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Bibliophilia Scholastica Floreat : fifty years of rare books and special collections at the University of Toronto

by Landon, Richard

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Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library., 2005 Book. New. Original Wraps. 1st Can Edition. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Sept. 26-Dec. 21, 2005. 132p. illus..
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Catalogue of the Travers Collection in the University of Sussex Library

by Potter, Jeremy M [ed]

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Brighton: University of Sussex Library, 1990 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. 274p. indices. Addenda & Corrigenda sheet laid in.
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Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930
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Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930

by Bruce, Lorne

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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994 Ex-Library. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. This book provides a detailed and reflective account of the people, groups, communities, and ideas that shaped library development in the decades between 1850 and 1930, from Egerton Ryerson to George Locke, from the Mechanics Institutes to renovated Carnegie libraries. A chronological narrative, lively writings by the people involved, tables, maps, graphs, and period photographs combine to tell the stories of the librarians, trustees, educators, politicians, and library users who contributed to Ontario's early public library system. . 347p. illus .bibliography. index. "Friends of the library" dated book stamp on ffep. Text otherwise completely crisp and unmarked - looks unread .
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

by Basbanes, Nicholas A

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New York: Perennial HarperCollins, 2003 Book. As New. Trade Paperback. 1st Pbk Edition. The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives. He explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including acedmic, public, private, and national repositories. He documents many pertinent book stories that have not been told before, and offers unprecedented depth to others that have barely scratched the surface. He profiles the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated 'book people', be they librarians, readers, writers, bookmakers,… Read More
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

by Basbanes, Nicholas A

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New York: HarperCollins, 2001 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof. The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives. He explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including acedmic, public, private, and national repositories. He documents many pertinent book stories that have not been told before, and offers unprecedented depth to others that have barely scratched the surface. He profiles the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated 'book people', be they librarians, readers, writers, bookmakers, booksellers,… Read More
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A Token for Friends, Being a Memoir of Edgar Osborne, an Appreciation of the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books and a Facsimile of His Catalogue "From Morality & Instruction to Beatrix Potter"

by Osborne, Edgar

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Toronto: Toronto Public Library, Osborne Collection, 1979 Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. Introduction by Judith St. John, Appreciation by Justin G Schiller. Fascimile of the catalogue "From Morality & Instruction to Beatrix Potter" which was first published for the Eastbourne Art Gallery Committee, Derby 1949 . This edition limited to 1500 copies issued by the Friends of the Osborne and LillianH Smith collections .34p..
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The Vanished Library : A Wonder of the Ancient World
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The Vanished Library : A Wonder of the Ancient World

by Canfora, Luciano

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Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st US Edition. Series: Hellenistic Culture & Society Vol. 7). "The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt...had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof.... But what was the library, and where was it? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. Luciano Canfora ...recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks in brief chapters--Anecdotes, conversations, and reconstructions[based] on historical and literary sources in this elegant piece of historical detective work. Originally published as "La biblioteca scomparsa. Palermo."1987.Translated into English by Martin Ryle. ix, 205p, illus index..
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