Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35 pages. Second printing, printed at the Thistle Press. With presentation on front cover "To Polly Kenway with best wishes of Herbert Cahoon, 17 May, 1961" READ MORE about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT LIBRARY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 45643
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1981. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. A festscrift in honor of C. Waller Barrett, donor to the University of Virginia Library. Includes words from Fredson Bowers, Erskine Caldwell, Frederick Goff and others. Designed by Warren Chappell. READ MORE about A SALUTE TO CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT ON HIS EIGHTIETH FROM FRIENDS & ADMIRERS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 35494
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Library, 1989. 4to. paper wrappers. 127 pages. Second edition. Includes a history of the library with an illustrated overview of its special collections. Bottom corner bumped. READ MORE about SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT GEORGETOWN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 51505
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Library, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition. Includes a history of the library with an illustrated overview of its special collections. Introduction by Joseph E. Jeffs, University Librarian. READ MORE about SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT GEORGETOWN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 96166
Köln: Greven, (1978). 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 124, (4) pages. An examination of subject Cataloguing for libraries, with particular attention to the American Library of Congress subject headings. READ MORE about STANDARDLISTEN ZUR SCHLAGWORTGEBUNG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49392
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1959. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 99 pages. Fourth edition. Aids researchers in finding various reference materials in the library. Illustrated. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about REFERENCE BOOKS, A BRIEF GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND OTHER USERS OF THE LIB RARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136936
(New York: Perennial Editions, 2003). thick 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, (ii), 636 pages. First edition, paperback reprint. The newest book about books and book collectors by this noted author. Many great book stories in this volume. Fine condition. READ MORE about PATIENCE & FORTITUDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 76643
(New York: HarperCollins, 2003). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xviii, (ii), 444 pages. First edition, first printing. A fine copy. Basbanes "examines the many materials that have been used over the centuries to record information - among them clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, slabs of stone, palm leaves, animal skins, and hammered sheets of gold and copper." He discusses the current situation on book preservation and conservation textually and physically in relationship to our new electronic..... READ MORE about A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS, THE PERMANENCE OF BOOKS IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128811
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2003. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 246 pages. First edition. Matthew Battles works at the Houghton Library, the rare books library at Harvard University, and is a contributor to Harper's. This book is about the preservation and destruction of libraries throughout history from the clay-tablet collection of ancient Mesopotamia to the Information Age and the internet. Battles explores now, through its many changes, the library has served two..... READ MORE about LIBRARY, AN UNQUIET HISTORY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88347
München: Hirmer Verlag, (1958). 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. 48 pages followed by 68 pages of illustration. First edition. The Bavarian Royal Library celebrated its 400 hundred year anniversary with this exhibit of mauscripts and early printed books. Some of their most precious manuscripts were assembled, including the Evangeliary of Otto III. 248 objects are described. Many are illustrated in black-and-white. A preface outline's the collection's history. Back cover stained. READ MORE about 400 JAHRE BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK
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Allendale, MI: Grand Valley State University, 2010. 8vo. paper wrappers. 134 pages. First edition limited to 100 copies of this scarce catalogue. A fine copy. Color illustrations throughout. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about FIFTY AT FIFTY: A CATALOGUE OF INCUNABULA IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 138398
Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1961. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. A fine copy. READ MORE about TREASURES OF SCOTTISH LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56332
N.P. n.p., 1967. 8vo. paper wrappers. Frontispiece; 36 pages. An illustrated essay on this collector and his library. READ MORE about THE CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY, DUBLIN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51500
Chicago: America Library Association, 1971. 4to. cloth. (iv), vi, 347(+1) pages. This fascinating book documents an early conference envisioning the internet, including papers on "Broad Bandwidth Telecommunications Systems" and "World-wide Information Networks." Sponsored by the American Library Association and the U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, September 28, 1970 - October 2, 1970. The epilogue consists of a poem entitled "Hiawatha's Network" written during the..... READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON INTERLIBRARY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 90702
New Haven: Yale University Library, (1974). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 111 pages. First edition, the hardbound variant. Lacking the dust jacket. Exlibrary with markings. Else a fine copy. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY A GUIDE TO ITS COLLECTIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115517
A Guide to its Collections
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 123+(3) pages. A Guide to its Collections. Second edition. An extensive guide to the renowned Beinecke Library, with a focus on American, German, and Western Americana literature. Slight shelfwear. READ MORE about THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 97549
New Haven: Yale University Library. 1983, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue for an exhibition commemorating the first twenty years of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. 115 well-annotated entries, illustrated with photographs and facsimiles, representing a cross-section of the library's eclectic holdings. Introduction by Ralph W. Franklin, Director. READ MORE about THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS, AN ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE
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1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.123-170. The entire issue of The Yale University Gazette, Volume 38, Number 4, April 1964. Includes a number of other articles and illustrations. Some foxing. READ MORE about " ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY."
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An Informal Exhibition.
New York: Columbia University, School of Library Service, 1990. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. An Informal Exhibition. Books Art Press, Occasional Publication No. 8. Printed on different colored papers. READ MORE about THREE HUNDRED ...& COUNTING, BOOK ARTS PRESS LECTURES, 1972-1990
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Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1993. small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 83, (3) pages. Boards lightly soiled, else near fine. From the beginning of James Ford Bell's library, when he kept his collections in his home, to when he presented his collection of rare books to the University of Minnesota is told by the associates of the library. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about JAMES FORD BELL AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56912
N.P. n.p. (probably James Ford Bell Library), n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Contains four black-and-white illustrations or plates. A history of the library. Laid-in is a pamphlet entitled "The James Ford Bell Library", with more history. Edges faded. READ MORE about JAMES FORD BELL AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101711
Syracuse: Syracuse University Library Associates, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 7 pages. An address delivered by Terry Bender, Rare Book Librarian of Syracuse University in 1964. Near fine. First published in the Winter 1965 issue of The Courier, and now issued separately in a limited edition for Syracuse University Library Associates. Includes photograph of lecture. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOOK COLLECTING IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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London: The British Library, (1980). 8vo. cloth. 111 pages. Contributions by D.H. Turner, Rachel Stockdale, Dom Philip Jebb and Dr. David Rogers including one chapter on the Benedictine libraries. Illustrated. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE BENEDICTINES IN BRITAIN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37580
London: Association of Assistant Librarians, 1963. 8vo. cloth. 240 pages. Sections on reading, writing, library service, publishing, and bibliography. Indexed. Bumped at spine. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY AND THE PROVISION OF BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48949
3 Volumes.
Knoxville, TN: The Division of Library Extension, The University of Tennessee, 1952-1957. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 47+(1); viii, 46; (vi), 62 pages. 3 Volumes. University of Tennessee Library Lectures Nos. 1-9 in three volumes. Foreword by the editor in each volume. Lectures on various aspects of library science and collections. Includes lectures by Robert Vospers, Jack Dalton, and Herman Fussler. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LIBRARY LECTURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 116103
