Author: Donald C. Dickinson
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Recounts the story of the creation of the railroad magnate's library of rare books and private manuscript collections between 1911 and 1927, going behind the scenes at auction houses and major book dealers to reveal the genesis of what is now a renowned center for humanistic research. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries
Author: Donald C. Dickinson
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Recounts the story of the creation of the railroad magnate's library of rare books and private manuscript collections between 1911 and 1927, going behind the scenes at auction houses and major book dealers to reveal the genesis of what is now a renowned center for humanistic research. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Recounts the story of the creation of the railroad magnate's library of rare books and private manuscript collections between 1911 and 1927, going behind the scenes at auction houses and major book dealers to reveal the genesis of what is now a renowned center for humanistic research. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Auction Catalogs, Numbered
Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Literary Digest
Author: Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2178
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Americana and American Indians in the Newberry Library
Author: Newberry Library
Publisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Blake
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An illustrated quarterly.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An illustrated quarterly.
Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
Author: Frederick A. Bearman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Books are among the most precious of our civilization's achievements, and they have been prized and collected since antiquity. It is no wonder, then, that for centuries the most painstaking care has been taken to bind books with sumptuous, finely worked materials. Now, for the first time, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.--one of the most important repositories of rare books in the United States--presents a selection of its finest bookbindings, from the 15th century to the present.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Books are among the most precious of our civilization's achievements, and they have been prized and collected since antiquity. It is no wonder, then, that for centuries the most painstaking care has been taken to bind books with sumptuous, finely worked materials. Now, for the first time, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.--one of the most important repositories of rare books in the United States--presents a selection of its finest bookbindings, from the 15th century to the present.
First Editions of English XVIII-XIX Century and American XIX Century Authors
Author: John Alden Spoor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Library Journal
Author: Melvil Dewey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Issued also separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Issued also separately.