LIBRARIANSHIP, ESSAYS ON APPLIED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
London: Grafton & Co, 1949. large 12mo. cloth. 131 pages. First edition. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about LIBRARIANSHIP, ESSAYS ON APPLIED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102607
Libraries
BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY EARLY ITALIAN PRINTING COLLECTION (THROUGH 1550).
N.P.
(Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, UCLA Library), n.d. (c1982). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 81 pages. N.P. About 500 entries, more a checklist than a bibliography, with index of printings arranged by printer's name. No date; crudity of typography suggests Early Word Processing--we guess 1982. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY EARLY ITALIAN PRINTING COLLECTION (THROUGH 1550
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53951
TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES D'ITALIE IVe-XVIe SIÈCLES.
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1950. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Second, revised edition. The Bibliothèque Nationale sponsored this exhibition of over 450 Italian books from the 4th-16th centuries. Each century is divided according to Italian regions (Lombardy, Toscany, etc). A section is devoted specifically to book bindings as well. Illustrated in black & white. Front cover detached; spine covering worn. READ MORE about TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES D'ITALIE IVe-XVIe SIÈCLES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62794
LIBRARY CATALOGUES OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956. 8vo. cloth. x, 225 pages. First edition. Descriptive list of 848 known catalogues of English libraries collected between 1500 and 1640. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about LIBRARY CATALOGUES OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 87169
CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE.
Chateauroux: Imprimerie A. Majeste et L. Bouchardeau, 1899. small 4to. later quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label, all edges cut. (viii), 553 pages. First edition. This catalogue includes subdivisions on Theology, Jurisprudence, Arts & Science, Belles-Lettres and History. Contains a separate section for dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, year-books, reviews and journals, as well as a section for miscellaneous items. With an extensive author index. Corners slightly bumped. READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 55723
GUIDE TO TECHNICAL SERVICES.
Chicago and London: American Library Association, 1994. 4to. cloth. xiv, 313 pages. This guide describes more than 2000 selected print, electronic, and expert sources for library technical services. Well organized and annotated, this is a good source for help in solving problems in the areas of preservation, database managing, Catalogueuing, classification and other technical areas. With a durable case binding, this directory of expert information would be a practical addition to any library. Includes an..... READ MORE about GUIDE TO TECHNICAL SERVICES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 46646
REFORM DER ALPHABETISCHEN KATALOGISIERUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND 1908-1976.
Köln: Greven, (1976). stiff paper wrappers. viii, 53, (5) pages. An annotated bibliography of works relating to the reform of alphabetical Catalogueuing in Germany. READ MORE about REFORM DER ALPHABETISCHEN KATALOGISIERUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND 1908-1976
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49388
BRITISH LIBRARY HISTORY: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1985-1988.
Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1991. 8vo. printed paper over boards. x, 181 pages. First edition. This is the sixth volume in the well-established and highly acclaimed series, which covers the history of libraries, librarianship and book collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the present day. The entries are arranged under five main headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (with ten sub-headings such as National, Private, Public, Special, etc.), Reading and Study of..... READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY HISTORY: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1985-1988
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 36637
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE.
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., (1969). large 8vo. cloth. x,707+(1) pages. First edition. The second volume of this succesivly published set. Provides an extensive list of well discussed terms relating to the field of library science. Volume two covers "Associat. to Book World." With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson who has noted that this volume covers auctions, W.J. Barrow, the Bibliographical Society, Bibliography, Bibliomania, Bibliotheque Nationale, Binding, Biological Literature, Biomedical libraries, etc. READ MORE about ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98610
CORONA AMICORUM, STUDIER TILLAGNADE TONNES KLEBERG.
Uppsala: Univ. of Uppsala / Almqvist & Wiksell, 1968. large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 273, (3) pages. Festschrift for Tönnes Kleberg, then director of the University Library at the Univ. of Uppsala, probably on the occasion of his retirement. Eighteen articles on such topics as: some manuscripts "of Swedish interest" in the Yale Univ. Library, the first printed history of the library of the Univ. of Uppsala, Greek manuscripts in the Univ. Library..... READ MORE about CORONA AMICORUM, STUDIER TILLAGNADE TONNES KLEBERG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51942
A LONG WAY FROM THE ARMSTRONG BEER PARLOUR - A LIFE IN RARE BOOKS: ESSAYS BY RICHARD LANDON.
With an Introduction by Marie Elena Korey
New Castle, DE and Toronto: Oak Knoll Press and The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 2014. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 440 pages. With an Introduction by Marie Elena Korey. "It was at heart Landon's hard work and connections that turned the Fisher Library into the world-class rare book and manuscript collection that it is today... These essays are exactly what polite essays should be: full of recondite information attractively expressed, and somehow..... READ MORE about A LONG WAY FROM THE ARMSTRONG BEER PARLOUR - A LIFE IN RARE BOOKS: ESSAYS BY RICHARD LANDON
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 122162
BIBLIOPHILIA SCHOLASTICA FLOREAT: FIFTY YEARS OF RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.
Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2005. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 132 pages. Foreword by Carole Moore, Chief Librarian. With a history of the library. Beautifully illustrated catalogue. READ MORE about BIBLIOPHILIA SCHOLASTICA FLOREAT: FIFTY YEARS OF RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 100135
KATALOG OVER BOGHANDLER-MEDHJAELPER-BIBLIOTEKET, BOGHANDEL-BOGFREMSTIL.
Copenhagen: B.M.F.'s Forlag [Publishing House of the Association of Book Trade Assistants], 1944. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 138, (6) pages. A catalogue of the Book Trade Assistants' Library in Copenhagen, i.e. partly a bibliography of the book trade, by S. Larsen, then librarian. The Library was begun in 1873 and became part of the Assn. of Book Trade Assistants (Boghandler-Medhjælper-Forening) in 1898. Describes over 1,000 entries. Inscribed in ink on title page. Covers yellowed around..... READ MORE about KATALOG OVER BOGHANDLER-MEDHJAELPER-BIBLIOTEKET, BOGHANDEL-BOGFREMSTIL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 63209
VERZEICHNIS AUSGEWAHLTER WERKE.
Vienna: Ludwig & Albert Last, 1915. small 8vo. cloth, top edge stained red. xxxii, 768 pages. Twelfth edition. List of selected works available from the lending library of Ludwig & Albert Last. Newspaper clipping related to the library enclosed. Corners bumped. READ MORE about VERZEICHNIS AUSGEWAHLTER WERKE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 48980
CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF MR. ADOLPH LEWISOHN.
New York: Privately printed, 1923. 8vo. creme colored paper spine with paper-covered boards. 96 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Rich in fine bindings. No illustrations. Covers rubbed and chipped at bottom of spine. Spine soiled. Foxing. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF MR. ADOLPH LEWISOHN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55437
A GUIDE TO PUBLISHED LIBRARY CATALOGS.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1982. 8vo. polished cloth. xvi, 342 pages. 429 published library catalogues (in book form) from about 1960 to 1981, mostly of American libraries. Listing arranged by 33 general categories and then alphabetically. Each numbered entry discusses the subject coverage and structure of the catalogue. Little is said about the actual form of the publications; presumably most are of the photocopied-card-catalogue-card variety. The introduction discusses different types of catalogues and the probable effects of..... READ MORE about A GUIDE TO PUBLISHED LIBRARY CATALOGS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 50147
Pamphlets pertaining to Library Collections.
29 volumes
1931-2002. various, from large 12mo. to small 4to. stiff and self paper wrappers. variously paginated. 29 volumes. Many of these pamphlets are specialized bibliographies or catalogues of particular holdings, such as maps, special collections or early printed books. From a wide range of locations, from Yale to the Pierpont Morgan Library, the National Library of Scotland to the Pahlavi National Library of Iran. Most illustrated with black-and-white plates, some with color illustrations. READ MORE about Pamphlets pertaining to Library Collections
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 79628
THE LILLY LIBRARY: THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY 1960-1985.
Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 157+(1) pages. With a preface by William R. Cagle, a history by Cecil K. Byrd and 15 chapters on different collections held by the library. Filled with illustrations in color. Near fine condition. READ MORE about THE LILLY LIBRARY: THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY 1960-1985
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 36940
A CATALOG OF THE ALFRED WHITTAL STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA IN TH.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2000). small 4to. cloth. Frontispiece; iii-xii, 498 pages. Reprint of the 1960 first edition published by the Library of Congress. The Chicago businessman and collector of Civil War publications and Lincolniana, Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960), donated his collection of Lincolniana (about 7,000 individual pieces) along with an endowment to the Library of Congress in 1950, making additional donations in the years before his death. There are 266 entries for "works by..... READ MORE about A CATALOG OF THE ALFRED WHITTAL STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA IN TH
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 59547
CATALOGUE OF THE LIVERPOOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Liverpool: J.R. Williams, 1872. 4to. modern cloth, leather spine label. viii, 622 pages. The catalogue of a library intended to serve "the working-man." Significant holdings related to the applied arts including illustrated works on painting, sculpture and architecture. Introduction and brief history of the institution by the author. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIVERPOOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 56290
A SELECTION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO.
New York: Lockwood Library, 1935. 8vo. leather backed cloth, slipcase. xx, 60 pages. Limited to 960 copies and printed by The Georgian Press. With a portrait of Lockwood and a long introduction by Charles Abbott on Lockwood and book collecting. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine. Slipcase slightly sunned around edges. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 3529
THE LOHF YEARS.
New York: Columbia University Libraries, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Books acquired by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library while Kenneth A. Lohf was Librarian. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE LOHF YEARS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 38462
LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1881. 8vo. later quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. (iv), ix, (1), 132 pages. A catalogue of the recent additions to the Long Island Historical Society presented May 10, 1881. Ex-library with markings throughout. Includes an introduction by librarian George Hannah and a table of contents. Loss of leather to head and tail of spine, boards rubbed and worn at the edges and corners. Half-title detached..... READ MORE about LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 59444
BERLINER GESAMTKATALOG, SIGELVERZEICHNIS 1958.
Berlin: n.p., 1958. 8vo. paper wrappers. 135 pages. Directory of libraries in Berlin. Spine and pages yellowed. READ MORE about BERLINER GESAMTKATALOG, SIGELVERZEICHNIS 1958
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 50778
EDUARD MÖRIKE'S READING AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS EXTANT LIBRARY.
American University Studies: Series III Comparative Literature, Vol. 8
New York: Peter Lang, (1985). 8vo. Hardcover. 230+(2) pages. American University Studies: Series III Comparative Literature, Vol. 8. This narrative offers fresh insights on the development of Eduard Mörike, a gifted German poet, through an extensive study of his library. Some bumping and wearing on corners and soiling on front cover. READ MORE about EDUARD MÖRIKE'S READING AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS EXTANT LIBRARY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 96976