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CLOCKMAKERS' LIBRARY, THE CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS.|THE
by Bromley, John
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1977. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 136 pages. First edition. Over 1100 items described. Well-illustrated.
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$31.00
The American Historian's Raw Materials. An Address by J. Franklin Jameson with the Presentation and Other Exercises at the Dedication of the William L. Clements Library of Americana, June 15, 1923
by Jameson, J. Franklin
Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan, 1923. First printing. Quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards. Paper label. Near fine with nick to label and slight darkening of endpapers.. Frontis, 63 pp. 8vo.
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$25.00
SCHOLARS AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
New York: American Council of Learned Societies, 1990. paper wrappers. Libraries. 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 43+(1) pages. ACLS Occasional Paper No. 14. Five essays on the future of scholarly research with an opening statement by the ACLS Research Library Committee. Introductory statement and table of contents.
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$13.00
Notes by the Way on Free Libraries and Books with a Plea for the Establishment of Rate-Supported Libraries in the Province of Ontario
by HALLAM, John
Toronto: Printed by the Globe Printing Company, 1882. Booklet. Good. 36 p. 22 cm. Disbound. Light wear. Verical crease. Light soiling to margin of p. 9 and top of rear page.
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$35.00
Measuring Academic Library Performance: A Practical Approach
by Van House, Nancy A. Weil, Beth T. McClure, Charles R
American Library Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0838905293 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Rebound. ; 182 pages .
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$50.00
Benjamin Franklin and Eighteenth Century American Libraries (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 55, Part 9)
by Korty, Margaret Barton
American Philosophical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Rebound. ; 83 pages .
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$24.00
HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942-1967, A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN HARVARD COLLECTIONS
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1967. cloth. Houghton Library. folio. cloth. xiii, (ii), 251+(1) pages. Introduction by W.H. Bond. Illustrated with ten full-page color plates and numerous reproductions. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Meriden Gravure. A beautifully produced catalogue with excellent descriptions. Presentation from Arthur Hougthon IV on first blank page.
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$38.00
GREEK LIBRARY: THE KONSTANTINOS SP. STAIKOS BOOK COLLECTION HENCEFORTH THE ALEXANDER S. ONASSIS PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATION LIBRARY
by Staikos, Konstantinos Sp
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011. hardcover. 9 x 12.25 inches. hardcover. 550 pages. Greek Library is a bibliography of the collection of Konstantinos Sp. Staikos acquired by the Library of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. This collection represents the entire spectrum of the intellectual pursuits of the Greeks of the Diaspora, extending over a period from the Early Renaissance until the late years of Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment. The books in this collection not only...
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$100.00
BEITRAGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DES BUCHWESENS
by Kalhofer, Karl-Heinz
Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1965. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 347+(1), with 22 additional leaves of illustrations; 277+(1) pages. 2 volumes. A collection of essays on the history of the book trades in Germany, including printing, illumination and illustration, publishing, libraries, papermaking, and bookselling. Indexed. Jackets rubbed; vol.1 jacket creased, torn, and chipped.
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$81.00
FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN DEPOL
(Jaffrey, NH and Newark, DE): David R. Godine, Publisher in association with The University of Delaware Library, 2004. stiff paper wrappers. DePol, John. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 78 pages. With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine. Includes a preface by Susan Brynteson, Director. Oak Knoll Book sold the archives of John DePol to the University of Delaware. Many reproductions of wood engravings.
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$23.00
BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFT
by Kirchner, Joachim
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1951. cloth. 12mo. cloth. (viii), 250, (2) pages, with 17 illustrations. First edition. An introductory guide to the study of library science, including discussions of scripts, printing, binding, and book illustration. Indexed. Spine and board edges faded.
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$15.00
Naturalistic Inquiry For Library Science: Methods And Applications For Research, Evaluation, And Teaching
by Mellon, Constance Ann
Greenwood. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0313256535 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 201 pages .
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$45.00
The James de Rothschild Bequest at Waddeson Manor: Printed Books and Bookbinding. Vol. I - II
by Barber, Giles
Waddeson Manor: The Rothschild Foundation, 2013 2 volumes 4to (31 cm), 520, [64] pp; [6] pp, PP. 521-1161. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). From the blurb: "The outstanding collection of late 17th- and 18th-century books, together with their sumptuous bindings, built up by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the last 20 years of the 19th century, match his other extraordinary collections (covered by earlier catalogues in the series), and is among the best of its kind outside...
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$725.70
IN A GRAND AND AWFUL TIME
by Carlson, William Hugh
Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1967. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 158 pages. First edition. "Essays from the Librarian's desk on twentieth century man and his books." With humorous illustrations.
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$19.00
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO GORDON N. RAY, 1915-1986.|A
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1987. stiff paper wrappers. Ray, Gordon N.. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 23+(1) pages. Remarks by G. Thomas Tanselle, Robert W. Rogers, N. John Hall, The Viscountess Eccles, Lucien Goldschmidt, and Charles Ryskamp. Printed by Meriden-Stinehour.
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$23.00
CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PUBLISHING AND BOOKSELLING IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCE
London: Univ. of London, 1936. new paper spine with original paper covers, paper spine label. Bookselling. 8vo. new paper spine with original paper covers, paper spine label. 194 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Contains numerous references to bookbinding works. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
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$25.00
LIBRARY OF IAN F. MCLAREN.|THE
Melbourne, Australia: Hawthorn Press, 1974. stiff paper wrappers. McLaren, Ian F.. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 26 pages. Limited to 500 copies, of which 50 are numbered and signed; (this copy is one of the 450 regular copies). Contains 102 entries.
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$23.00
ENGLISH PROSE FICTION 1700-1800 IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY
by McBurney, William H
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1965. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 162 pages. A catalogue of some of the important holdings in eighteenth century fiction in the Rare Book Room of the library at the University of Illinois. Includes many works by Alexander Pope, Henry Fielding and Daniel Defoe. Stamps indicate that this copy was a surplus from the Library of Congress.
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$11.00
MELCHER ON ACQUISITION
by Melcher, Daniel
Chicago: American Library Association, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 169 pages. Second printing. Bookplate of Al Rodway on free endpaper. Spine of jacket lightly faded, else a near fine copy. Practical manual on library acquisition.
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$23.00
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Polskie superekslibrisy XVI-XVIII wieku: centuria druga [Polish]
by Cubrzyńska-Leonarczyk, Maria
Warsaw: Biblioteka Narodowa, 2001 8vo (24 cm), 272 pp. Laminated wrappers. In Polish. Polish supralibros of the XVI-XVIII centuries: the second century. A catalogue of 100 supralibros of 93 owners on books published 1528-1787 from the library of the Warsaw University. Every item meticulously described and illustrated. The fist century was published in 1988.
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$23.37
MERE COLLECTORS' ITEMS
by Bruccoli, Matthew J
Kent, OH: Kent State University Libraries, 1969. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Introductory remarks by Robert I. White and a preface by Hyman W. Kritzer.
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$12.00
Reference Services In Archives
by Whalen, Lucille
Haworth Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0866565213 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 210 pages .
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$40.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON INTERLIBRARY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS
by Becker, Joseph (editor)
Chicago: America Library Association, 1971. cloth. 4to. cloth. (iv), vi, 347(+1) pages. This fascinating book documents an early conference envisioning the internet, including papers on "Broad Bandwidth Telecommunications Systems" and "World-wide Information Networks." Sponsored by the American Library Association and the U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, September 28, 1970 - October 2, 1970. The epilogue consists of a...
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$81.00
COUNTY RURAL LIBRARIES, THEIR POLICY AND ORGANIZATION
by Macleod, Robert D
London: Grafton & Co, 1923. cloth. small 8vo. cloth. 292 pages. With a Foreword by W.G.S. Adams. First edition. Tipped-in is a slip with the American distributor's imprint. 16 chapters including one on American library systems and their comparison to the British. Illustrated. Only minor cover wear.
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$50.00
Mein scharmantes Geldmännchen. Gottfried August Bürgers Briefwechsel mit seinem Verleger Dieterich. Hrsg. von Ulrich Joost. (1. Aufl.).
by Bürger, Gottfried August. -
(Göttingen), Wallstein, 1988). . Mit umfangreichem Kommentar, Verzeichnis u.a. der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte, Namen-, Wort- und Sachregister sowie editorischem Bericht. - Gutes und sauberes Exemplar
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$16.18
