Libraries And Library Science from Wykeham Books

Library Association, London, first edition, 1983. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm,. ix, 242 pp. 826 entries. A valuable and readable bibliography with over 800 entries which are intelligently annotated. Contents are arranged under the following headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (Universal, British Isles, Academical, Ecclesiastical, Mechanics' institutes and other workers' institutes, National, Private, Public, Special, Subscription) Reading, Study of library… Read more about this item

Published for the British Library by British Museum Publications, London, first edition, 1977. Laminated pictorial wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm. 72 pp, ills. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper, front wrapper slightly creased, otherwise Good.

Printed for the Chetham Society, [Manchester], first edition, 1885. Cloth, blindstamped arms in elaborate decorative borders,small 4to, 23 cm,. xiii, 215 pp, frontispiece. From the Introduction: "The volume now offered to the members of the Chetham Society contains all the information which I have been able to collect respecting the Old Church and School Libraries of Lancashire, which… Read more about this item

Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1955 unaltered reprint of 1890 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo, 24 cm,. xi, 520 pp, [4] pp ads. 1391 entries. A pioneering study of the inventories and catalogues of medieval European libraries. Near Very Good in a dustwrapper with a short tear to the head of the spine-panel.

Library Association, London, first edition, 1983. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm,. ix, 242 pp. 826 entries. A valuable and readable bibliography with over 800 entries which are intelligently annotated. Contents are arranged under the following headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (Universal, British Isles, Academical, Ecclesiastical, Mechanics' institutes and other workers' institutes, National, Private, Public, Special, Subscription) Reading, Study of library… Read more about this item

William Clarke, London, first edition, 1819. Contemporary ruled calf, rebacked, leather spine-labels, all edges marbled, top edge darkened, 8vo,. vi, [18], vii-xlviii, [2],138, 133*-138*, 139-178, [2], 179-391, [2], 393-[454], 449*-454*, 455-672 [1] pp, frontispiece and 9 plates, 2 woodcut text ills. . A valuable survey of public and private libraries and their principal contents about the… Read more about this item

Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, first edition, 1991. Cloth, 4to,. 175 pp, over 120 ills (89 in colour),. From the blurb: "At the heart of the mediaeval University city of Oxford lies its famous library, the Bodleian, with its own continuous history of over five hundred years. Into its range of buildings, unequalled anywhere for their beauty and dignity, have… Read more about this item

Bodleian Library, Oxford, first edition, 2002. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 46 pp, colour ills. 71 entries. Very Good.

St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1991. Laminated boards, 8vo, 21 cm,. x, 181 pp. 698 entries. A useful and interesting annotated bibliography, with the annotations "in addition to being informative, [being] designed to encourage browsing and serendipity". The scope covers "the history of libraries, librarianship and book-collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the… Read more about this item

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, first edition, 1962. Printed wrappers, large 8vo, 25 cm,. 265, [1] pp, 56 plates. Text in Italian and French. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper, Near Very Good. In a dustwrapper with minor edgewear.

Friends of the National Libraries, London. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 68 pp, ills (1 in colour). Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on rear inside wrapper.

St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1991. Laminated boards, 8vo, 21 cm,. x, 181 pp. 698 entries. A useful and interesting annotated bibliography, with the annotations "in addition to being informative, [being] designed to encourage browsing and serendipity". The scope covers "the history of libraries, librarianship and book-collecting in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the… Read more about this item

Manchester University Press, Manchester, first edition, 1924. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. xviii, 144 pp, plates, facs. From the introduction: "The present volume will be found to contain a narrative of the genesis and growth of the institution with which it deals, followed by descriptions of its collections, and of the building in which they are so appropriately… Read more about this item

Otto Harrassowitz, Wisbaden, second edition, 1961. Cloth, gilt cover-title, 8vo, 28 cm,. xv, 1025 pp, 52 ills. Good.

Editalia, Roma, first edition, 1993. Cloth, folio,. 176 pp, ills (some colour). From the blurb: "Dalla fine del Quattrocento la città di Macerata, sede degli organi di governo della Marca di Ancona, andò affermando una funzione attrattiva e di preminenza culturale che trovò conferma nell'istituzione dello Studio generale, ad opera di Paolo,III nel 1540, su un terreno in… Read more about this item

University of London Press, Ltd., London, third, revised and enlarged edition, 1927. Cloth, 8vo,. xxv, 580, [1] pp, 61 plates. I A Williams in the London Mercury wrote; "it deals with every kind of library, apart from the purely personal libraries of private individuals, even down to the small highly specialised collections of books possessed by such bodies… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, first edition, 1958. Cloth, top edge red, 8vo, 23 cm,. 255, [1] pp. From the foreword: The purpose of this present work is to provide, not a new history of libraries, but studies of certain aspects of that history which will give vitality to the meagre facts and set them in perspective… Read more about this item

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London, first English edition, 2000. Cloth, gilt cover-title, folio, 34 cm,. xvi, 563, [2] pp, ills (some colour). From the blurb: "This is a study of the development of books and libraries, chiefly in the Mediterranean region, from the time when people first started collecting works of literature. It… Read more about this item

Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1957. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 22 cm,. 11 pp, 12 pp of plates. From the preface : "This booklet is published on the occasion of the Royal Exhibition, 1957, celebrating the bicentenary of the gift of the Old Royal Library to the Nation by King George III. The plates are intended… Read more about this item

Linen Hall Library, Belfast, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. x, 261 pp, ills,. From the introduction: "From its beginning the Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge was an institution whose central aim was (and remains) to run a subscription library for the benefit of its members. In common with other institutions, such as the Manchester… Read more about this item