Reprint of the 1935 first edition. A fine copy of this uncommon title.

A study of the rise, growth and administration of the college library during the Pre-Revolutionary Period, and an evaluation of its contribution to Colonial higher education. The libraries under consideration are primarily those which now form the Ivy League. Chapter subjects include a general history of Colonial higher education, Colonial college libraries, book collecting and selecting, library benefactors, and the library in Colonial higher education. Three appendices, including two very interesting sections on donations, a bibliography and index.