Actes du Colloque Tenu en Sorbonne les 5, 6 et 7 Février 2004. Textes Réunis et Présentés par Michel Collot, Yves Peyré et Maryse Vassevière
(Paris): Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, Les Éditions des Cendres, (2007). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 475, (3) pages. Actes du Colloque Tenu en Sorbonne les 5, 6 et 7 Février 2004. Textes Réunis et Présentés par Michel Collot, Yves Peyré et Maryse Vassevière. Text in French. A collection of 30 essays about the history of the Bibliothèque Littéraire Jacques Doucet, an important archive containing material on twentieth century French literature, and the printed materials, manuscripts, and..... READ MORE about LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE JACQUES DOUCET: ARCHIVE DE LA MODERNITÉ

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Paris: Hennuyer et Fils, 1864. 8vo. half leather, five raised bands and gilt on spine, with marbled paper boards and marbled end paper, top edge gilt. 250, (2) pages. Bibliography of the contents of the library at L'Institution Duplessis-Mornay, a Protestant orphanage and school in Paris. The institution was founded in 1843. The volume includes a list of students and professors from 1852-1863, along with a bibliography of the libraries collection, letters from former students..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'INSTITUTION DUPLESSIS-MORNAY

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N.P. Privately printed at Harvard University Press, 1924. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xxii, 441 pages. First edition. Contains "A Letter of Explanation" by George Parker Winship explaining this project. With contributions by Paltsits, Lerch, Ford, Winship, Wroth, Harper, Kent, Kittredge, Holmes, Brigham, Adams, Wagner, Chapin, Stillwell, and others. Tribute book for one of the U.S.'s more famous librarian - bibliographers. Loosely inserted in this copy is a broadside poem about Eames by Harry Lyman..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, A TRIBUTE TO WILBERFORCE EAMES

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Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1978. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 44,(2) pages. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the centenary of the opening of the Peabody Library building. READ MORE about SURPRISES AND DELIGHTS FROM A CENTURY OF COLLECTING

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7 volumes.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1867. 4to. original cloth. (vi),822; (vi)786; (vi)833; (vi)815; (iv)874; vi,1017; (iv),468,(2) pages. 7 volumes. First edition. A complete list of works acquired by the Library of the Faculty of Advocates up to 1871. Presented in alphabetical order by author; or by title, key words, and subject for anonymous works. Includes a supplement containing those works published between 1860 and 1871, previously left out. All boards detached with one..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED BOOKS

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N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. later leather spine with original cloth preserved on covers. 261 pages. A private library catalogue. With a three page preface by Gilbert commenting on his library. Covers worn at tips. Name in ink at top of title page. First blank page has had a name erased with a resultant hole at top. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OWNED BY W.J. GILBERT, ST. LOUIS, MO. 1895

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Completing the Catalogue of the Library Bequeathed to the British Museum by the Late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. With a General Index.
London: Trustees (of the British Museum), 1872. 8vo. cloth. (xi), 219(+1) pages. Completing the Catalogue of the Library Bequeathed to the British Museum by the Late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. With a General Index. This volume lists everything that was missed in the initial cataloguing of the collection which took place at the time of Thomas Grenville's bequest to the British Museum (circa 1846) and which was published shortly thereafter. Grenville had pursued the most..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA GRENVILLIANA; PART THE THIRD

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Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1941. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 239 pages. Being Volume 25 of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. A special issue with a prefatory note by Sir John S.B. Stopford, an article on Henry Guppy including a bibliography of his writings, articles by Kenyon, Craster, W. Wright Roberts, etc. Illustrated. READ MORE about BULLETIN OF THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER, IN HONOUR OF HENRY GUPPY

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A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1957. 16mo. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. viii, 64 pages. A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia. A facsimile of the checklist of printed and manuscript works of Francis Bret Harte in the University of Virginia Library. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about BRET HARTES

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N.P. n.p., (1831). small 8vo. paper, disbound. 19 pages. An interesting Massachusetts government document which list all the gifts, grants, and donations made by the State to Harvard College and Williams College since their incorporation to 1831. READ MORE about HOUSE ......NO 26, A STATEMENT OF DONATIONS MADE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TO LITERARY...

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Haverhill: Press of Franklin P. Stiles, 1888. 8vo. original cloth. (iv), 420, 12 pages. This catalogue comprises the additions to the library from May 1880, to July, 1888. There is a small section in the back which list the most popular French Books. Nineteenth century library markings. One half of the spine is partially detached. Corners worn, hinges cracked and soiled. READ MORE about SECOND BULLETIN OF THE HAVERHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY. JULY, 1888

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Newark: University of Delaware, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label showing the Morris Library, dust jacket. 156 pages. Illustrated history. READ MORE about BOOKS, BRICKS & BIBLIOPHILES, THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LIBRARY

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