Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints

Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints was established in 1936 by Louis Sigmund Friedland (1884–1955), professor of English at New York University,[1] with an editorial advisory council of 29 prominent scholars,[2] and offices at 103 Park Avenue, New York City.

Currently, it is believed to be the oldest reprint publishing house in America with a continuous record of publication since 1936. More than 550 volumes, each prefaced with an introductory essay by a contemporary scholar, have appeared under its imprint.

Works are selected for publication because of their bibliographical rarity and scholarly importance as primary sources. The publications list is focused on English and American literature and history, philosophy, psychology, religion, maritime history, and women's studies, from the Renaissance through the 19th century.

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  1. ↑ Friedland transferred editorship to Harry Redcay Warfel (1899-1971) in March 1948; Norman Mangouni (1932-) became the general editor in February 1972.
  2. ↑ The list of founding advisors comprised Joseph Q. Adams, Folger Shakespeare Library; Randolph G. Adams, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan; Julian P. Boyd, Princeton University; C. F. Tucker Brooke, Yale University; E. Merton Coulter, University of Georgia; Hardin Craig, Stanford University; Sir William A. Craigie, Wallington, Oxon, England; Allan H. Gilbert, Duke University; William A. Jackson, Harvard University; Robert A. Law, University of Texas; Ernest E. Leisy, Southern Methodist University; B. Roland Lewis, University of Utah; Gerald D. McDonald, New York Public Library; Samuel Eliot Morison, Harvard University; Stanley Pargellis, The Newberry Library; W. L. Renwick, King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Hyder E. Rollins, Harvard University; A. S. W. Rosenbach, rare book collector, New York City; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Harvard University; D. Nichol Smith, University of Oxford, England; Robert M. Smith, Lehigh University; Hazelton Spencer, The Johns Hopkins University; Robert E. Spiller, Swarthmore College; Earl Greg Swem, College of William and Mary; Morris P. Tilley, University of Michigan; Homer A. Watt, New York University; Stanley T. Williams, Yale University; Robert H. Woody, Duke University; Lawrence C. Wroth, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

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