Author: Howard M. Nixon
Publisher: Maggs Bros. Ltd.
ISBN: 9780901953049
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
British Bookbindings Presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey
Author: Howard M. Nixon
Publisher: Maggs Bros. Ltd.
ISBN: 9780901953049
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher: Maggs Bros. Ltd.
ISBN: 9780901953049
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Author: Karen Attar
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN: 1783300167
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN: 1783300167
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
Author: Joanne Shattock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521391009
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521391009
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
Author: Bibliographical Society of America
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Wormsley Library
Author: Wormsley Library
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Twentieth-century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers
Author: William Baker
Publisher:
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Category : American prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
British Librarianship and Information Work
Author:
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Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The British Library Journal
Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Bulletin
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
Author: Frederick A. Bearman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Books are among the most precious of our civilization's achievements, and they have been prized and collected since antiquity. It is no wonder, then, that for centuries the most painstaking care has been taken to bind books with sumptuous, finely worked materials. Now, for the first time, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.--one of the most important repositories of rare books in the United States--presents a selection of its finest bookbindings, from the 15th century to the present.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Books are among the most precious of our civilization's achievements, and they have been prized and collected since antiquity. It is no wonder, then, that for centuries the most painstaking care has been taken to bind books with sumptuous, finely worked materials. Now, for the first time, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.--one of the most important repositories of rare books in the United States--presents a selection of its finest bookbindings, from the 15th century to the present.