Books About Libraries from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Augusta: Burleigh & Flynt, Printers to the State. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. Hardcover. Transmitted to the Legislature, January, 1895. Brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, pages edges dyed red. Stamped to FFEP: From Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine. ; 5-3/4" x 9"; 78 pp; Tide lines to boards at the top on front… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Mechanics' Institute. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Reprint. Hardcover. 0-97764350-6 . How a pioneer reading room for the education of craftsmen became a major library, research facility and social center in the heart of a busy city. Yellow coated boards, photo illustration on cover, A special edition for friends of Plant Construction Company,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed for the Radcliffe Trustees. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1874 - 1877. Hardcover. Bound volume containing four publications showing library additions for years 1873 - 1876, each published the following year. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine lettering, yellow endpapers, thumb index tabs have been applied to identify the start of the publication for each… Read more about this item

Madras: Government of Madras. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Softcover. Editor was Library Curator. Green wraps, perfect bound. Title and contents in English, contents lists text in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Persian. Rear cover offers the curators Appeal for subscriptions. ; 6" x 9-1/2"; 130 pp; Edge and spine wear, dampstaining to… Read more about this item

Cairo: Egyptian Library Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Softcover. A. Barrada was Director. This bulletin, which contains all works added to the Egyptian Library during January, 1928 is, in its preparatory nature, an attempt to the compilation of a general catalogue with full facilities in search for books. Sections list entries by: Subject Catalogue,… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Stichting Beheer IISG. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Softcover. 90-6861-038-4 . English version prepared by Anne Lavelle. Pictorial wraps, numerous b&w illustrations, 8 full page color plates, map at rear. ; 7-1/2" x 10-1/2"; 148 pp; Slight cover wear, internally fine. .

Verona: G. Franchini. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Softcover. Gray wraps, sewn, text in Italian. ; 6 x 8.5"; 28 pp; Wrappers toned, spot on front cover, prior owner name penned on front flyleaf, wear at corners. .

Berkeley: University Of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue spine and gold boards, gilt spine, gold dust jacket. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 424 pp; Scuff mark on front cover, small closed tears on mylar protected jacket. .

Lake Placid Club, NY: Forest Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921. Hardcover. Tan cloth, black lettering front and spine. ; 7 x 10"; 184 pp; Bumped upper left, slight cover wear, stamp of prior owner, pages toned at edges. .

Cardiff and London: Free Libraries Committee / Henry Sotheran. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. 1 of 2000 copies, original cloth backed printed boards.; 5.5 x 8.5"; 549 pp; Ex-library with minimal markings or other wear. .

Cosenza: EDITRICE CASA DEL LIBRO - Dott. GUSTAVO BRENNER. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Later Printing. Softcover. First volume identifies this set as #55 of an edition of 300 as reproduced from the edition of 1848, remaining volumes report the limitation but are unnumberered, each volume in tan wraps, title pages are dated 1961 but… Read more about this item

El Cerrito, California: Wladyslaw Poniecki Foundation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Softcover. 1-56513-003-0 . Green and white wraps, appendices at rear (each with separate page numbering).; 8-1/1" x 11"; xx, 331+ pp; Light cover wear, pages clean and unmarked. .

Cambridge: Harvard College Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Lavishly illustrated (including some in color) with featured Library holdings, very clear reproductions of important pages, handwriting samples of well-known authors. Black cloth, beveled boards, blindstamped front, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers, colophon at rear.; 11 x 15"; xiv, 255 pp;… Read more about this item

San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. Contains all the books added during the period May, 1884 to January, 1888. Period dark brown cloth, gilt spine titling, decorative endpapers.; 7.5 x 10"; ix, 391 pp; Light cover wear, ex-library (withdrawn) with library stamps in several places, pencil annotations on… Read more about this item