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Leicester : Leicester University Library, 1984. First edition.
Demy 8vo. 58,[ii]pp. Original stapled wrappers; a few faint marks, but a very good copy.

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Woodbridge : Boydell Press, (1989). First edition. A detailed study of a closed collection of about 1,000 books published between 1474 and 1760, as well as the eight manuscripts included in the founding gift. With chapters on William Smarte, Samuel Ward, early donors, Cave Beck, distinguished patrons, Robert Coningsby, etc., and material on a unique system of running fore-edge shelfmarks, booksellers' coded prices, hitherto unrecorded book labels, etc.
Post 4to. (x),(200),[vi]pp. Tipped-in colour plates. Illustrations. Original boards; a few faint edge spots, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket.

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München : K. G. Saur, 1992. First edition. Conference papers, including Elaine Svenonius on "Bibliographic Entities and their Uses", Gordon Graham on "The Publishers' Role in the Provision and Use of Bibliographic Records", Warwick S. Cathro on "The Role of National Libraries in the Distribution of Bibliographic Records", etc. UBCIM Publications: New Series, Volume 7.
Crown 4to. viii,(148)pp. Original printed boards; slight bruise to lower edge, otherwise a very good copy indeed.

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London : Grafton & Co., 1930. First edition. An admirably clear study of the distinctive workings, purposes and practices of the university library, compiled by the University Librarian at St. Andrews.
Crown 8vo. (220)pp. Original cloth; one slight bruise; some mild spotting, mainly of edges; neat ownership inscription, but a very good copy.

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Buffalo : Privately Printed, 1981. First edition : limited to 500 copies. A splendidly idiosyncratic tabulation - with extensive quotation - of hundreds of references in English and American fiction (from Smollett onwards) to what was plainly once the world's most cherished institution - the British Museum and its Reading Room.
Medium 8vo. xiv,(194),[ii],[2]pp. Original cloth; just a hint of spotting to top edge, but a very good copy.

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Gloucester : The Dean & Chapter of Gloucester, 1972. First edition. A thorough catalogue of the manuscripts and printed books, together with a history of the Library and separate appendices on the Hebew Books (by R.A.May), the bindings (by H.M.Nixon), the pastedowns, etc.
Crown 4to. xx,(250),[ii]pp. Frontispiece. Two plates. Original armorial boards; a few faint marks, but a very good, bright and sound copy.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (1998). First edition: the hardback issue. Essays on the remarkable collections contained within the University Library - by Christopher Brooke, Elisabeth Leedham-Green, David McKitterick, Dennis E. Rhodes, Michael Twyman, and others.
Crown 4to. [vi],(232),[ii]pp. Numerous illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, etc., some coloured. Original boards; just a hint of bruising at one corner, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket.

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London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1886. First edition. A presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author. Includes both a history of free public libraries and a survey of progress at home and overseas, as well as much on the design, function and funding - "Book-hunger presents a demand as clear, as definite, as the cry for good drainage and good water ...".
Crown 8vo. xvi,(464),[xvi],16pp. Illustrations - including a fine frontispiece displaying the differing attractions of public house and public library. Original cloth; a little worn and somewhat scuffed at joints; a few slight marks, but a good, sound and serviceable copy.

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Newton Abbot : David & Charles, [1971]. First British edition. A valuable study of the interaction between the shape, form and content of fiction and the demands of the libraries and publishers, with material on George Bentley, John Blackwood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, George Gissing, William Heinemann, Charles Edward Mudie, Anthony Trollope, etc. First published in the USA in 1970.
Demy 8vo. (xiv),272,[ii]pp. Illustrations. Original boards; a little bruised; some spotting of edges; but a very good copy in a sunned and price-clipped dust-jacket.

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Dublin : Irish Academic Press, (1998). First edition. A detailed and well-illustrated study of the eighty Irish Libraries (sixty-two of which survive) founded through the benevolence of Andrew Carnegie, with pictures, plans, etc., and introductory material on Carnegie, James Bertram (his private secretary), the library movement in Ireland, planning, equipment, management, etc.
Crown 4to. (xii),278,[vi]pp. Numerous illustrations, plans, etc. Original boards; fine in dust-jacket.

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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Library, 1982. First edition. Essays on many aspects of the history of the library - published to commemorate the 400th anniversary.
Royal 8vo. x,(238)pp. Plates. Original boards; very mild spotting of edges, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket.

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Chicago : American Library Association, 1987. First edition. A complete guide, with material on administrative decisions, selection of materials, planning and preparation, practices and standards, bibliographic control, cost control, etc. A review copy, with occasional pencil notes and a typescript of the review loosely inserted.
Crown 4to. (xxx),(210)pp. Illustrations. Original wraps; a few faint marks, but a very good copy.

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Hamden (CT) : Linnet Books / London : Clive Bingley, 1981 First edition. The painful and sometimes bitter genesis of the first National Library Catalogue.
Demy 8vo. 186,[vi]pp. Original cloth; very good indeed, in a slightly spooted dust-jacket.

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London : Royal Society, 1948. First edition. Includes working papers on the format of scientific publications, editorial policy, scope and quality of abstracts, classification, methods of reproduction, mechanical indexing, etc.
Demy 8vo. (724)pp. Plates, tables, charts, etc., some folding. Original cloth gilt; lightly rubbed and a little dulled; endpapers a little tanned; a good and serviceable copy.

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London : London University Press, 1928. Third edition : second impression (revised). The final and most complete version of this still valuable compilation, first published in 1908. With an historical introduction on the history of libraries in general (with individual treatment of the older English libraries and archives), and chapters on the British Museum, the Public Record Office, general London libraries, and specialised London libraries arranged by subject - from accountancy and aeronautics to zoology.
Royal 8vo. (xxvi),580,[ii]pp. Plates. Original cloth gilt; a little sunned; neat inscription on fly; but a very good and sound copy.

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Huntingdon : ELM Publications, (1991). First edition. A collection of fifty-two of the "Robert Shallow" articles that first appeared in the New Library World between 1972 and 1983. Cartoon illustrations by Mark Bryant.
Foolscap 4to. [x],(172)pp. Illustrations. Original spiral-bound wrappers; very good indeed.

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Manchester : Manchester Polytechnic Library, in association with Bracken Books and Studio Editions, 1988. First edition. A descriptive catalogue of the 2649 items in this handsome collection. Arranged by themes - and with indices of authors, editors, translators, contributors, illustrators, engravers, local publishers, etc. Introduction by Peter Stockham.
Demy 4to. [viii],(204)pp. Tipped-in colour frontispiece. Colour plates. Illustrations. Original boards; very good indeed in the dust-jacket.

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Metuchen (NJ) : Scarecrow Press, 1986. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed, signed and dated (1986) by the author to B.C.Bloomfield ("the first true British collector of librariana whom I've identified"). Collecting library related autographs, badges, bookmarks, postcards, stamps, shopping bags, and so much more, with bibliographic contributions by Valerie Oliver.
Demy 8vo. [6],xii,166pp. Frontispiece. Forty plates. Original cloth; very good.

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London : Cambridge University Press, 1926. First edition. A life of Francis Jenkinson (1853-1923), distinguished librarian and president of the Bibliographical Society.
Demy 8vo. [xii],(152)pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Facsimiles. Original cloth; slight discolouration of cloth; some spotting and browning, but a good copy in a worn, frayed and chipped dust-jacket.

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Metuchen (NJ) : Scarecrow Press, 1980. First edition. A review copy, with a xerox copy of the original review (by the late B.C.Bloomfield) loosely inserted - "a very helpful compendium and a manual in the truest sense of the word". With chapters on preventive measures, enemies, environmental factors, disaster planning, binding, paper, conservation, etc.
Demy 8vo. [2],(xii),282,[viii]pp. Illustrations. Original cloth; faint spotting of top edge, but a very good copy. With the ownership inscription of B.C.Bloomfield.

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London : British Library, (1991). First edition. An illustrated study of the books that the early Tudor humanists wrote, had written or printed for them, owned, read and used.
Demy 8vo. viii,144pp. Illustrations. Facsimiles. Original wrappers; very good indeed.

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