Companion to South African Libraries
by Musiker, Reuben
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0868520403
- ISBN 13
- 9780868520407
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Johannesburg, Ad. Donker, 1986) 0868520403. Large 8vo; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 253, incl. index; photographs. Dustwrapper a little rubbed; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "The Companion to South African Libraries has been designed to provide a unique conspectus of the South African library world. Here, for the first time, is an encyclopaedic overview of numerous topics which constitute the fabric of the South African library and information scene. The book is in the format of a reference work so that a wide variety of basic important, and sometimes contentious, subjects are included.
The Companion will be an indispensable work of reference for all those who seek information on South African librarianship in all its facets." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10955
- Title
- Companion to South African Libraries
- Author
- Musiker, Reuben
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0868520403
- ISBN 13
- 9780868520407
- Publisher
- (Johannesburg, Ad. Donker, 1986) 0868520403
- Place of Publication
- Craighall
- This edition first published
- 1986
- Keywords
- South African Libraries. Librarianship. Reference. Book collecting. Collections. Africana. Information retrieval. Documenation centres Books about books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about books;
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