The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]
by Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Co, 1926., 1926. Very Good. ix, 338+[4] pp. ; tan cloth, with pasted paper spine label ; OCLC: 1385886 ; LC: Z665; Dewey: 020.4 ; spine label has a tear ; tiny spot on front cover ; contemporary bookseller's label from Strassburg, PA on front ep ; heraldic bookplate stamp on f ront ep ; slight foxing ; VG
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- Bookseller
- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1718
- Title
- The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]
- Author
- Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Co, 1926.
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- vatican rome library libraries librarianship cataloging storage retrieval books book hunting collecting bibliophiles catalogs card cutter library congress new york public michigan university printing incunabula card catalog vatican library detroit j
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catalog 76 - Books and Bibliography;
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