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Lehnus, Donald J.

MILESTONES IN CATALOGING: FAMOUS CATALOGERS AND THEIR WRITINGS, 1835-1969.

Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1974. 8vo. cloth. x, 137+(1) pages. An instructional manual on cataloguing and research in library science. Includes three appendices, a bibliography and a photocopy of the author's obituary laid-in with the table of contents. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about MILESTONES IN CATALOGING: FAMOUS CATALOGERS AND THEIR WRITINGS, 1835-1969

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 99355

Liebaers, Herman.

MOSTLY IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THIRTY YEARS WITH BOOKS.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1980. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 240 pages. First edition. Autobiography of this noted Belgium librarian who served as President of the International Federation of Library Associations. READ MORE about MOSTLY IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THIRTY YEARS WITH BOOKS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45197

Littlefield, George Emery.

NOTES ON THE CALENDAR AND THE ALMANAC.

Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1914. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 56 pages. Book covers the reasons why libraries hold onto old calendars and almanacs. It also discusses the reasons calendars and almanacs were created throughout history. Lower edge of the front cover is torn (with paper missing) and the following few pages have some short closed tears as a result. Other small chips and tears in the wraps. Spine worn. READ MORE about NOTES ON THE CALENDAR AND THE ALMANAC

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 91541

Lordi, Joseph A.

OUR FIRST HUNDRED YEARS: BAYARD TAYLOR AND LIBRARIES IN KENNET SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Kennett Square, PA: The Ximena Press, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 115+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Taylor Library in Kennett Square. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of illustrations. Black and white illustrations, three appendices, endnotes. READ MORE about OUR FIRST HUNDRED YEARS: BAYARD TAYLOR AND LIBRARIES IN KENNET SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA

Price: $22.00 Order nr. 121931

Lowe, John Adams.

SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS, PREPARED FOR THE A.L.A. COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING PLANNING.

Chicago: American Library Association, 1939. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound in. 47 pages. First edition. A book concerning small public library buildings. Illustrated. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS, PREPARED FOR THE A.L.A. COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE AND...

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 77732

Lundeen, Gerald (editor).

CONSERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.

Library Trends, Volume 30, no. 2, Fall 1981
Champaign (IL): Univ. of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 175-318 pages. Library Trends, Volume 30, no. 2, Fall 1981. Being an issue of Library Trends. 9 articles, including 1 by W. Rebsamen on binding and 1 on paper by J.C. Williams. Edited with introduction by G. Lundeen of the U. of Hawaii Library School. READ MORE about CONSERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55145

Lyle, Guy.

BEYOND MY EXPECTATION: A PERSONAL CHRONICLE.

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth. viii, 219+(1) pages. Personal recollections of author Guy Lyle about his upbringing in Saskatchewan and his work as director of the Emory University Library. Acknowledgments, table of contents. 33 black and white illustrations. READ MORE about BEYOND MY EXPECTATION: A PERSONAL CHRONICLE

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 115058

Lyle, Guy R.

THE PRESIDENT, THE PROFESSOR AND THE COLLEGE LIBRARY.

New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1963. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 88 pages. Second printing. Includes three addresses to librarians on library problems. READ MORE about THE PRESIDENT, THE PROFESSOR AND THE COLLEGE LIBRARY

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9527

Macdowell, Lillian Ione.

BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Philadelphia: Press of Walther Printing House, 1907. original cloth. (x), 525+(1) pages. An extensive list of works used for teaching. Items are listed alphabetically by author, title, or subject. Ex-library copy. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 57271

MacLeish, Archibald.

LIBRARIES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS.

(Washington): United States Government Printing Office, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 11+(1) pages. Address by MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh on Founders' Day, October 19, 1939. Delivered in the context of the rising threat of totalitarian governments and the outbreak of war in Europe. READ MORE about LIBRARIES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114662

Macleod, Robert D.

COUNTY RURAL LIBRARIES, THEIR POLICY AND ORGANIZATION.

With a Foreword by W.G.S. Adams.
London: Grafton & Co., 1923. small 8vo. cloth. 292 pages. With a Foreword by W.G.S. Adams. First edition. Tipped-in is a slip with the American distributor's imprint. 16 chapters including one on American library systems and their comparison to the British. Illustrated. Only minor cover wear. READ MORE about COUNTY RURAL LIBRARIES, THEIR POLICY AND ORGANIZATION

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 3057

Maltby, Arthur.

SAYERS' MANUAL OF CLASSIFICATION FOR LIBRARIANS.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 336 pages. Fifth edition. This fifth edition was completely revised and partly re-written by Arthur Maltby. Jacket rubbed. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about SAYERS' MANUAL OF CLASSIFICATION FOR LIBRARIANS

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 102726

Marcel, Henry, Henri Bouchot, Ernest Babelon, Paul Marchal, et Camille Counderc.

LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE.

Les Grandes Institutions de France.
Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, Éditeur, 1907. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 134, (ii), 129, (2) pages. Les Grandes Institutions de France. Text in French. This overview of the collections at the Bibliothèque Nationale combines two separately published volumes. Each is paginated individually. The first part contains information on the buildings and their organization as well as the departments of prints and medals, while the second section focuses on the printed books and manuscripts..... READ MORE about LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 95657

Marshall, John David.

APPROACHES TO LIBRARY HISTORY.

Tallahassee, FL: Journal of Library History, 1966. 8vo. cloth. 183+(1) pages. Proceedings of the Second Library History Seminar at the Florida State Library School, March 4-6, 1965. Foreword by the editor. Table of contents. 14 essays with endnotes. List of participants. Boards bumped at corners. READ MORE about APPROACHES TO LIBRARY HISTORY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 115114

Marta, Ferenc.

ATTILA JOZSEF-UNIVERSITAT.

N.P. Szeged, 1971. 12mo. paper wrappers. 82, (2) pages. Booklet about Attila József University in Hungary, with sections on the university's library and its press. READ MORE about ATTILA JOZSEF-UNIVERSITAT

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48163

Martin, Lowell A.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: MIDDLE-AGE CRISIS OR OLD AGE?

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Tenth of the Bowker Memorial Lectures, New Series. READ MORE about THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: MIDDLE-AGE CRISIS OR OLD AGE?

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17744

Mason, Alexandra.

A GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS.

Lawrence, KS: Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, 1987. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages. A guide to the printed and manuscript collections held by the Department of Special Collections in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. Contains twelve black-and-white photographs of items in the collections. Minor wear. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 94545

Mason, David.

THE POPE'S BOOKBINDER: A MEMOIR.

Windsor, Ontario: Biblioasis, (2013). paperback. 6 x 9 inches. (x), 11-462, (2) pages. First paperback edition but this printing includes a chapter "The Hemingway Heist" that is not in the first printing. "For anyone who loves books too well-who lusts after them, lives in them, mainlines them-David Masons memoir will be a fix from heaven. Heartful, cantankerous, droll, his tales of honour and obsession in the trade gratify the very book-love they portray. An irresistible..... READ MORE about THE POPE'S BOOKBINDER: A MEMOIR

Price: $21.95 Order nr. 129019

McCamy, James L.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITIZEN.

New York: Columbia University Press, (1950). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 139+(1) pages. Second printing. Report of the Public Library Inquiry into the activities of the country's largest publisher. Dust jacket chipped and tanned at the edges. READ MORE about GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITIZEN

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106238

McClintock, Marshall.

MILLIONS OF BOOKS THE STORY OF YOUR LIBRARY.

New York: Vanguard Press, (1941). tall 8vo. cloth. 95 pages. First edition. An introduction to libraries for a juvenile. Many illustrations. Covers rubbed. Bookplate of private collector. Library number on spine and stamps in a few places. READ MORE about MILLIONS OF BOOKS THE STORY OF YOUR LIBRARY

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 13873

McClung, Patricia (editor).

SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS IN THE HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND SCIENCES.

Chicago, IL: American Library Association, (1985). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 405+(1) pages. Table of contents, preface, introduction, biographical sketches of editors and contributors, index. Produced by the ALA's Collection Management and Development Committee, Resources and Technical Services Division. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS IN THE HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND SCIENCES

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 126537

McCoy, Donald.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AMERICA'S MINISTRY OF DOCUMENTS 1934-1968.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 437+(1) pages. First edition. Traces the history and development of the National Archives in Washington. Along the way, the author explores the many questions of ownership and privacy inherent to the functioning of a national archive. Well researched with an index. Illustrations in black and white. READ MORE about THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AMERICA'S MINISTRY OF DOCUMENTS 1934-1968

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 77855

McNiff, Philip J.

NOTES, THE CATALOGUING OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY.

N.P. Harvard Library Bulletin, 1950. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pgs. 392-418. An offprint from Harvard Library Bulletin Volume IV, Number 3, Autumn 1950, which discusses Cataloging manuscripts at Harvard University. Nice inscription on front cover "George K. Boyes from W.H. Bond. This is a preliminary statement only, but procedures have not been greatly altered since." READ MORE about NOTES, THE CATALOGUING OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 59085

Mearns, David C.

THE STORY UP TO NOW, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1800-1946.

Washington: The Library of Congress, 1947. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 226 pages. A history of the Library of Congress. Illustrated. Number in ink on cover and first blank page. READ MORE about THE STORY UP TO NOW, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1800-1946

Price: $13.75 Order nr. 35464

Meiner, Annemarie.

EINE FACHBIBLIOTHEK FUR BUCHHANDLER.

Frankfurt: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1966. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. A bibliography of books on the book trade arranged according to subject, including publishing, libraries, and collecting. Indexed. Spine slightly worn. READ MORE about EINE FACHBIBLIOTHEK FUR BUCHHANDLER

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 48286

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