Chicago: Chicago Public Library, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. With a number of essays on the library's collections. Illustrated in color. Snag along outer edge. READ MORE about REMARKABLE CHAPTERS, 115 YEARS OF COLLECTING BY THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100104
Cambridge: University Press, 1909. tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 584 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Contains 32 essays offered in tribute to this great scholar including The Catalogue of the Library of the Augusinian Friars by James, an essay by F. Madan, A Paradox on Beauty by Edmund Gosse, a bibliography of the writings of Clark and many others. Covers rubbed. Bookplate. Foxing of preliminary pages. READ MORE about FASCICULUS IOANNI WILLIS CLARK, DICATUS
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 2772
London: (Corporation of London), 1863. 8vo. original cloth. vi, 154+(1) pages. A catalogue from the London Library with entries on subjects such as British and Irish history, voyages and travel, classical and miscellaneou literature, ecclesiastical history and antiquities and more. Index of authors and subjects. Covers detached, front board mising and spine covering lacking. Text block broken in two parts. Ex Mercantile LIbrary with markings. READ MORE about CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF THE CIRCULATING PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON
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An Historical Report Prepared Under the Authority of The Board of Directors
Chicago: n.p., 1945. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 206, (8) pages. An Historical Report Prepared Under the Authority of The Board of Directors. Presentation slip from board of directors laid-in. Last eight pages are printed verso only and contains financial information for 1845-1944. Minor cover soiling. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY 1895-1944
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115337
Chicago: American Library Association, 1943. small 8vo. two-toned cloth. (x), 105+(1) pages. First edition. No. 5 in the American library pioneers series. John Cotton Dana (1856-1929) was Denver's first librarian, a president of ALA, librarian at Spingfield, MA and Newark, NJ, and highly regarded as an innovator. Presentation on free endpaper "To Charles A. Compton from his frined and library room-mate, Chalmers Hadley, July 21st 1943." READ MORE about JOHN COTTON DANA, A SKETCH
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 97298
Newark: The Public Library and Museum, 1940. 8vo. two-toned cloth. (viii), 175 pages. First edition. Printed by D.B. Updike at his Merrymount Press. Biography of this librarian and author. Presentation on free endpaper "To Rabbi Solomon Foster, himself a good citizen of John Cotton Dana's city. Frank Kingdon, Sept 5, 1940." READ MORE about JOHN COTTON DANA, A LIFE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 97686
New York: Book Arts Press, Columbia University, School of Library Service, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 28 pages. An exhibition focusing on the achievements Melvil Dewey, Columbia librarian 1883-1888, noted for the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Preface by Robert Wedgeworth, Dean of the School of Library Service. Black and white illustrations. List of items in the exhibition. READ MORE about THE DEWEY YEARS AT COLUMBIA 1883-1888
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Lake Placid Club, Essex Co, NY: Melvil Dewey Biography, 1932. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 391 pages. First edition. Everything that you might want to know about this important librarian. READ MORE about MELVIL DEWEY, SEER: INSPIRER: DOER, 1851-1931
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3 volumes.
London, England: for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1821. 8vo. later buckram, gilt-stamped spine labels, all edges gilt. (6), xxxii, 462, lxxx; (iv), 555+(1); (iv), 622, lxii pages. 3 volumes. Windle and Pippin A38a; New Cambridge Bibliography 3, 1644. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of plates "with" and "without" text, in Volume I. Bibliographical and general indices, addenda and corrigenda follow text in Volume I. Author's intent..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
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Cheltenham, England: H. Ruff, 1803. small 8vo. modern quarter leather, with marbled paper-covered boards, all edges speckled blue. Frontispiece; xvi, 358 pages, with one additional plate. First edition of Dibdin's fourth book, of which this one is complete. (Windle A4a regular paper edition, Jackson 7). Compiled anonymously by Dibdin for the publisher H. Ruff for the fee of 30 pounds. A guide as well as a history of Cheltenham and the county of Glocester. A...... READ MORE about HISTORY OF CHELTENHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS:INCLUDING AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE...
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London: Chapman and Hall, (1880). 12mo. publisher's cloth with stiff paper wrappers bound. (viii), 105, (19) pages. A study of the collections of Alexander Dyce and John Forster, at the South Kensington Museum in London. Includes biographical sketches of Dyce and Forster, descriptive information about paintings, drawings, sketches, and autographs included in the collections. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. List of illustrations, three appendices. Boards rubbed and bent at edges. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF THE DYCE AND FORSTER COLLECTIONS IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM
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Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 188 pages. Foreword by J.W. Jolliffe. S.G. Gillam wrote the introduction and edited the contributions. Illustrated. Spots in corner of front cover where label was removed. READ MORE about THE DOUCE LEGACY, AN EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 15OTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEQUEST OF FRANCIS...
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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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Freeport,NY: Books for Libraries Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 440 pages. Reprint of 1924 first edition. With contributions by Paltsits, Ford, Winship, Wroth, Harper, Kent, Kittredge, Holmes, Brigham, Adams, Lerch, Wagner, Chapin, Stillwell and others. A tribute book for one of the U.S.'s more famous librarian - bibliographers. Spine slightly spotted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, A TRIBUTE TO WILBERFORCE EAMES
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New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 440 pages. Reprint of the 1924 first edition. With contributions by Paltsits, Ford, Winship, Wroth, Harper, Kent, Kittredge, Holmes, Brigham, Adams, Lerch, Wagner, Chapin, Stillwell and others. Fine copy of this tribute book for one of the U.S.'s more famous librarian - bibliographers. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, A TRIBUTE TO WILBERFORCE EAMES
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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
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 51357
Eton: The Provost & Fellows of Eton, 1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 80, (2) pages. First edition. A complete history of the Eton College Library from the early 1440's to 1969. Includes twelve black-and-white plates pertaining to the Library's history and collections. Minor cover fading. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF ETON COLLEGE LIBRARY
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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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Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1886. 8vo. later quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards with original paper wrappers bound-in. 95 pages. The fourth edition, revised and enlarged of this method handling library duplicates by the Franklin Institute. Old library stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on front paper wrappers and some other pages. Library binding is worn with covers detached but pamphlet itself is in very good condition. READ MORE about LIBRARY, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, CATALOGUE OF DUPLICATES, FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69369
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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New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 318 pages. First edition. 439 illustrations with 156 plates in full color. READ MORE about TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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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. cloth. 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. Cloth spine slightly faded. READ MORE about BULLETIN OF THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY MANCHESTER, IN HONOUR OF HENRY GUPPY
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