Joseph Sabin

In 1848 he moved to Texas, then to Philadelphia where he worked for publisher George S. Appleton. In 1850 he worked in New York for the auction firm, Cooley and Kees as a cataloger and then at Bangs, Brothers & Co. where he conceived the idea of identifying books related to Americana.Reese, William S. (1984), "Joseph Sabin", American Book Collector 5, no. 1:3-24. ISSN 0196-5654

In 1856 Sabin opened a bookstore in New York and later in Philadelphia but the American Civil War depressed sales and he returned to New York to work in the book auction business. He was auctioneer for the collection of John Allan--an experience that influenced the rest of his career.Reese, William S. (1984), "Joseph Sabin", American Book Collector 5, no. 1:3-24. ISSN 0196-5654 Sabin often collaborated with William Gowans.

After the Civil war the book business boomed and Sabin purchased a business on Nassau Street in New York in 1864. Goff, Frederick Richmond. 1963. Joseph Sabin, Bibliographer, 1821-1881. Amsterdam: N. Israel. It was a very successful enterprise. Between 1864 and 1874 Sabin sold over a million dollars worth of books.Reese, William S. (1984), "Joseph Sabin", American Book Collector 5, no. 1:3-24. ISSN 0196-5654

From 1869 - 1877 Sabin published The American Bibliopolist. A Literary Register and Monthly Catalogue of Old and New Books, and Repository of Notes and Queries. It included literary notes and gossip, notices of forthcoming books and auction sales, advertisements, and catalogs of books for sale by J. Sabin & Sons.The American Bibliopolist is available online and in many libraries.[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1479587.html The American Bibliopolist]'' volumes 1-9.

His sons Robert T. Sabin and William W. Sabin also worked in the bookselling business and opened a branch in London.{{cite book|author=Donna Dennis|title=Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York |year=2009|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-05373-1}}

Sabin handled sales of major collections such as the record-breaking sale of the collection of William Menzies in 1876.Menzies, William, and Joseph Sabin. 1876. List of Prices for Which the Books, Engravings, Etc., Belonging to Mr. William Menzies Were Sold on Monday, November 13, 1876 : And the Five Following Days at the Auction Rooms of Messrs. G.A. Leavitt & Co., Clinton Hall, New York. New York: J. Sabin & Sons.

At the sale of the library of the musicologist and rare book collector, Edward Francis Rimbault, in 1877, Sabin served as an agent for the banker and collector, Joseph W. Drexel, in his large purchase of portions of the 1877 auction, held in London from July 31 to August 7.A. Hyatt King, Catalog of the Music Library of Edward Francis Rimbault Sold at London 31 July-7 August 1877, with the Library of Dr. Rainbeau, reprint (Buren: Frits Knuf, 1975), p. viii.

The last book Sabin sold at auction was a Gutenberg Bible.New York Times, April 8, 1881; DEATH OF JOSEPH SABIN: SKETCH OF THE DISTINGUISHED BIBLIOPHILE'S CAREER. New York Times (1857-1922). Jun 06 1881:5.

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• {{citation |title= American Bibliopolist |journal=Sabin & Sons' American Bibliopolist1869-1872 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000521387 |volume=1-9 |year=1869–1877 |pages=9 v. in 8 |location=NY |publisher=J. Sabin & Sons }}
• {{Citation |publisher = J. Sabin |location = New York |title = A Bibliography of Bibliography; or, A handy book about books which relate to books |author = Joseph Sabin |date = 1877 |oclc = 2017974 |ol = 7222810M }}
• {{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XMTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA381 |title=Old Booksellers of New York: Joseph Sabin |work=The Bookman |volume=1 |date=July 1895 }}
• {{cite book |title=Book Trade Bibliography in the United States in the Nineteenth Century |author= Adolph Growoll |orig-year=1898 |year= 1939 |chapter=Joseph Sabin |publisher= E. B. Hackett, The Brick Row Book Shop |hdl= 2027/mdp.39015033668214 }}
• {{citation |author= Charles F. Heartman |title= Joseph F. Sabin |work= American Collector |volume=1 |year=1925–26 |oclc=7401125 }}
• {{citation |author= R.W.G. Vail |title=Sabin's Dictionary |work= Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America |volume=31 |year=1937 }}
• {{cite book|author=Frederick Richmond Goff|title=Joseph Sabin: bibliographer, 1821-1881|year=1963|publisher=N. Israel |location=Amsterdam }}
• {{cite book |title=Author-Title Index to Joseph Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America |url=https://archive.org/details/authortitleindex0003moln |author=John Edgar Molnar |year=1974 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810806525 }}
• {{citation |author= William S. Reese |title=Joseph Sabin |work= American Book Collector |issn=0196-5654 |volume=5 |number=1 |year= 1984 }}
• {{citation |author= Joel Silver |title=Joseph Sabin and The American Bibliopolist |work= AB Bookman's Weekly |number=91 |date=22 March 1993 }}
• {{citation |author= Joseph Rosenblum |chapter=Joseph Sabin |title= American Book Collectors and Bibliographers |editor= Rosenblum |year=1997 }}

• {{cite book |title=Bibliotheca Americana: a Dictionary of Books relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time |editor1=Joseph Sabin |editor2=Wilberforce Eames |editor2-link=Wilberforce Eames |editor3=R. W. G. Vail |location= New York |year= 1868–1936 |oclc=13972268 }} + [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001167862 via Hathi Trust] {{free access}}

• {{cite web |url=http://archives.nypl.org/mss/293 |publisher=New York Public Library |author= Manuscripts and Archives Division |title=Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records, 1923-1948 }} (collection guide)
• [http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11652233~S1 Correspondence and bills from J. Sabin & Sons, 1877-1878 (with Joseph W. Drexel)] in the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
• {{cite web |title=Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 |url=https://www.gale.com/c/sabin-americana-history-of-the-americas-1500-1926 |url-access=subscription |publisher=Gale |title-link=}} Product based on Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana
• {{citation |title=Pforzheimer Lecture |author=William S. Reese |year=1993 |url=http://www.reeseco.com/papers/pforz.htm |quote=Booksellers who have specialized in Americana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111094137/http://www.reeseco.com/papers/pforz.htm |archive-date=11 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

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