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Haworth Information Press, 1999. 1st paperback edition. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. A collection of papers dealing with the special problems of cataloguing maps in library systems. The chapter on 'Handling early cartographic material' (pp. 229-301) is particularly useful. xiv, 487 pp. plus bound-in advertising card at rear. more information

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Chronica Botanica (offprint), 1947. Vol. 11, no. 2. Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. V.g.; owner's initials on cover. Despite the Latin title, this work includes a preface in English, bibliographic citations dealing with the history of Russian botany (those in Russian being transliterated) with brief analyses, and a very useful subject index. Also noteworthy is the plate occupying the centrefold, showing an 1898 plan of the Imperial Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg (which now houses the Komarov Botanical Institute). Rare. more information

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Random House, New York, 2001. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. A polemical critique of the trend towards electronic or photographic "preservation" of library materials, perhaps not entirely disinterested since the author recently purchased voluminous newspaper archives on his own behalf in order to "rescue" them. Should be compulsory reading for trainee librarians. xii, 370, (1) pp., 4 pp. of colour plates. more information

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The author, 1999. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /v.g. Fine/v.g. (tear at foot of spine). Everything you need to know about secondhand bookdealing; the book is just as useful for the customer as it is for the prospective dealer, as it provides useful insights into the trade at a time of transition to the internet economy. Baldwin is a successful natural history dealer specialising in geology. x, 214 pp. more information

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Publishing research consortium, 2007. PRC Summary Papers no. 2. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. An international survey of librarians' preferences, which can be summed up by saying that most librarians 'welcomed the challenge that Open Access presents to established publishing models'. Now there's a surprise! 16 pp. more information

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The Bookplate Society, 2008. 1st edition. Paper covers. New /No Jacket. 128 pp. Catalogue drawn partly from the Booth collection of East Anglian bookplates, together with examples from the author's own collection. Well illustrated in colour and monochrome. Includes some highly amusing asides such as 'putti at work and at play'. more information

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Carnegie Publishing, Lancaster, 2000. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. As new/Fine. Nearly new, with dust jacket and published in Lancaster (not Preston). Signed by the second author. The Portico Library is one of Manchester's most historic cultural institutions, founded in 1806 in a neoclassical building designed by the distinguished architect Thomas Harrison. Today, the ground floor has sadly been turned into a pub, but the book stacks remain proudly on the first floor gallery. An early subscription library, many of the Portico's books have seen better days, Manchester's heavily polluted atmosphere in the 19th century having devoured the leather bindings; and unlike the Liverpool Athenaeum, which has both a fine library and dining facilities, the books take centre stage. Definitely a book for the bibliophile. more information

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Liverpool City Council, Central Public Libraries, William Brown St, 1957. Paper covers. Good /No Jacket. Cover foxed and soiled, internally clean. Includes loosely inserted booking forms for parties attending exhibitions and for entries to the literary competition. 64 pp. more information

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Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/Good . V.g., former owner's inscription, jacket chipped at bottom edge, faded at spine, but no shelf wear. An invaluable guide to the historic and modern collections of dried plant specimens in the UK's oldest institutional herbarium. More than a simple enumeration, this work provides chapters on the makers of the herbaria (foundation donors), special collections (Bobart, Sherard, Dillenius, Dampier, Bartram) and an account of the more recent history including the addition of the Fielding collection. The second part of the book is an alphabetical index to collectors with particulars of where, when and what they collected. Since these include many non-British collectors, this is a useful adjunct to Desmond's "Dictionary". The book concludes with a selection of handwriting samples. viii, 280 pp., 12 plates. more information

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Liverpool Library, Museum and Arts Committee, 1906. 1st edition. Library buckram. V.g. /No Jacket. Rebound in red buckram with gilt title on spine, internally a very good unmarked copy. With a short introduction by Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian, summarising the generous gift of a fine library in the will of Hugh Frederick Hornby of Wavertree, along with the sizeable sum of £10,000 to "assist the authorities to provide a building in which to store the collection" - a job they did with aplomb. Whether Hornby would have approved of the use of this space for receptions and openings is an interesting question. His library comprised some 8,000 volumes, mostly chosen "to illustrate the history and progress of the graphic arts from early times to the present". It also contains a complete set of the works issued by the Kelmscott Press. There is also a range of fine bindings, though this catalogue does not cover prints, autographs and art bindings. (9), 648 pp. more information

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Library Association , 1953. Reprint of the 4th edition published in 1904 by the U.S. Bureau of Education (facsimile made in 1935, 3rd reprint); first published in 1875. Paper covers. Good /No Jacket. Spine split at base, cover soiled, edges dusted. Sensible cataloguing rules (superseded by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) still largely employed today. 173 pp. more information

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Prospect Books, 1989. 1st edition. Hard covers (white cloth), dust jacket. V.g. /Good. The half-title "Cookery and Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914, Volume Two: Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914" is somewhat misleading, as there is as yet no Volume One covering the period between Elizabeth Maclean's 18th century short-title catalogue and the present work. Arranged by author (if named) and title (if anonymous), then by title and edition, the bibliographic citation is followed by a list of UK and US libraries which hold the book, and a note with points of significance. Occasionally, as for example the entries for Mrs Isabella Beeton and Charles Senn, there is an introductory biographical note which in her case runs to two pages. 748 pp. more information

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The University Press of Liverpool, 1947. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Ex-library copy, edges sl. rubbed, with an elaborate City of Westmnster bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on t.p. and discreet inkstamps elsewhere. The modest yet understated achievement of one of the longer-established University presses among red-brick universities, is well described in this monograph. Includes a catalogue of the publications, in chronological order. No index. 78 pp. more information

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2001. 1st edition. Paper covers. New /New. Covers the period from 1995 to 2001. No ISBN. 40 pp. more information

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Crosby Lockwood, 1947; 1950. 2 vols. . Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/Good. First two volumes of a bibliography of books on agriculture and estate management. Informative, especially for the book collector. Vol. 1: (8), 141 pp; vol. 2: ix, 186 pp. Vol. 2 has a review from the Times Literary Supplement (28 April, 1950) tipped in to the front free end paper. more information

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1989. 1st edition. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Anyone contemplating the daunting task of attempting to consult Russian archives will find this book of great interest. Despite its somewhat dated appearance, it is still a very good summary of available resources and the advice it contains is invaluable. It also gives insights into the complexities and subtleties of Soviet bureaucracy, a mindset that is still not entirely eliminated in today's Russia. xxxiv, 430 pp. more information

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003. Hard covers, dust jacket. As new / As new . Describes the trials and tribulations of an ornithologist in early 19th century America, who made several trips to Europe in pursuit of his dream: a double elephant folio book (hence the title) illustrating the birds of North America at life size. Today only around 120 copies have survived intact, and they fetch telephone number prices on the rare occasions when one comes up for sale. A little-known aspect of the work is its attention to habitat detail; plant associates of the birds are well illustrated, and often captioned. Audubon was fortunate, after a false start in Edinburgh, to engage the services of a superbly skilled illustrator and printer, Robert Havell jnr. and a talented editor/copywriter, William McGillivray. Hart-Davis's book, as befits one on this subject, is illustrated with a number of well-chosen colour plates and includes a more than averagely affectionate portrait of C19 Liverpool. 288 pp. End papers decorated with Audubon's plate of the long-billed curlew. more information

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The Royal Society, 1969. 1st edition. Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. Primarily an author index (with some titles of persons included). lxviii [48] pp. more information

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Macmillan, 2002. 1st edition. Fine /Fine. Hard covers, dust jacket Scarcely used. xvii, 398 pp. more information

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The Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1975. N.S. vol. 18. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. Traces of a sticker on rear cover, otherwise very good (one corner sl. bumped). vii, (frontispiece), 403 pp. more information

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Pitman Publishing, 1974. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. The inside story of the bookselling business in the pre-internet era, detailing the quaint practices such as the Net Book Agreement which governed the trade. His chapter on second-hand bookselling is calculated to deter all but the most intrepid from embarking on an activity which he, a former manager of Hatchards, clearly feels is mildly distasteful except for what he terms the "high-class" end of the trade. x, 246 pp. more information

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Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, 1968. 1st edition. Publisher's dark green cloth, no dust jacket. V.g/ No Jacket . V.g. Facsimile of computer database output, arranged alphabetically, listing virtually all known botanical periodicals with both standardised and variant titles. A bibliographic masterpiece, and one of the key reference works for plant taxonomists and botany librarians. This book also contains a number of more general titles, even including publications of the Quekett Microscopical Club. There is no index, but Appendix 1 contains a list of words and abbreviations with their often varied expanded equivalents. There is also a fascinating 'Political Chronology' (Appendix 2) giving details of places of publication (in English) and their historical variants. The book concludes with the wise epitaph by Alexander Pope: "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor ne'er will be." 1063 pp. As this is a heavy book, please ask for a transport quotation when ordering. more information

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Private Libraries Association, 1982. The Private Library vol. 5 part 2 (3rd series). Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. As new. The whole of this part is devoted to Lee's article, paginated 57-116. It is copiously illustrated with examples, and serves as a useful guide to anyone contemplating a commission, though Mark Severin's mermaid and friend (as depicted by John Buckland Wright) could alarm the sea-horses. 30 leaves. more information

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Prospect Books, 1981. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. As new/Fine. Nearly new. Definitive bibliography of antiquarian cookery books. more information

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Archbishop Marsh's Library, Dublin, 2000. 1st edition in paperback. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Catalogue of an exhibition at Archbishop Marsh's historic library in Dublin, originally a chained (or more precisely, caged) library. Thanks to a recent sympathetic restoration it is still full of period charm. Includes "a note on Marsh's library" (p. 91), authors' index and bibliography. 83 works are described, many with illustrations taken from the books themselves. It includes many rarities by authors ranging from G.A. Agricola to Giacomo Zanoni and from Dioscorides to Wendy Walsh. Limited edition (no. 715 of 750). 94, (1) pp. more information

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London: The Holland Press / Arco Publications, 1957. 2 vols. Facsimile edition, first published in 1910. Tan cloth, dust jacket. V.g. /Good. Jackets frayed, text blocks in excellent condition. 2 vols. more information

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Smithsonian Institution, 1947. . Paper covers. V.g/ No Jacket . V.g., uncut and untrimmed, in grey wrappers, spine sl. frayed. Important bibliography of Pacific island botany, including a subject index (by Egbert H. Walker). more information

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Oak Knoll Press / British Library, 1996. Fourth edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. A much updated edition of this classic history. 372 pp., 14 monochrome plates (at rear). Essential reading and reference for the archaeobibliophile. more information

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Holland Press, 1988. 3rd edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Fine. Pages tanned at edges. An updated edition of this classic history. 326 pp., 11 monochrome plates (at rear), coloured frontispiece. Essential reading and reference for the archaeobibliophile. more information

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Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, Tehran, 1975-1978. 2 vols. Decorated leatherette covers with gilt titling and designs. As new /No Jacket. In English, the notes published in both English and Farsi. A remarkably thorough compilation of the literature of Islamic science. Vol. 1: lxiv, 432, 9 pp; vol. 2: xxiii, 317, 2, (8) pp. more information

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Association of Assistant Librarians, 1952. 1st edition. Hard covers, no wrapper. Good /No Jacket. Good ex-library copy with Association of Assistant Librarians Liverpool & District Branch bookplate and usual stamps; some shelfwear, cover soiled, binding shaken; 204 pp. more information

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Owl Books, 1993. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. New/New. Signed by the author. An account of Warrington's leading firm of printers in the late 18th century, who acquired a national reputation for the quality of their work. A close association with the Warrington Academy was a significant factor in their success. The book includes bibliographies of works published, or merely printed, by Eyres' Press, and has a bound-in page of letterpress (reproducing the title page of Robinson's "Sketches in verse" of 1801). 1-76, (1), 77-128 pp. more information

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George Allen & Unwin, 1951. 1st edition. Practical Library Handbooks: XII. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. V.g./v.g., not clipped. 114, (2) pp. more information

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Cheshire Libraries & Museums, 1977. Green plasticated hard cover, no d.w. As new/No Jacket. Nearly new. Compiled by Shirley Pargeter of Warrington Library, then one of the constituent libraries of the Cheshire County Library service, this pioneering example of a modern catalogue of a National Trust mansion's library sets a high descriptive standard, though the book is somewhat let down by an absence of any form of subject index and the entries are not individually numbered. Anonymous tracts are entered twice where the author is inferred, once under the author's name and again under the title. The Egertons' tastes predictably embraced the classic 17th and 18th century works on art and antiquities, supplemented by a wide coverage of English literature. Although works by members of the Tatton branch of the Egerton family are well represented, there is nothing (say) on geology by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton of Oulton Park, and natural history is inconspicuous. There is a small but interesting music library. The introduction, by E.J. Miller (the Trust's libraries adviser) makes the valid point that libraries of this type are not merely collections of books, but reflect the cultural background and social status of the family's members; books being more personal than artefacts tend to highlight their whims and enthusiasms through the centuries. more information

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Mansell Publishing , 1989. A supplement to Wainwright and Matthews. . Hard covers, no dust jacket. Fine/No Jacket. This is the original edition, not the Continuum reprint of 1990 which has the same ISBN. A supplement to Wainwright & Matthews' work of the same title, about a quarter of this guide to archive resources is devoted to a summary of material in the India Office library (as then known), the rest being a more detailed account of archives from other London repositories, notably the Imperial War Museum, the National Army Museum, the Public Record Office and SOAS. It is very well indexed. vii, 319 pp. more information

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Association of Assistant Librarians, 1951. 3rd revised edition. Hard covers, no wrapper. Fair /No Jacket. Fair ex-library copy with Association of Assistant Librarians Liverpool & District Branch bookplate and usual stamps; some shelfwear, spine split at front, cover soiled; 230 pp. more information

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Berolini, in libraria Friderici Nicolai, 1855. 1st edition. Publisher's red cloth. Fair /No Jacket. Front board detached; library bookplate; corners worn. An extremely rare reference work, the fore-runner to Index Londinensis, giving access to the places of publication of plant illustrations in a wide range of 17th-19th century literature. xxi, 592 pp. (note: the columns are separately paginated, with two to a page, so there are 1184 numbered columns excluding the prelims). more information

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Phaidon / Christie's, Oxford, 1988. 2nd impression, first published in 1985. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. Scarcely used; price sticker on front flap. (2), 160 pp. more information

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Aslib/IMI, 2000. 11th edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket (as issued). V.g. /V.g. A near fine copy. A bibliography of libraries. ix, 1559, (4) pp. more information

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Grafton & Co, 1944. 2nd edition, revised. Hard covers, no wrapper. Good /No Jacket. Good ex-library copy with Association of Assistant Librarians Liverpool & District Branch bookplate and usual stamps; some shelfwear, paperclip has left rusty mark. xvi, 344 pp. more information

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Scandinavian University Press, 1970. Norsk Bibliografisk Bibliotek Band 44. Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. Jacket sl. soiled and creased, slight edge wear, spine with reading creases, internally near fine. An invaluable bibliography of 'Norvegica', travellers' accounts of visits to Norway. more information

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Systematics Association, 1988. Special Volume no. 33. Hard covers, no dust jacket (as issued). As new /No Jacket. Former owner's signature on ffep, otherwise as new. more information

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John Murray, London, 1911. Publisher's navy-blue cloth, gilt title on spine, no jacket. V.G. /No Jacket. Extremities of spine bumped, otherwise a fine copy. 380 pp. more information

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London: the author, 1837. 1st edition. Blue library buckram, gilt lettering on spine. Good /No Jacket. Ex-library copy bound in C20 library cloth, with library label overstamped and a few small library stamps; three bookseller's catalogues and a 4-page Prospectus for the author's Tenures of Kent bound in at rear; also bound in is a folded letter addressed to 'Messrs Nichols & Son, Gentleman's Magazine' postmarked Canterbury and dated October 27, 1837. Tipped into the text are printed slips taken from catalogues, which serve to augment the main bibliography. Despite its sojourn in a public library, the book is little worn and almost unmarked save for a few neat handwritten annotations in the section on maps and occasionally elsewhere. Some foxing of the index. xiv (including list of subscribers), frontispiece (samples of autographs of eminent Kentish writers), 360 pp. plus catalogues (32, 8 and 32 pp). more information

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Antiquariaat Forum, Utrecht & Antiquariaat Julius Steiner-Asher, Amsterdam, n.d. [c. 1992]. Colour-printed boards. V.g. / No Jacket . A joint catalogue of two antiquarian book dealers listing 335 titles, copiously illustrated in both colour and monochrome with figures taken from the various volumes. A very collectable catalogue, in fine condition (includes loosely inserted price list). more information

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British Sporting Art Trust, 1994. 1st edition. Paper covers. New /New. Covers the period from 1985 to 1994. No ISBN. 47 pp. more information

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University of Toronto Press, 1996. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. Fine/fine. A thorough account of periodical literature in the far-flung tracts coloured red on Victorian maps of the world; as well as the obvious areas, such as Canada, Australia and the African nations ruled by Britain, it includes a fascinating section on "outposts of Empire" with a probably incomplete account of periodicals from the West Indies, S.E. Asia and elsewhere. Contributors include Brahma Chaudhuri, Brian Cheadle, N. Merrill Distad, J. Reginald Tye, and Elizabeth Webby in addition to the editors. The index includes all cited titles and much more besides. x, 371 pp. more information

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The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1974. 1st edition. Publisher's blue boards, no dust jacket. Fine /No Jacket. Fine; no d.w. Library catalogue with scholarly annotations. James Logan, the son of a Quaker schoolmaster from Lurgan, Ireland, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Pennsylvania and the founder of one of pre-revolutionary America's most significant private libraries. 16 monochrome plates, lvii + 578 pp. more information

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