"A Bibliographical Check-List for the more easy at- | taining the true Knowledge of this Book. Embellished | with thirty-seven Cuts, and now much revised, great- | ly improved, and arranged in two Alphabets. Printed | with Preface, INtroduction, and Indexes, compiled by | CHARLES F. HEARTMAN | Author of Phillis Wheatley, A Critical Attempt; Checklist of Printers | in the United States ; A Bibliography of Hugh Henry Brackenridge ; Un- | published Freneauana, etc.,etc. Editor of Heartman's Historical Series ; | The American Book Collector, Etc. | Published by R. R. Bowker Company, New York | MCMXXXIV".
Lists known copies printed before 1830, including indexes by printers, publishers, booksellers and places listed on title pages. Gives text of title page and simple collation in most cases, as well as locations of known copies, and occasionally other details.
He also wrote a book called "American primers : Indian primers, Royal primers, and thirty-seven other types of non-New-England primers issued prior to 1830". See: "American Primers, Indian Primers, Royal Primers" ("Non-New-England Primers").