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• Pioneer Imprints From Fifty States (Washington: Library of Congress, 1973), by Roger J. Trienens
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• The Colonial Printer (New York: Grolier Club, 1931), by Lawrence C. Wroth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The History of Printing in America; With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers, to Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World (2 volumes; Worcester, MA: I. Thomas, 1810), by Isaiah Thomas
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
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  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• American Bibliography (reprint of all 12 volumes Evans published, covering 1639-1799 (posthumous 13th volume has active copyright); New York: P. Smith, 1941-1942), by Charles Evans (12 volumes, plus 1959 index volume (v14, copyright unrenewed): page images at HathiTrust)
• A Nationwide Search for Early American Printing: A Talk Over Station WDAF (Kansas City) Tuesday, June 14th, 1938 at 4:45 P.M. (1938), by Douglas C. McMurtrie, contrib. by Irene Gentry (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Early American books & printing (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935), by John T. Winterich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early Bibles of America (T. Whittaker, 1892), by John Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• A list of early American imprints, 1640-1700 (Press of C. Hamilton, 1896), by American Antiquarian Society. Library and Nathaniel Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• American dictionary of printing and bookmaking, containing a history of these arts in Europe and America ... (H. Lockwood, 1894), by W. W. Pasko (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four centuries of printing progress in the Americas : a radio talk recorded at Station WBOE, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2, 1940 ([publisher not identified], 1940), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The introduction of printing into Canada : a brief history (Rolland Paper Co., 1930), by Aegidius Fauteux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A list of early American imprints belonging to the library of the Massachusetts historical society (J. Wilson and son, 1895), by Samuel A. Green and Massachusetts Historical Society Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books printed by William Bradford, and other printers in the middle colonies. ([New York, 1893), by Grolier Club and De Vinne Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Checklist of printers in the United States from Stephen Daye to the close of the war of independence, with a list of places in which printing was done (New York city, 1915), by Charles F. Heartman and Elmer Adler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book in America : a history of the making and selling of books in the United States (Bowker, 1951), by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt (page images at HathiTrust)
• American pre-revolutionary bibliography (Andover, Massachusetts : Warren F. Draper, 1879., 1879), by James Davie Butler and Warren Fales Draper (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered at the celebration by the New York Historical Society, May 20, 1863, of the two hundredth birth day of Mr. William Bradford, who introduced the art of printing into the middle colonies of British America. (J. Munsell, 1863), by John William Wallace, Seymour B. Durst, and New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art & practice of typography : a manual of American printing : including a brief history up to the twentieth century : with reproductions of the works of the early masters of the craft : and a practical discussion and an extensive demonstration of the modern use of type-faces and methods of arrangement. (Oswald Pub. Co., 1917), by Edmund G. Gress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americana : the literature of American history (Henry Holt, 1925), by Milton Waldman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New-England primer; a history of its origin and development; with a reprint of the unique copy of the earliest known edition and many facsimile illustrations and reproductions. (Printed for Dodd, Mead and co., 1897), by Paul Leicester Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of printing in the United States; the story of the introduction of the press and of its history and influences during the pioneer period in each state of the Union (R. R. Bowker company, 1936), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief history of printing in America, containing a brief sketch of the development of the newspaper and some notes on publishers who have especially contributed to printing (Pub. by the Committee on education, United typothetae of America, 1918), by Frederick W. Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early Bibles of America : being a descriptive account of Bibles published in the United States, Mexico and Canada (T. Whittaker, 1894), by John Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliography of modern American presses (Black Cat Press, 1935), by Irvin Haas and Christopher Morley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A typographical gazetteer (Clarendon Press, 1866), by Henry Cotton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early New England catechisms; a bibliographical account of some catechisms published before the year 1800, for use in New England. (B. Franklin, 1898), by Wilberforce Eames (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early prayer books of America being a descriptive account of prayer books published in the United States, Mexico and Canada (s.n.], 1896), by John Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• A list of early American broadsides, 1680-1800, belonging to the library of the American Antiquarian Society. (C. Hamilton, 1897), by American Antiquarian Society. Library and Nathaniel Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1607-1907. A descriptive catalogue of the Massachusetts exhibit of colonial books at the Jamestown tercentennial exposition. (Priv. print, 1907), by Massachusetts. Board of Jamestown Exposition Managers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical, biographical, and miscellaneous gatherings (Printed by the Republican press association, 1886), by John W. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address on early printing in America delivered before the Vermont historical society, at Montpelier, October 25, 1894 (Press of the Watchman Publishing Co., 1894), by Henry Oscar Houghton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early Bibles of America (Gay & Bird, 1893), by John Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• A second supplementary list of American imprints. (J. Wilson and Son, 1899), by Samuel A. Green and Massachusetts Historical Society Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• A third supplementary list of early American imprints. (J. Wilson and Son, 1903), by Samuel A. Green and Massachusetts Historical Society Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of printing in the United States (Chicago, 1929), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Will Bradley, his chap book (The Typophiles, 1955), by Will Bradley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An uncommon gentry. (Linotype School, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1952), by Paul L. Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Will Bradley, His Chap Book: An account, in the words of the dean of American typographers, of his graphic arts adventures ..., by Will Bradley, ed. by Paul A. Bennett, contrib. by Walter Dorwin Teague (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Art & Practice of Typography: A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement, by Edmund G. Gress (Gutenberg ebook)

• John Henry Nash, printer : legend and fact in the development of a fine press intimately reviewed (Westgate Press, 1948), by Joseph FauntLeRoy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern fine printing in America. An essay. (Privately Printed, 1921), by A. E. Gallatin, Bruce Rogers, and New York American Institute of Graphic Arts (page images at HathiTrust)

• A list of books on printing, including many on typography, binding, and other graphic arts ([Williamsburg, 1962), by College of William and Mary. Swem Library and Ralph Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of books in the library of the American antiquarian society ... (Printed for the Society, by H. J. Howland, 1836), by American Antiquarian Society. Library, Isaiah Thomas, Maturin L. Fisher, and Christopher Columbus Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)

• How print has expanded our universe! (U.S. Govt. Printing Office :, 2010), by N. B. Crawford, James Cameron, and United States Government Printing Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of books printed by William Bradford and other printers in the middle colonies : exhibited at the Grolier Club in commemoration of the bicentennial of the introduction of printing into New York, April 14 to 21, 1893. ([publisher not identified], 1893), by Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)

• L'imprimerie hors l'Europe (Maisonneuve, 1902), by P. Deschamps and Un bibliophile (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'imprimerie hors l'Europe (Renouard], 1904), by P. Deschamps (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• One hundred Government Printing Office years, 1861-1961 : a history of United States public printing. (U.S. Govt. Printing Office :, 2010), by United States Government Printing Office and James L. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Keeping America informed : the United States Government Printing Office : 150 years of service to the nation (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States Government Printing Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Type and Presses in America: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Development of Type Casting and Press Building in the United States, by Frederick W. Hamilton (Gutenberg ebook)

• A History of California Newspapers, 1846-1858 (originally published in the Sacramento Union; edited reprint Los Gatos, CA: Talisman Press, 1962), by Edward C. Kemble, ed. by Helen Harding Bretnor (page images at HathiTrust)
• California Imprints, August 1846-June 1851 (1922), by Henry R. Wagner
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Don Agustin V. Zamorano : statesman, soldier, craftsman, and California's first printer (Zamorano Club, 1934), by George L. Harding and Bruce McCallister (page images at HathiTrust)
• A facsimile edition of California's first book, Reglamento provicional, printed at Monterey in 1834 by Agustin V. Zamorano. (San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1954), by California. Diputación Territorial, Lawton Kennedy, Frederick Folger Thomas, George P. Hammond, George L. Harding, Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, and Book Club of California (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Pacific Typographical Society and the California gold rush of 1849 : a forgotten chapter in the history of typographical unionism in America (Ludlow Typograph Company, 1928), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sacramento placer times : 1849-1851 (Zamorano Club, 1950), by John B. Goodman, Homer H. Boelter, and Zamorano Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pioneers : the engaging tale of three early California printing presses and their strange adventures (E. R. King, M. Ferry and C. I. Wheat, 1934), by Carl I. Wheat (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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