventures of California Artist Frontier Scout Vigilantes of Montana Act to Incorporate Madison...Railroad Transportation to the West Indignation Meeting Holisso hushi holhtena Lecture on Divine Decrees Laws of Territory of North-West... Report of the Committee....Floridas Catecismo de Ortologia Denver City and Auraria Catalogue of Streeter	Case 8 Children's Books Choose link... Mother's Remarks on a Set of Cuts Book of Nouns Pictures of English History Children in the Wood Divine Songs Bible History St. George Juvenile Nonsense for Girls People of All Nations Contes du Tems passe Story of Chicken Little History of Giles Gingerbread Good Wishes for Children History of Jobson & Nell My Pony Crane's Bill Santa Claus & his Works Cinderella
Case 9 Bibliography Choose link... Catalogue of books before the Revolution Haven's working slips American Almanac for 1740 Evans's Working Bibliography Weems Life and Actions of George Washington Brownsville Gazette Clarence record for the Mass Spy Aaron Willard clock label Rules for the Society of Negroes Shipton & American Imprints Entertainment for a Winter's Evening Selected Bibliographies of American Imprints	Case 10 A Vision Realized Choose link... Politics in an Oyster House Pamela or Virtue Rewarded Harry; the boy that did not own... Early Development of Southern Chivalry Chess Monthly Our Choir, 1860-1 Fireside Fairies Life of Philip Quarll Hubners Biblische Historien Le Bijou Boy Smuggler Kentucky Spy and Porcupine Quill Clergyman's Pocket Diary Cooper's novels David Hall Letter & History of the Book Bookplates for AAS endowed funds
Floor Specialized Collecting Choose link... Interesting Tracts relating to Jamaica Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet Catalogue of Books...Hunnewell New-England pleaded with Set of Plans and Forts in America Sandwich Island & O ke kumumua... Banneker's Almanac & Manuscript Davy Crockett's Almanack Caleb Gibbs Diary for 1778