CLARENCE SAUNDERS BRIGHAM 1877-1963.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 14 pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings. READ MORE about CLARENCE SAUNDERS BRIGHAM 1877-1963
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Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 14 pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings. READ MORE about CLARENCE SAUNDERS BRIGHAM 1877-1963
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Washington: Office of Management Services, Association of Research Libraries, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 121+(1) pages. SPEC Kit 152 (March 1989), on brittle books. Guidance on implementation and management of brittle books. Results of a survey of ARL members with responses from 64 of 118 members. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about BRITTLE BOOKS PROGRAMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108659
Berkeley, CA: University of California: Berkeley, 1975. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. 45 pages. A scarce publication on conservation of library materials. A fine copy. Subjects include: Causes of Paper Deterioration Preventive Measures Collections Maintenance in The General Library Treatmen Binding Preservation Microfilming Disaster Control Selection and Decision Making Staffing the Conservation Program Costs Also includes an introduction and references. READ MORE about A PROGRAM FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS IN THE GENERAL LIBRARY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138111
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, (2006). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 250 pages. Table of contents, preface, chapter notes, bibliography, index. A guide to preparation and maintenance of library exhibits. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about EXHIBITS IN LIBRARIES A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 128389
Kent, OH: Kent State University Libraries, 1969. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Introductory remarks by Robert I. White and a preface by Hyman W. Kritzer. READ MORE about MERE COLLECTORS' ITEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 40296
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Libraries, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 31+(1) pages. A guide to the University of Kansas Department of Special Collections. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102041
Buffalo: n.p., 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. A listing of Evans books in the Rare Book Room of the library. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF EVANS TITLES IN THE RARE BOOK ROOM OF THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 101852
Los Angeles: UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, (2001). small 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 464 pages. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Hammer Museum, L.A., Oct., 2001-Jan.,2002. A fine copy. A celebration of special collection treasures borrowed from 30 libraries in the Los Angeles area, ranging from the first English edition of Euclid with three-dimensional illustrations to Amelia Earhart's log of a flight across the Atlantic to the orginal diaries kept by Anais..... READ MORE about THE WORLD FROM HERE, TREASURES OF THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF LOS ANGELES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 70427
Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964.
(Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, Inc., 1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58+(1) pages. Founded to serve scholarship in the history of science and technology-a report made on the occasion of occupying its permanent building in April 1964. Catalogue and history of the Burndy Library collection. Faded along spine. READ MORE about BURNDY LIBRARY
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Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 154 pages. Evolved from The Library Company of Wilmington, the Wilmington Institute, and the Wilmington Institute Free Library. A fine copy. With a bibliography, chronology and listing of librarians, etc. Illustrated. READ MORE about SO LAUDABLE AN UNDERTAKING, THE WILMINGTON LIBRARY, 1788-1988
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 66825
New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1945. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. An annual report for 1944. Includes statistics and a directory of branch libraries. READ MORE about BUSY BOOKS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1944
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131834
New York, NY: Burt Franklin, (1970). 8vo. cloth. xxxviii, 461+(1) pages. Reprint of 1901 first edition. No. 418 in the publisher's "Research & Source Books Works Series." No. 134 in the "American Classics in History and Social Science" series. Preface, table of contents, two appendices, index. Frontispiece. An official in colonial Virginia best known for his survey of the Virginia-North Carolina boundary. One appendix contains a listing of Byrd's extensive library. READ MORE about THE WRITINGS OF COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD OF WESTOVER IN VIRGINIA ESQR
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 122057
San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1995-1996. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. The complete auction catalogue (Sale 69, 84, 96) of this very important sale of 433, 756, and 580 entries respectively. With an introduction and short selected bibliography. Part 1: WESTERN EXPLORATION; THE FUR TRADE; THE NATIVE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT & EXPLOITATION. Section 1, The Native American, Lot 1-54; Section II, Western Exploration, Losts 55-247; Section III, Settlement & Exploitation, Lots 248-433. Part 2: CALIFORNIA..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF DR. ROGER K. LARSON, PARTS 1-3
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 101443
2 volumes; Bulletins III and IV
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Printing Office, 1946, 1947. 8vo. cloth. (ii), 53+(1); 110 pages, 10; 24 plates. 2 volumes; Bulletins III and IV. Bulletin III limited to 150 copies and bulletin IV limited to 200 copies. Bulletin III consists of reports and letters by various librarians at the Harvard University, including Directors of the Library of the Harvard Law School and the Houghton Library. Bulletin IV lists recent additions to the Canadian collection and the..... READ MORE about THE CANADIAN COLLECTION AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 96764
Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, (1967). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 158 pages. First edition. "Essays from the Librarian's desk on twentieth century man and his books." With humorous illustrations. READ MORE about IN A GRAND AND AWFUL TIME
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 34853
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Program in celebration of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's one hundredth anniversary. With the article "Free to the People," by Hax McCullough. Photographs. READ MORE about CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH, 100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER
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Organization and Scope. Sixth Issue, February 28, 1917.
Washington, D.C. Carnegie Institution, 1917. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 49+(1) pages. Organization and Scope. Sixth Issue, February 28, 1917. Examines the organization and scope of the institution, along with its various departments. Wear at extremities, coverrs heavily sunned. READ MORE about THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, FOUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE
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1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 291-474, (2) pages. Being Vol. 38, No.4, October 1968, issue of The Library Quarterly. The entire issue is devoted to Carnovsky. Library stamp on front cover. READ MORE about " IN HONOR OF LEON CARNOVSKY."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97572
Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 76+(1) pages. A special issue of the Harvard Library Bulletin, New Series Fall 1995, Volume 6, Number 3. Includes several essays on the importance of the Widener Library. Paper loss in corner front cover. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about WIDENER LIBRARY: VOICES FROM THE STACKS
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Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1986. 8vo. cloth. xii, 216 pages. Describes the history of the library buildings and the holdings of the Harvard University Library. READ MORE about THE FIRST 350 YEARS OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, DESCRIPTION OF AN EXHIBITION
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 40 pages. A lecture given by Kenneth Carpenter at the Library of Congress on September 25, 1995 in which he calls for a new collaborative history of libraries and their role in American culture, READ MORE about READERS & LIBRARIES
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Davis, CA: University of California, Davis, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 14, (2) pages. Keepsake Number 7 in a series issued by the University of California, Davis. Foreword by Celeste Turner Wright. Discussion of the finding of the text of a novel by William Dean Howells. READ MORE about ON THE TRAIL OF THE TRUTH
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William A. Caruthers and His Reading, 1823-29
New York: The New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 13+(1) pages. William A. Caruthers and His Reading, 1823-29. Lists and describes texts read by Caruthers in the New York Public Library that might have influenced his writing. Pages have slight tanning on edges. Creasing on top right edge and slight fold mark on lower right corner. Corners bumped. READ MORE about AN EARLY HISTORICAL NOVELIST GOES TO THE LIBRARY
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Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Reprint of an address given before the District of Columbia Library Association. Contains a bibliography of Peacock Press titles in the rear. READ MORE about LONG, WARM FRIENDSHIP: H.L. MENCKEN AND THE ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1176
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1987. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, (i), 414 pages. An extensive collection of manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, and microfilm holdings from the American Philosophical Society are well-indexed here. Some wear on edges of dust jacket. Upper corners lightly bumped. READ MORE about A NEW GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97419