Random Recollections of an Anachronism: Or, Seventy-Five Years of Library Work
by Metcalf, Keyes DeWitt
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hint of scuffing to jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0918414024
- ISBN 13
- 9780918414021
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Readex Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hint of scuffing to jacket.. 1980. Hardcover. 0918414024 . Red cloth. xviii, 401 pp., index. In this first volume of the nonagenarian librarian's memoirs, he discusses his years at the New York Public Library (1913-1937), ending with his decision to accept a position as Director of the Harvard University Library. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34723
- Title
- Random Recollections of an Anachronism: Or, Seventy-Five Years of Library Work
- Author
- Metcalf, Keyes DeWitt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hint of scuffing to jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0918414024
- ISBN 13
- 9780918414021
- Publisher
- Readex Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0918414024
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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