Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1988. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23+(1) pages. An Engelhard Lecture on the Book. Preface by John Y. Cole. READ MORE about THE KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTIONS IN THE INFORMATION AGE, THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

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(Berkeley): University of California, 1979. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 147+(1) pages. Second edition, published by the Office of Risk Management and Safety, USC-Berkeley. Considerably expanded, with new information covering the years 1975-1978, including a chronicle of library fire and water casualities. Fire defense systems of great new libraries are described, as well as the improvement of older libraries. A book written mainly for library directors, but also valuable to architects and fire protection..... READ MORE about MANAGING THE LIBRARY FIRE RISK

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(Hamden, CT): Linnet Books, 1982. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 214 pages. A book about the development of the Engineering Societies Library in respect to its cataloging, collection, and use. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about AHEAD OF ITS TIME, THE ENGINEERING SOCIETIES LIBRARY, 1913-80

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London: Times Publishing Company, 1939. large 8vo. paper, one page fold in half. An offprint from The Times Literary Supplement, Saturday April 15, 1939 which discusses the collection of Paul Hirsch. He is best known as a collector of music, with a fine collection of bindings, Goethes, Heines and Schillers in the original state, along with specimens of typography of all periods. His wife also has an amazing collection of book-binders' papers all arranged chronologically..... READ MORE about WORKING LIBRARY OF MUSIC: MR PAUL HIRSCH

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Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 416 pages. Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. First edition. Sections on Presidential Records, Congressional Records, Judicial Records, the Position of the National Archives and Problems of Access. Some underlining. READ MORE about THE RECORDS OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS, A SELECTION OF MATERIALS FROM THE NATIONAL STUDY COMMISSION ON...

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Boston: The Boston Athenaeum, 1990. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. The first catalogue of manuscripts from the Boston Athenaeum. These manuscripts have been used by authors researching ambience and backdrop for historical fiction and also have been consulted by researchers investigating specific topics such as the history of the Boston Society of Architects, the naval aspects of the War of 1812 and biographical research. Indexed. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM

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Papers of a Symposium Held 5-7 October 1989 Honoring the Establishment of the Richard F. French Librarianship at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Library, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. Papers of a Symposium Held 5-7 October 1989 Honoring the Establishment of the Richard F. French Librarianship at Harvard University. This issue of the Harvard Library Bulletin New Series from Spring 1991, Vol. 2, No. 1, contains 22 essays divided into the following topics: "Music Librarians as Custodians of Cultural History," "Music Librarians and Music Scholarship," "Music Librarians and American Music," and "Music..... READ MORE about MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP IN AMERICA

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Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell Univeresity Press, 1962. 8vo. cloth. x, 154 pages. A history of the Bucknell University Library with some illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Slight shelf wear. Corners bumped. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

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Austin: Humanities Research Center, (1973). 8vo. cloth, clear plastic wrappers. First edition, limited to 800 copies. The 4th Feldman Lectureship in Bibliography. READ MORE about NEO-PHILOBIBLON: RUMINATIONS ON MANUSCRIPT COLLECTING

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(London): The British Library, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 320, (2) pages. British Library Occasional Paper 8. Papers presented at a colloquium at the British Library, 25-27 September 1985. Organized in conjunction with the Institute of Germanic Studies and the University of London. Discusses sources for German research in British libraries. Editor's preface, lists of participants and abbreviations, and introduction. Two appendices. READ MORE about GERMAN STUDIES: BRITISH RESOURCES

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Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (1986). 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (iv), 17, (3) pages. Limited to 250 copies. Designed by Allan Kornblum and printed by Kent Aldrich at Coffee House Press. These remarks were delivered by John Parker, Curator of the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota, on February 13, 1986 to celebrate an exhibit of manuscripts loaned to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by several collectors and libraries of the..... READ MORE about A LONG CHAIN OF WORDS

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New York et al.
K.G. Saur, (1980). small 8vo. cloth. vi, 301 pages. New York et al. Part 1 consists of case studies of 12 projects sponsored by the HEA-II-B Library Research and Demonstration Program; Part 2 includes case studies of LSCA III in ten states: AK, CA, MN, MS, NH, NY, ND, RI, TX and VA. This volume 2 is complete in itself. READ MORE about A STUDY OF LIBRARY COOPERATIVES, NETWORKS, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

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