Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Collection (Yale University. Library)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A Stevenson Library: Printed books, pamphlets, broadsides, etc
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Collection (Yale University. Library)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
American Book Prices Current
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Antiquarian Books
Author: Philippa Bernard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This companion sets out to provide in one comprehensive volume much of the essential information required by those who sell antiquarian and secondhand books and by those who buy them. It has been compiled with particular attention to the needs of those who do not have ready access to all the necessary reference sources. The entries - some four hundred and fifty in all - include explanations of many technical terms used in the description of books. Printing illustration, and binding are all covered as are many features of book trace practice. Thirty specially commissioned longer articles provide important studies of the main aspects of the world of antiquarian books. For example, Anthony Rota contributes an introductory article on Bookselling in a Changing World, Henry Woudhuysen writes on Bibliography, Mirjam Foot on Fine Bookbinding, David Chambers on Book Collecting, Robin de Beaumont on Victorian Books, and Lord John Kerr on Book Auctions; all the contributors are authoritative specialists in their various fields. Antiquarian Books includes bibliographical references in the text as well as useful appendices a comprehensive index, and text illustrations. The book is intended primarily for the dealer in antiquarian and second-hand books, but will be of interest to everyone with a professional or personal interest in the subject.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This companion sets out to provide in one comprehensive volume much of the essential information required by those who sell antiquarian and secondhand books and by those who buy them. It has been compiled with particular attention to the needs of those who do not have ready access to all the necessary reference sources. The entries - some four hundred and fifty in all - include explanations of many technical terms used in the description of books. Printing illustration, and binding are all covered as are many features of book trace practice. Thirty specially commissioned longer articles provide important studies of the main aspects of the world of antiquarian books. For example, Anthony Rota contributes an introductory article on Bookselling in a Changing World, Henry Woudhuysen writes on Bibliography, Mirjam Foot on Fine Bookbinding, David Chambers on Book Collecting, Robin de Beaumont on Victorian Books, and Lord John Kerr on Book Auctions; all the contributors are authoritative specialists in their various fields. Antiquarian Books includes bibliographical references in the text as well as useful appendices a comprehensive index, and text illustrations. The book is intended primarily for the dealer in antiquarian and second-hand books, but will be of interest to everyone with a professional or personal interest in the subject.
Eighteenth Century Scotland
Author: Tom M. Devine
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This impressive collection of essays is based on a two-year seminar series of the Research centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde. New and original research, as well as historiographical overviews and commentaries, illuminate the study of this formative century in the creation of modern Scotland. Contributors are leading figures in their fields, and the Scottish experience is examined within an international dimension. Topics include Scottish modernisation before the Industrial Revolution, the Union of 1707, Scotland and British expansion, Scottish Jacobitism, the Catholic underground, Scottish national identity, the Scottish Enlightenment, urbanisation, demographic change, Scottish Gaeldom, Highland estate management and tenant emigration, and Scottish radicalism. Contributors: Thomas M. Devine, John R. Young, Michael Fry, Allan I. Macinnes, James F. McMillan, Alexander Murdoch, Richard J. Finlay, Jane Rendall, Bernard Aspinwall, Ian D. Whyte, Robert E. Tyson, T. C. Smout, Andrew Mackillop, Christopher A. Whatley, Elaine W. McFarland.
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This impressive collection of essays is based on a two-year seminar series of the Research centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde. New and original research, as well as historiographical overviews and commentaries, illuminate the study of this formative century in the creation of modern Scotland. Contributors are leading figures in their fields, and the Scottish experience is examined within an international dimension. Topics include Scottish modernisation before the Industrial Revolution, the Union of 1707, Scotland and British expansion, Scottish Jacobitism, the Catholic underground, Scottish national identity, the Scottish Enlightenment, urbanisation, demographic change, Scottish Gaeldom, Highland estate management and tenant emigration, and Scottish radicalism. Contributors: Thomas M. Devine, John R. Young, Michael Fry, Allan I. Macinnes, James F. McMillan, Alexander Murdoch, Richard J. Finlay, Jane Rendall, Bernard Aspinwall, Ian D. Whyte, Robert E. Tyson, T. C. Smout, Andrew Mackillop, Christopher A. Whatley, Elaine W. McFarland.
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Imprint Catalog in the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
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Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1506
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1506
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
The Aslib Directory
Author: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (Great Britain)
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
Publisher:
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Publisher:
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.