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Alexandria Library Company|The
by William Seale
Founded in 1794 as a subscription library. Operated library until public library opened in 1937. Continues to meet and sponsor an annual lecture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-130).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-130).
Early Experiences Of Life In South Australia, and An Extended Colonial History
by John Wrathall Bull
Libraries Books & Ephemera
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND ITS ACTIVITIES.|THE
Washington: (Library of Congress), 1926. stiff paper wrappers. Library of Congress. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 67+(1) pages, plates. Amplification and revision of a previous publication describing the mission and responsibilities of the Library of Congress. Frontispiece illustration of the main library building. Foreword, bibliography, black and white plate, floor plans. Wrappers lightly soiled.
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€23.63
RIGHT WAY TO RUN A LIBRARY BUSINESS INCLUDING GUIDANCE ON LIBRARIANSHIP AS A CAREER ...|THE
by Joy, Thomas
Glade House: Right Way Books, n.d.. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 124, (4) pages. Covers the business of running small and large libraries. Jacket has minor chipping.
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€29.30
ORGANISATION DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN ARBEIT
by Spandl, Oskar Peter
Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1974. paper wrappers. 12mo. paper wrappers. x, 113, (3) pages. On the organization of scientific work, with a section on libraries. A near fine copy.
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€21.74
ADVANCES IN PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
by Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner and Mary E. Jackson (editors)
Westport, CT: Meckler, 1992. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 297+(1) pages. Volume 1. A volume in the Library Administration and Practice series. Table of contents, introduction by Higginbotham, index. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper.
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€17.96
TOLSTOI IN ENGLISH 1878-1929
by Yassukovitch, Antonina
New York: New York Public Library, 1929. paper wrappers. Tolstoi, Leo. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 37 pages. Introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Front wrapper soiled. Corners bumped. Rear wrapper and pp.21-37 torn and creased. P.19 soiled.
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€21.74
NECESSITY OF REFERENCE BOOKS IN THE DIGITAL AGE.|THE
by Bruccoli, Matthew J., Richard Layman, Joel Myerson
N.P.: The Print Conservancy, 2008. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Three essays, based on presentations at the Conservancy's Charleston Conference (2007), arguing for the continued availability of reference books in the digital age. Conservancy founder Frederick G. Ruffner argued that "the diminished presence of reference books" is "profoundly uncultural.
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€17.96
CHARTIST'S LIBRARY.|A
by Hambrick, Margaret
London: Mansell Publishing Ltd, 1986. cloth. large 8vo. cloth. (vi), 266 pages. The journalist and newspaper publisher George Julian Harney (1817-1897) was one of the more radical members of the Chartist movement. After the apparent failure of Chartism, and European radicalism in general, in 1848, he began to withdraw from politics, but continued to acquire books for his library. This is a reconstruction of Harney's library with later additions by family; most but not all of it physically resides in the...
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€12.29
GREAT LIBRARY EASILY BEGETS AFFECTIOIN: MEMORIES OF THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY 1923-2015.|A
by Dunnigan, Brian Leigh, Cheney J. Schopieray, Emiko Hastings, and J. Kevin Graffagnino (editors)
(Ann Arbor, MI: Regents of the University of Michigan, 2015. cloth, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers. 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.
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€33.08
BOOKS AND IDEAS: THE LIBRARY OF PLATO AND THE ACADEMY
by Staikos, Konstantinos Sp
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers, 2013. hardcover, dust jacket. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 304 pages. This publication examines the papyrus books collected by Plato himself, a habit which began when he was still 'studying' under Socrates and continued throughout his years of teaching in the Academy. The book deals extensively with the works of the Ionian and Eleatic Natural Philosophers, as well as of the Pythagoreans, which informed the composition of...
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€37.81
ART LIBRARY MANUAL, A GUIDE TO RESOURCES AND PRACTICE
by Pacey, Philip (editor)
London: Bowker, 1978. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 424 pages. First U.S. edition. A handbook on organizing, managing and documenting materials in libraries that specialize in art and design. Indexed. Name in ink at top of free endpaper.
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€35.92
CANADIAN COLLECTION AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.|THE
by Morse, William Inglis (editor)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Printing Office, 1947. cloth. Canada. 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 correspondence of Thomas...
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€41.59
OLDEST LIBRARY MOTTO, AND OTHER LIBRARY ESSAYS.|THE
by Lutz, Cora E
Hamden: Archon, 1979. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. For the curious, the oldest motto is "the house of healing for the soul." Illustrated. Well preserved copy.
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€29.30
RISE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA.|THE
by Held, Ray E
Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1973. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 203 pages. First edition. With statistics.
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€29.30
TROIS CENTS CHEFS-D'OEUVRE EN FAC-SIMILÉ
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1940. stiff paper wrappers with color illustration tipped-in on front cover. Bibliothèque Nationale. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with color illustration tipped-in on front cover. (iv), iv, 52, (2) pages. Manuscrits, Enluminures, Incunables, Livres Précieux Estampes, Dessins, Cartes Portulans, Médailles et Antiques. Text in French. Near fine. Bibliography of the facsimiles in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Small notes written in pencil on back of front wrapper and front...
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€35.92
HARVARD LIBRARY BULLETIN. VOL 4, NO 4
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Library, 1994. stiff paper wrappers. Harvard. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 71 pages. Includes the following: The Houghton Library, 1991-1993: The Librarian and the Curators of the Houghton Library; The Uses of Manuscripts: Late Medieval English by Derek Pearsall; Seven Bad Reasons Not to Study Manuscripts, by Robert Darnton; Columbus in Chains: Tennyson and the Conquests of Monologue, by Herbert F. Tucker, and The Two Lives of the Poem, by Helen Vendler.
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€17.96
Souvenir Programme: Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Ontario Library Association, March 28-29, 1921
by University of Toronto Press
Toronto, 1921. Booklet. Near fine. 24 p. 23 cm. B&w portraits. Stapled. Ink note and scuff at top front. Else fine.
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€33.08
BRITISH MUSEUM READING ROOM, A HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS.|THE
by Peddie, R.A
London: Grafton and Co, 1912. paper wrappers. 12mo. paper wrappers. vii, 61 pages. Revised and enlarged from R. A. Peddie's lecture, "How to use the Reading Room of the British Museum," delivered at the museum on several occasions during the years 1911 to 1912. It explains rules and intructions for the reading room. Includes a fold out of a subject index. Covers worn and loose at spine.
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€29.30
CATALOGUE TO AN EXHIBTION OF NOTABLE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRAYR
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1970. paper wrappers. Regenstein, Joseph. 4to. paper wrappers. 95 pages. An exhibition catalogue for the dedication of the Joseph Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. A fine copy.
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€21.74
SCHOOL LIBRARY AS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM.|THE
by Swarthout, Charlene R
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1967. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 235 pages. Reproduced from typescript.
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€9.45
CATALOGUE OF THE LIVERPOOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
by Huggins, Samuel
Liverpool: J.R. Williams, 1872. modern cloth, leather spine label. Liverpool Free Public Library. 4to. modern cloth, leather spine label. viii, 622 pages. The catalogue of a library intended to serve "the working-man." Significant holdings related to the applied arts including illustrated works on painting, sculpture and architecture. Introduction and brief history of the institution by the author. Some internal nineteenth century library markings.
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€94.52
RESEARCH LIBRARIES ENTER THE INFORMATION AGE
by De Gennaro, Richard
New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1980. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Seventh Bowker Memorial Lectures, New Series.
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€7.56
CORNELL LIBRARY CONFERENCE, PAPERS READ AT THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARIES, OCTOBER 1962.|THE
Ithaca: Cornell University Library, 1964. cloth. Cornell Library. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 148 pages. Ten separate chapters concerning Cornell University Library.
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€12.29
LIBRARY EVALUATION
by Yenawine, Wayne S. (editor)
(Syracuse, NY): Syracuse University Press, 1959. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. "Frontiers of Librarianship-Number Two" issued by the School of Library Science as Syracuse. Three essays, providing criteria for the evaluation of libraries, from the perspectives of collections and personnel. Foreword by the editor.
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€12.29
CHAPIN LIBRARY: AN INTRODUCTION
Williamstown, MA: Williams College, n.d.. brochure. DePol, John. 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.
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€11.34
QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT AND DYNAMIC LIBRARY SERVICE
by Chen, Ching-chih
(Phoenxi, AZ): Oryx Press, 1980. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xx, (ii), 290 pages. Reprint of the 1978 first edition.
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€8.51
