British Directories 2nd Ed
British Directories 2nd Ed

Author: Gareth Shaw

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0720123291

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A guide to the existence, whereabouts, contents, and other features of a major resource for historians, directories of trades and commerce in specific towns or districts. Enlarged to 2,222 entries from the 1989 edition to include directories published after 1856 and up to 1950 for England and Wales, including London; comprehensive coverage of all Scottish directories published before 1950; and miscellaneous directories of specific trades, which have not been included in previous bibliographies. A 60-page introduction traces the evolution and types of directories and discusses their use in historical studies. The 120 library collections visited are described. The indexes are arranged by publisher, place, and subject. Distributed by Books International. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

List of Serials Currently Received in the Library of the United States Department of Agriculture as of July 1, 1957
List of Serials Currently Received in the Library of the United States Department of Agriculture as of July 1, 1957

Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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This list includes all serials, printed and processed, received by the Library of the United States Department of Agriculture, on a current basis, as of July 1, 1957. Only dailies or administrative use are omitted. A serial is defined as a publication that is issued either regularly or irregularly over an unspecified period of time. For the purposes of this list, a serial was considered current if it had been received in the Library at any time since January 1954, unless it was known to have ceased.