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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 74 pages. Illustrated. Ian Stephens "The Ill-Famed Mahsuds" / D J Davis "The English Hedge" / H Dennis Jones "Coalminers' Quality" / Dr C A Gibson-Hill "The Cocos-Keeling Islands" / F Lyons "Australia's Rabbit Problem" (BT#47).

Paper covers. Condizione: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Little used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Laminated boards, 8vo, 21 cm, x, 181 pp. 698 entries. A useful and interesting annotated bibliography, with the annotations "in addition to being informative, [being] designed to encourage browsing and serendipity". The scope covers "the history of libraries, librarianship and book-collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the publication date. Included are monographs, theses, pamphlets, periodical articles, etc, which have been written consciously as contributions to library history. However the net has been cast wide enough to capture relevant material discovered in such works as biographies, diaries, county histories, the history of academic institutions and learned societies, and studies of domestic architecture, interior decoration and furniture." Of the 698 entries, the number of entries relating to librarians is 137, ecclesiastical libraries 55, and academic libraries 84. Private libraries, at 181 entries, still remains by far the largest category. As New.…

Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm, ix, 242 pp. 826 entries. A valuable and readable bibliography with over 800 entries which are intelligently annotated. Contents are arranged under the following headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (Universal, British Isles, Academical, Ecclesiastical, Mechanics' institutes and other workers' institutes, National, Private, Public, Special, Subscription) Reading, Study of library history, With an Introduction, Author index and Subject index. From the introduction "By far the largest section is devoted to private libraries. Most of the items are not consciously studies in library history at all. The library interest is subsidiary, the primary concern being biography or social or architectural history. Among the major contributions are a number of monumental catalogues of individual collections. These include the first volume of the Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge (2882), that of Isaac Newton (2873), the second edition of Sir Geoffrey Keynes's catalogue of the library of Edward Gibbon (2833), Shirley Pargeter's Catalogue of the library at Tatton Park (2817) and the sumptuous catalogue of the James A. de Rothschild collection of illuminated manuscripts at Waddesden Manor (2896)." As New. …

Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm, ix, 242 pp. 826 entries. A valuable and readable bibliography with over 800 entries which are intelligently annotated. Contents are arranged under the following headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (Universal, British Isles, Academical, Ecclesiastical, Mechanics' institutes and other workers' institutes, National, Private, Public, Special, Subscription) Reading, Study of library history, With an Introduction, Author index and Subject index. From the introduction "By far the largest section is devoted to private libraries. Most of the items are not consciously studies in library history at all. The library interest is subsidiary, the primary concern being biography or social or architectural history. Among the major contributions are a number of monumental catalogues of individual collections. These include the first volume of the Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge (2882), that of Isaac Newton (2873), the second edition of Sir Geoffrey Keynes's catalogue of the library of Edward Gibbon (2833), Shirley Pargeter's Catalogue of the library at Tatton Park (2817) and the sumptuous catalogue of the James A. de Rothschild collection of illuminated manuscripts at Waddesden Manor (2896)." As New. …

Laminated boards, 8vo, 21 cm, x, 181 pp. 698 entries. A useful and interesting annotated bibliography, with the annotations "in addition to being informative, [being] designed to encourage browsing and serendipity". The scope covers "the history of libraries, librarianship and book-collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the publication date. Included are monographs, theses, pamphlets, periodical articles, etc, which have been written consciously as contributions to library history. However the net has been cast wide enough to capture relevant material discovered in such works as biographies, diaries, county histories, the history of academic institutions and learned societies, and studies of domestic architecture, interior decoration and furniture." Of the 698 entries, the number of entries relating to librarians is 137, ecclesiastical libraries 55, and academic libraries 84. Private libraries, at 181 entries, still remains by far the largest category. As New.…

London, Library Association, 1972, in-8, br., pp. 164.

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. xvi, 358 p. Very good. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1120.