The Heritage of the English Library
by Irwin, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Allen & Unwin, 1964. 1st edition / 1st printing. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, AuthorÕs particular interests are in the social and intellectual background against which libraries have prospered, the roots in the classical and medieval periods from which they have sprung, the continuity of the library tradition from Artistotle to the present day, and its close association with the progress of education and scholarship. Also evidence of literacy and the reading habits amongst English men and women in the fifteenth-eighteenth centuries, and the emergence of the domestic library in English homes. Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138847
- Title
- The Heritage of the English Library
- Author
- Irwin, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition / 1st printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- octavo
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