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(Accounting) THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. LIBRARY CATALOGUE.
2 volumes. London The Council of the Institute 1937 small 8vo. gilt stamped cloth. vi,256; vi,259 pages.
Third edition, second impression. This two volume set gathers together the best books on the subject of accountancy from the Library of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Volume one lists subjects and authors while volume two is a bibliography of bookkeeping. Cosmo Gordon provides a preface. Bookseller's tag on front pastedowns. Stain to bottom edge of initial pages in volume one.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 61719

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Alston, R.C. HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.
London The Bibliographical Society 1991 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 87 pages.
Occasional Papers No.6. A handlist of this collection, with dates and a short description of the contents of each entry. Combined author/subject index. Covers rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 47826

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Alston, R.C. HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.
London The Bibliographical Society 1991 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 87 pages.
Occasional Papers No.6. A handlist of this collection, with dates and a short description of the contents of each entry. Combined author/subject index. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 60383

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(Architecture) Middletown, Robin THE MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, VOL. II, BRITISH BOOKS.
Washington National Gallery of Art / New York: G. Braziller 1998 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 392 pages.
First edition. catalogue of ninety-seven British books, many of them folios, on architecture from the 17th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Covers seventy-seven architects and one firm (Hepplewhite). Includes important English translations of non-English architects (Palladio et al.), and a few non-architectural items. Each numbered entry is actually an article, providing bibliographic and physical descriptions, references, provenance where applicable, and also a discussion of the architect, the architecture, and the publication of the book, along with short bibliographies. There are many black-and-white reproductions of drawings and engravings, and several color illustrations. Front of dust jack and endpapers are decorated with reproductions of engravings. Indexes.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 51974

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(Argentine, John) Rhodes, Dennis E. JOHN ARGENTINE, PROVOST OF KING`S (C.1442-1508). HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY.
Amsterdam HES & DE GRAAF 1967 8vo boards 40 pages.
First edition. With 5 plates. A short study of John Argentine, provost of King's College, Cambridge, in the early 16th century, including a catalogue of his library and a transcription of his poems.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 37.50 other currencies Order nr. 103287

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(Argentine, John) Rhodes, Dennis E. JOHN ARGENTINE, PROVOST OF KING'S. HIS LIFE AND HIS LIBRARY.
Amsterdam Menno Hertzberger & Co. 1967 8vo. paper-covered boards. 40 pages.
A short study of John Argentine, provost of King's College, Cambridge, in the early 16th century, including a catalogue of his library and a transcription of his poems. Boards rubbed with some age yellowing.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 48309

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(Art) Pollen, John Hungerford. UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART, VOL.I A-K / VOL.2 L-Z / VOL.III SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME.
3 volumes. New York Burt Franklin n.d. large 8vo. cloth. (ii),ix,(iii),1030; (iv),1061-2188; (iv),655+(1) pages.
Burt Franklin reprint (their Bibliography and Reference series, no.47) of the original 1870 and 1877 works published by the South Kensington Museum in London. See Besterman 523 for the original. In the 1860's, the Kensington Museum decided to publish a kind of union catalogue of "books on art," based on library holdings in England and elsewhere. To be included were books on "Painting, Sculpture, Architecture; on Mosaics, Enamels; hand-wrought utensils in all materials which show a decorative intention; on tombs, monuments bearing sculpture, and on decoration..." (preface by the editor, John Hungerford Pollen), along with other items of potential interest to art students, including illustrated editions of literary works. Music was excluded. In 1870, the Museum issued a kind of cumulated preliminary version, with about 60,000 entries, arranged simply by author/title in brief, unnumbered entries, with no systematic subject access or indexing. A supplementary volume in the same format, with about 18,000 entries, followed in 1877.
Price: $ 110.00 other currencies Order nr. 51972

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(Art) Pollen, John Hungerford UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART, VOL.I A-K / VOL.2 L-Z / VOL.III SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME.
3 volumes. New York Burt Franklin n.d. large 8vo. cloth. (ii),ix,(iii),1030; (iv),1061-2188; (iv),655+(1) pages.
Burt Franklin reprint (their Bibliography and Reference series, no. 47) of the original 1870 and 1877 works published by the South Kensington Museum in London. See Besterman 523 for the original. In the 1860's, the Kensington Museum decided to publish a kind of union catalogue of "books on art," based on library holdings in England and elsewhere. To be included were books on "Painting, Sculpture, Architecture; on Mosaics, Enamels; hand-wrought utensils in all materials which show a decorative intention; on tombs, monuments bearing sculpture, and on decoration..." (preface by the editor, John Hungerford Pollen), along with other items of potential interest to art students, including illustrated editions of literary works. Music was excluded. In 1870, the Museum issued a kind of cumulated preliminary version, with about 60,000 entries, arranged simply by author/title in brief, unnumbered entries, with no systematic subject access or indexing. A supplementary volume in the same format, with about 18,000 entries, followed in 1877. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 97952

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Astbury, Raymond LIBRARIES & THE BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN
Hamden Archon Books (1968) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 194 pages.
First U.S. edition. Contains 13 essays by various people on the booktrade in Britain; concerned, for the most part, with the 20th century. Includes an essay by Hans Schmoller on "The Paperback Revolution."
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 676

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Astbury, Raymond LIBRARIES & THE BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN
London Clive Bingley (1968) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 194 pages.
First edition. Contains 13 essays by various people on the booktrade in Britain; concerned, for the most part, with the 20th century. Includes Hans Schmoller on "The Paperback Revolution." Minor rubbing of jacket.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 19247

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Bannister, Arthur Thomas (compiler) A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HEREFORD CATHEDRAL LIBRARY.
Hereford Wilson and Phillips 1927 small 4to. later cloth (xii), viii, 190 pages
A bibliography of the manuscripts from between eighth and fifteenth centuries in the Hereford Cathedral Library and their respective donors and previous owners. Original wrappers, in excellent shape, bound-in front has an ornate red border with alternating coats of arms. Includes an introduction by Montague Rhodes James, the Provost of Eton. A few notes penciled in margins. Two faded splotches on back.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 96616

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Barber, Giles. ARKS FOR LEARNING, A SHORT HISTORY OF OXFORD LIBRARY BUILDINGS.
Oxford Oxford Bibliographical Society 1995 large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. xiii, 176 pages.
Brief general history of libraries at Oxford, followed by 71 two-page spreads of text and illustrations (in black- and-white) on the various individual libraries, depicted in drawings, engravings, or photographs. Three additional illustrations (two in color).
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 51970

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Barker, Nicolas FORM AND MEANING IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK
Selected Essays (London) British Library 2003 8vo cloth, dust jacket (iv), xiii, (i), 514 pages
Part of the British Library Studies in the History of the Book series. A collection of essays spanning forty years about books and texts, typography and early printing, history of the book, forgery, books and people, bookselling, and libraries. Introduction by Alan Bell. Includes some illustrations. Very minor shelf wear on book and dust jacket.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 92066

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Bartholomew, A.T. CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS AND PAPERS FOR THE MOST PART RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY, TOWN, AND COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE BEQUESTHED TO THE UNIVERSITY BY JOHN WILLIS CLARK.
Cambridge At the University Press 1912 tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. xvi, 282 pages.
First edition. (Besterman p.1093). With biographical notes on Clark. Presentation on free endpaper "L.E. Smith from A.T. Bartholomew, Cambridge, April 1924." Light rubbing.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 43581

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Bedwell, C. E. A. A CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, WITH AN INDEX OF SUBJECTS
3 volumes. Glasgow Printed for the Honourable Society at the University Press 1914 thick 8vo. cloth xii,(ii),693+(1); (iv),695-1395+(1); (iv),520,(2) pages
First edition. The first volume contains a history of this library which was established in the 17th century. A Supplement (Volume IV), comprising additions 1914-1924, was issued in 1925. Circular red library stamp of the Bibliothèque Andre Mater on each title-page; minor wear to head and tails of spine, contents good and bright.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 79929

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(Bennett, H.S.) Bennett, H.S. " PRINTERS, AUTHORS, AND READERS, 1475-1557."
(Oxford) The Oxford University Press 1949 4to. stiff paper wrappers pp. 152-165
An article from "The Library", Fifth Series, Vol. IV, No. 3, December 1949. Some black-and-white illustrations. Cover shows signs of shelf-wear, corners bumped
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100814

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Bill, Geoffrey " LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY."
(Oxford The Oxford University Press) (1966) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 192-206
Article in "The Library", Fifth Series, Volume XXI, Number 3, September 1966.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101963

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(Bird & Bull Press) Stewart-Murphy, Charlotte A. A HISTORY OF BRITISH CIRCULATING LIBRARIES, THE BOOK LABELS AND EPHEMERA OF THE PAPANTONIO COLLECTION.
Newton, PA Bird & Bull Press 1992 tall 8vo. quarter leather, decorated paper over boards. 153, (2) pages.
Limited to 185 numbered copies. Printed on Arches mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at The Bird & Bull Press. Gives a history of British circulating libraries through the use of the Papantonio collection of library book labels and book related ephemera of the eighteenth and nineteenth century by the noted English collector Sir Ambrose Heal. The author has thoroughly researched the subject and has produced an interesting account of the libraries and the increase of literacy among the poorer classes. With related information on the printers, booksellers, engravers and bookbinders of the period. Illustrations of sixty-four labels, trade cards and prints are included.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 34912

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(Birmingham Library) CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS BELONGING TO THE BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY.
Birmingham James Henry Beilby 1849 small 8vo. publisher's quarter cloth with paper-covered boards and paper spine label. (iv), 367+(1) pages.
First edition. An extensive listing of works including lists of addenda, public records, laws, proprietors, and the committee. Boards detached, spine loose, text loose in binding. Exlibrary. Spine label mostly rubbed away. Soiled.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 56115

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(Birmingham Library) SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE, FROM 1863 TO NOVEMBER 1873.
Birmingham Printed by Josiah Allen (1873) 8vo. original paper wrappers. (iv), 166 pages.
Some nineteenth century library markings. Front wrapper detached.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56542

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(Bodleian Library) THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY AND ITS FRIENDS, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD 1969-1970.
Oxford Bodleian Library (1969) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages.
With discussion of the founders of the library, its history and its more important books. Illustrated.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 7944

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(Bodleian Library) THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY AND ITS FRIENDS, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD 1969-1970.
Oxford Bodleian Library (1970) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages.
First edition, second issue. With discussion of the founders of the library, its history and its more important books. Illustrated.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 115529

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(Bodleian Library) Hampshire, Gwen (editor) THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY ACCOUNT BOOK, 1613-1646.
Oxford The Oxford Bibliographical Society 1983 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiv, 199 pages.
With an introduction by Ian Philip.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 39115

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(Bodleian Library) Hassall, A.G. and W.O. TREASURES FROM THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY.
Introduction by D.R.W. Hunt. New York Columbia University Press 1976 folio cloth, slipcase. 160 pages.
First U.S. edition. Thirty-six full-page plates in color describing some of the more interesting early manuscripts in the Bodleian. Long descriptions for each item. Slipcase faded.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 9072

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(Bookbinding) Birley, Robert "THE LIBRARY OF LOUIS-HENRI DE LOMÉNIE, COMTE DE BRIENNE, AND THE BINDINGS OF THE ABBÉ DU SEUIL."
(Oxford The Oxford University Press) (1962) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp.105-131
Article in "The Library", Fifth Series, Volume XVII, Number 2, June 1962. With four black-and-white plates. Covers and edges lightly soiled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101961

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