(London): Frank Cass, 1968, First Printing of this new impression. quarto, blue buckram. xx, (318)pp. Frank Cass, First Published in 1849. With several plans. Name and date on front endpaper, one page with very slight tear, otherwise a near fine copy. More about Report from the Select Committee on Public Libraries. 23 July, 1849
New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 2001, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. Yale Univ Press, Casson recounts the development of ancient library buildings, systems, holdings, and patrons, addressing questions on a wide variety of topics, such as: What was the connection between the rise in education and literacy... More about Libraries in the Ancient World
Liverpool: Free Public Library, 1903, First Edition. octavo, original blue boards and vellum. viii, 212pp. Free Public Library, Illustrated with portraits and photographs. Printed on laid paper. Light wear to extremities, corners bumped and scuffed exposing board, tiny crack at head of spine hinge. Name on endpaper. More about Liverpool Public Libraries. A History of Fifty Years
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1970), First American Edition. quarto, green cloth in dust jacket. 320pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Represented among the thirty-two libraries beginning with the Capitular Library of Verona are the Monastery of St. John in Patmos, The Vatican Library, the Bodleian Library of Oxford, Trinity College in..... More about Great Libraries
(London): The Library Association, 1966, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrapprs. 40pp., stapled. The Library Association, Frontispiece. Library Association Pamphlet No. 26. Fine copy. More about Public Libraries in Great Britain Before 1850
New York: American Art Association, May 14, 1915, octavo, printed wrappers. not paginated. American Art Association, American Art Association sale 331 lots. Standard sets i fine bindings, Valentine's Manuals and first editions of Mark Twain and John Kendrick Bangs. McKay 7560. Mckay location symbols penned to the upper edge of... More about Books from the libraries of James F. Thompson, Esq., and an English gentleman and the late...
New Castle: Oak Knoll, 1993, octavo, Oak Knoll, quarter leather and boards. (vii), 320pp. First Edition, Limited to 210 numbered copies. With an informative introduction by Donald D. Eddy which provides analysis of the sales and a description of some of the highspots. Ascensius Press has printed the introduction by... More about Sale Catalogues of the Libraries of Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Thrale (Mrs. Piozzi) and James...
San Marino: Getty Museum, 2001, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 448pp. Getty Museum, Featuring more than 300 selections, this book explores the treasure trove of rare books and ephemera in Los Angeles libraries: Autry Museum of Western Heritage; California Institute of the Arts Library; Getty Library; Huntington Library; Libraries of the... More about The World from Here. Masterpieces from Los Angeles Libraries
London: B. T. Batsford, 1907, First Edition. quarto, maroon cloth. (xiv), 183, (ii), 24 pp. B. T. Batsford, Covers Materials and Construction; Installations and Apparatus; Shelving and Accessories; Fittings, Furniture, and Appliances; Book Rooms; Lending Department, and more. Illustrated. Ex-Library from New York's Mercantile Library with a small rubber stamp... More about Public Libraries. A Treatise on Their Design, Construction, and Fittings
Toronto: York University Law Library, (1975), First Edition. quarto, orange cloth. 55 pp. York University Law Library, Reproduced typescript. Fine. More about A Bibliography of Legal Materials for Non-Law Libraries
Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (188)pp. followed by 32pp. of photographic plates. Univ. of California Press, Edited by R. H. Rouse. These manuscripts in the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, include psalters, books of hours, collections of sermons and law books... More about Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in California Libraries. University of California, Los Angeles
(New Castle, DE; Kent, OH): Oak Knoll Press; Kent State University Libraries, 2006, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. 246pp. Oak Knoll Press; Kent State University Libraries, Ulizio had built and disposed of three libraries prior to this collection acquired by Kent State in a purchase/donation agreement in 1969. "This catalogue... More about A Catalogue of the B. George Ulizio Collection in the Kent State University Libraries
London: British Library, 2005, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 112pp. British Library, Based on the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library in November 2004, this book looks at the impact of women's educational projects on female reading and book collecting in the royal courts of the 18th century. With... More about The Polished Cornerstone of the Temple. Queenly Libraries of the Enlightenment
London: H.K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., (1958), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. 78pp. H.K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., Each of the lectures presents an outstanding figure in the history of English libraries of the first half of the 19th century: Sir Anthony Panizzi for the British Museum; Dr. George Birkbeck..... More about English Libraries 1800-1850. Three Lectures Delivered at University College London
London: H.K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., (1958), First Edition, wrappers issue. octavo, printed wrappers. 78pp. H.K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., Each of the lectures presents an outstanding figure in the history of English libraries of the first half of the 19th century: Sir Anthony Panizzi for the British Museum; Dr..... More about English Libraries 1800-1850. Three Lectures Delivered at University College London
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942, First Edition. quarto, original printed paper wrappers. (x), (182)pp. Government Printing Office, No. 5 in Studies of the A. L. A. Committee on Library Cooperation with Latin America. Quite an extensive reference. Wrappers dusty and scuffed, light wear to spine. More about Preliminary List of Libraries in the other American Republics
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. quarto, printed boards. 488 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Architecture of Western Libraries, from the Minoan era to Michelangelo deals with the architectural evolution of the spaces in which written and graphic material was kept, from the Minoan times to the Italian... More about The Architecture of Libraries in Western Civilization: From the Minoan Era to Michelangelo
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, octavo, pictorial boards. 488 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Architecture of Western Libraries, from the Minoan era to Michelangelo deals with the architectural evolution of the spaces in which written and graphic material was kept, from the Minoan times to the Italian Renaissance (ca... More about The Architecture of Libraries in Western Civilization: From the Minoan Era to Michelangelo
Chicago: American Library Association, 1986, Second edition. large quarto, red cloth. (xxvi), 895 pp. American Library Association, Previous owner's name on front endpaper, else a fine, clean copy. Illustrated. More about ALA World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1935, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 64; 80; 76pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Three numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More about Archives et Bibliotheques. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. 1935
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1936, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 96; 88; 79pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Three numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More about Archives et Bibliotheques. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4. 1936
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1937-1938, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. 352pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Four numbers of this scarce quarterly devoted to the history of libraries. Text in French. No. 1 with a bump to the lower right corner. First two issues with... More about Archives et Bibliotheques. No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; No; 4, 1937-38
Paris: Librairie Emile Nourry, 1939, First Edition. small quarto, original paper wrappers printed in brown and black. (92); (90)pp. Librairie Emile Nourry, Two numbers of this scarce quarterly. Near fine, clean condition. Uncut, unopened. More about Archives et Bibliotheques. No. 1; No. 3. 1939
Tokyo: University Hitotsubasho, 1974; 1974; 1975, First Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. (xl), 228; 229-626; 627-(981). University Hitotsubasho, Text in French and Japanese. Small hole in front wrapper of volume III, lower right corner of last 30 pages of volume II curled, all volumes with faded spines. Content clean and... More about Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de Turgot d'apres le catalogue manuscrit conserve dans la...
Zurich and Lucern: L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1937, First Edition. quarto, printed paper wrappers. (4), (52)pp. L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Frontispiece portrait of Trubner plus 10 plates. Auction catalogue of this impressive collection auctioned in November, 1937. Includes incunabula, early printed books and German literature of... More about Die Bibliothek des Malers Professor Wilhelm Trubner 1851-1917