Ithaca: Cornell University Library, 1964. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 148 pages. Ten separate chapters concerning Cornell University Library. READ MORE about THE CORNELL LIBRARY CONFERENCE, PAPERS READ AT THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARIES, OCTOBER 1962
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1690
Princeton: Cotsen Children's Library, 2007. 8vo. paper wrappers. 21, (3) pages. Commemorates the library's 10th anniversary. A whimsical representation of items in the library's collections. Color illustrations throughout. List of credits. Complimentary note laid in. READ MORE about PARTY ANIMALS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114776
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
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 294 pages. First edition. Little critical attention has been given to the history of the library and archives conservation field and specialization. Mooring a Field addresses this historical silence, narrating the period from the 1950s through the 1980s, when the nascent profession emerges from the stirrings of a "craft" activity to become an area of advanced study in the academy. Cunningham-Kruppa questions the philosophical..... READ MORE about MOORING A FIELD: PAUL N. BANKS AND THE EDUCATION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CONSERVATORS
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San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ix), 41 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. With a foreword by Oscar Lewis and a prologue. READ MORE about SEVEN PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARIES
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 101110
(Champaign): University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 223+(1) pages. Summer 1993, 42(1) of Library Trends. Features ten scholarly articles. Notes on the contributors. READ MORE about LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115042
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
Volume 2, No. 1 of the University of California Publications in Librarianship.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1957. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 91 pages. Volume 2, No. 1 of the University of California Publications in Librarianship. With a preface, appendix, index, and a map. Edges tanned. READ MORE about UNITED STATES INFLUENCE ON NORWEGIAN LIBRARIANSHIP, 1890-1940
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 101833
(Hanover, NH): n.p., 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 57+(1) pages. Extra No. 2 of the Library Bulletin commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Friends of the Dartmouth Library. Preface by J. Peter Williamson, Chair of the Friends Executive Committee. Lectures discuss the use of computers, rare books, and collecting books. Frontispiece illustration of Herbert Faulkner West, Dartmouth Class of 1922. READ MORE about THREE LECTURES PRESENTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE...
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Philadelphia: n.p., 1965. small 8vo. boards. 68, (2) pages. Festschrift for this librarian. Signed on the front free endpaper by Verner Clapp, one of the contributors. Spine faded. READ MORE about CHARLES WENDELL DAVID, SCHOLAR, TEACHER, LIBRARIAN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114537
Fullerton, CA: Orangerie Press, California State University, 1973. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. A bibliography of the writings of David W. Davies, scholar, librarian, and founder of the Orangerie Press. With entertaining annotations by DWD, a biographical sketch, and several affectionate essays by friends and colleagues. Printed by Ward Ritchie at the Castle Press. READ MORE about DAVID W. DAVIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 46663
Williamstown, MA: Williams College, n.d. 8vo. brochure. unpaginated. A brochure describing the collections of the Chapin Library, Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. With a front cover illustration of Stetson Hall on the college campus by John DePol. READ MORE about CHAPIN LIBRARY: AN INTRODUCTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132280
With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine
(Jaffrey, NH and Newark, DE): David R. Godine, Publisher in association with The University of Delaware Library, (2004). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 78 pages. With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine. Includes a preface by Susan Brynteson, Director. Oak Knoll Book sold the archives of John DePol to the University of Delaware. Many reproductions of wood engravings. READ MORE about FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN DEPOL
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With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine
(Jaffrey, NH and Newark, DE): David R. Godine, Publisher in association with The University of Delaware Library, (2004). small 8vo. cloth. xvi, 78 pages. With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine. First edition, the cloth bound variant. Includes a preface by Susan Brynteson, Director. A fine copy. Scarce in hardback. Oak Knoll Book sold the archives of John DePol to the University of Delaware. Many reproductions of wood..... READ MORE about FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN DEPOL
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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
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 38662
A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library.
Lake Placid, NY: Forest Press, 1965. 8vo. cloth. 44 pages. A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library. 9th abridged edition. Some rubbing to covers, else near fine. A guide to the Dewey Decimal library classification system. Publisher's foreword, prefce, introduction, list of abbreviations, index. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE INDEX
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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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(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 171-172. An article from "The Princeton University Library Chronicle", Volume XXXVI, Number 3, Spring 1975. Brief biography of this librarian. Minor wear. Laid-in is a small pamphlet with the contents for all the issues of Volume XXXVI. READ MORE about " WILLIAM SHEPHERD DIX."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101762
Chicago: American Library Association, 1972. small 4to. cloth. viii,244 pages. The second supplement to American Library Resources: A Bibliographical Guide1951. Lists printed library catalogs; union lists of books and periodicals; descriptions of special collections; surveys of library holdings; calendars of archives and manuscripts; catalogs of exhibitions; totals 3421 items. Index. Spotting on head-edges of pages; slight crack in back hinge; marks on back cover. READ MORE about AMERICAN LIBRARY RESOURCES, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE, SUPPLEMENT 1961 - 1970
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1966. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. (viii), 179, (5) pages. First edition. A comprehensive guide to library research, this book not only describes research facilities and services but also explains how to use them. The main part of the book is a listing of general and specialized reference works and includes sections on reference books, periodicals, dictionaries, gazetteers, biographies, etc. Cover yellowing, top edge foxed, red stamp on bottom of next..... READ MORE about HOW TO DO LIBRARY RESEARCH
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 64116
Worchester: American Antiquarian Society, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 81 pages. A list of the members and officers of the American Antiquarian Society between 1812 and 1987. READ MORE about MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY 1812-1987
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(Ann Arbor, MI: Regents of the University of Michigan, 2015). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers. v, 169+(1) pages. Acknowledgments, table of contents, list of staff members, photographic credits. A fine copy in fine jacket. A historical overview of the Clements Library. Color illustrations throughout. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about A GREAT LIBRARY EASILY BEGETS AFFECTIOIN: MEMORIES OF THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY 1923-2015
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Madison, WI: Published by Order of the State, 1873. 8vo. original cloth, lacking backstrips. 637+(1); 719+(1) pages. Printed by Atwood & Culver, 1873. An alphabetical list by author of more than 50,000 titles in the Wisconsin State Historical Society (Singerman 3321). Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Each volume lacks back strip, some wear to extremities, corners bumped. Volumes 1-2 complete and self-contained from A to Z, 1873, but lacks Vols. 3-7..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 69672
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
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25126
