Memoirs of Libraries. Including a Handbook of Library Economy. Vols. 1 & 2
by EDWARDS, Edward
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New York: Burt Franklin, nd. Reprint. Cloth Bound. Ex-Library-good. First published in London in 1859. 2 vols.: xxviii, 841; xxxvii, 1104 p. 26 cm. Vol. 1 has 8 plates, frontispiece and small in-text map. 53 plates and plans & tables in vol. 2, some of which fold out. Red cloth hardcovers. Hinges cracked internally and are tender. Ex lib with labels and pockets on endpapers. Blind stamps on title pages.
Topics include: the libraries of the ancients, the Middle Ages, the modern libraries of Great Britain and Ireland, the USA, Continental Europe; book collecting; buildings; classification and catalogues; internal administration and public service.
Topics include: the libraries of the ancients, the Middle Ages, the modern libraries of Great Britain and Ireland, the USA, Continental Europe; book collecting; buildings; classification and catalogues; internal administration and public service.
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- Attic Books (CA)
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- 104222
- Title
- Memoirs of Libraries. Including a Handbook of Library Economy. Vols. 1 & 2
- Author
- EDWARDS, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-Library-good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Burt Franklin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- nd
- Keywords
- Books on books, library science, libraries, classification, catalogues, catalogs
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- Libraries;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- ND
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- Cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.