first edition
1914 · Bay City, Michigan
by CLEMENTS, Williams L.
Bay City, Michigan: Privately printed, 1914. First edition. Light chipping to wrappers, generally fine. Folio (12 x 8.5 inches). 22 leaves, untrimmed with deckle edges preserved. Original gelatin silver print photograph of the interior of Clements's library mounted as frontispiece (4 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches). Sewn in printed wrappers. The scarce privately printed catalogue of William L. Clements's library, with a photograph showing the books in situ in his home. Clements (1861-1934) formed one of the great libraries of early Americana and secured its preservation by transferring the collection to the University of Michigan in 1923. He continued to collect (truncated)