Author: John North
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Catalogue of [his] Library
Author: John North
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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The Library
Author: Stuart Kells
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640090215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A sharp and delightful celebration of libraries around the world, and throughout time—for the passionate bibliophile and literary historian. “Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions.” —The Washington Post Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R. Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets, and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern–day “Library Tourists.” Kells discovered that all the world’s libraries are connected in beautiful and complex ways, that in the history of libraries, fascinating patterns are created and repeated over centuries. More important, he learned that stories about libraries are stories about people, containing every possible human drama. The Library is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It’s a celebration of books as objects, a celebration of the anthropology and physicality of books and bookish space, and an account of the human side of these hallowed spaces by a leading and passionate bibliophile.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640090215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A sharp and delightful celebration of libraries around the world, and throughout time—for the passionate bibliophile and literary historian. “Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions.” —The Washington Post Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R. Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets, and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern–day “Library Tourists.” Kells discovered that all the world’s libraries are connected in beautiful and complex ways, that in the history of libraries, fascinating patterns are created and repeated over centuries. More important, he learned that stories about libraries are stories about people, containing every possible human drama. The Library is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It’s a celebration of books as objects, a celebration of the anthropology and physicality of books and bookish space, and an account of the human side of these hallowed spaces by a leading and passionate bibliophile.
A Catalogue of Valuable New and Second-hand Books
Author: Willis and Sotheran
Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Catalogue of the Magnificent Library of the Late Hon. Henry C. Murphy--Supplement ...
Author: Henry Cruse Murphy
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A Catalogue of Twenty-five Thousand Volumes of Choice, Useful, and Curious Books
Author: John Russell Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Book Catalogue
Author: John Russell Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
A catalogue of twenty-five thousand volumes of choice, useful, and curious books ... on sale
Author: John Russell Smith
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books
Author: Sotheran
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The general library. Additions from 1843-1852. An index of subjects. An index of authors and books
Author: London Institution. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign
Author: Willis and Sotheran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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