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The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]

The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]

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The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]

by Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955

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Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Co, 1926., 1926. Very Good. ix, 338+[4] pp. ; tan cloth, with pasted paper spine label ; OCLC: 1385886 ; LC: Z665; Dewey: 020.4 ; spine label has a tear ; tiny spot on front cover ; contemporary bookseller's label from Strassburg, PA on front ep ; heraldic bookplate stamp on f ront ep ; slight foxing ; VG

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The Backs of Books; and Other Essays in Librarianship. [The Vatican Library; Book-Hunting in Rome; Should the Librarian be a Bibliophile?; Decade of Library Progress in America; Cataloging as an Asset; Theory of Reference Work, etc]
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Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955
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Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Co, 1926.
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1926
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