(REFERENCE.) HEARTMAN, CHARLES. Americana Printed and in Manuscript. An Interesting Collection. 225 pages, listing over 2200 items. Original wrappers bound in red buckram. Biloxi, Mississippi, The Book Farm, [1947]
A rare catalogue of African Americana assembled by a one of the preeminent Americana dealers of the 1940's and '50's. Charles Heartman (1883-1953) had a large personal collection of African Americana, which included a number of unique items, of which he printed limited number of facsimiles. This catalogue has a selection of material unmatched in any catalogue the present writer has ever seen. An indispensible reference. Heartman notes "While there is an Emphasis on the Negro and Slavery, most of such items are of interest Otherwise.'
