Rare and Interesting Books and Pamphlets, Including Many Unusual Items Mostly of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries
Author: Arnold Muirhead, St. Albans
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Published: 1956
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Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Author: Karen Attar
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 609
ISBN-13: 1783300167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
A Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Author: Library Association. Rare Books Group
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 778
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised edition lists approximately 1200 libraries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, some included for the first time, with details of their rare and special book collections. It covers mainly those printed before 1850, but includes manuscript and modern material where related.
Rare and Uncommon Pamphlets, American and English 17th to 19th Century
Author: Harold M. Burstein, Waltham
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristianity in China
Author: Xiaoxin Wu
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2009-09-18
Total Pages: 863
ISBN-13: 0765639920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow revised and updated to incorporate numerous new materials, this is the major source for researching American Christian activity in China, especially that of missions and missionaries. It provides a thorough introduction and guide to primary and secondary sources on Christian enterprises and individuals in China that are preserved in hundreds of libraries, archives, historical societies, headquarters of religious orders, and other repositories in the United States. It includes data from the beginnings of Christianity in China in the early eighth century through 1952, when American missionary activity in China virtually ceased. For this new edition, the institutional base has shifted from the Princeton Theological Seminary (Protestant) to the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural Relations at the University of San Francisco (Jesuit), reflecting the ecumenical nature of this monumental undertaking.
Book Auction Records
Author: Frank Karslake
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 832
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
Published: 1861
Total Pages: 912
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Archives
Author: Janet Foster
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1989-06-18
Total Pages: 891
ISBN-13: 1349095656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide contains over 1000 entries of centres holding archive and manuscript collections in the UK includes many newly-established and specialist archives and their details. This edition includes over 400 additional entries, new indexes and cross-references.
