John T. Winterich's "Early American Books and Printing,", published by Houghton Mifflin and priced at $2.50 for the regular edition, $7.50 for the large paper, limited one, is an excellent description in narrative form of the field of Americana. It opens with a chapter on the early books which introduced America to Europe, describes the introduction of printing and the products of some of the presses, traces the slow, but gradual spread of printing; devotes a good amount of space to Benjamin Franklin, the early writers, and early presswork of rare Americana. Because of its size, it can not go deeply, but it remains a good introduction to the specific field. Not recommended to the specialist because of this.

Hobbies, July 1935