Two Issues of “The New England Bibliopolist” ,Vol. II No. I (January 1882) and Vol. V, No. II (April 1888)

This offering consists of Two Issues (Vol. II No. I, January 1882) and Vol. V, No. II, April 1888) of 'The New England Bibliopolist: containing the "Book Notices" in the Historical and Genealogical Register, Edited by John Ward Dean". The documents were part of a quarterly edition published in Boston and edited by John Ward Dean. Since the word "bibliopolist" is often defined as "a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books]", what these documents are essentially are a book dealer's catalogue providing BOOK NOTICES, RECENT PUBLICATIONS, and NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS to its readership.

To better understand the contents of these issues, let us look at the contents of the 46 page April 1888 issue. They are:
• Pages 1-40, BOOK NOTICES – These are a series of book listings, taken from the Historical and Genealogical Register, containing detailed descriptions of the physical characteristics and contents of each book
• Pages 40 – 42, RECENT PUBLICATIONS – This is a 3-page listing of publications "presented to the New England Historic Genealogical Society to March 1, 1888", and indicating which of them may have been written or edited by a Society member. The descriptions are limited to the physical characteristics of each volume.
• Pages 43 – 46, NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS – This section contains several short texts written by readers, a list of genealogies in preparation, the table of Contents for the April 1888 issue of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and a full-page advertisement, including testimonials, for The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

Each issue is string-bound and measures approximately 6 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches. The 1882 issue contains 20 pages, some unopened, that are tanned but whose text is clear and easily read. The 1888 issue contains 46 pages, mostly unopened, that are tanned but whose text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the two issues is good.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the front covers of each issue and a typical page from BOOK NOTICES, RECENT PUBLICATIONS, and NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.