Goodspeed's Western Scout
Goodspeed's of Boston closed its doors in 1993, but had a good run for a century as a leading dealer in antiquarian Americana, prints, pamphlets, autographs, and other printed matter. They left behind numerous publications in the form of catalogs and a monthly publication called The Month at Goodspeed's , both of which gave a good measure of the kinds of material and books that passed through Goodspeed's shops. I have previously posted here examples of each--a catalog of Rare Americana and an issue of The Month at Goodspeed's , my favorite because of the informative articles and bibliographical information each issue contained. Recently, I acquired another Goodspeed publication, Goodspeed's Western Scout , which I had not seen before or known about, and it has gotten me to consider the rise of Western Americana as a specialty field. As the publications' masthead indicates, Goodspeed's Western Scout was first issued in 1952, with Vol. 1, No. 1 rolling off t...