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Supplementary Catalogue of Books Added to the San Francisco Free Public Library Since May, 1884. No. 5, 1888.

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: San Francisco, H. S. Crocker & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 1352

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Contains all the books added during the period May, 1884 to January, 1888. Period dark brown cloth, gilt spine titling, decorative endpapers.; 7.5 x 10"; ix, 391 pp; Light cover wear, ex-library (withdrawn) with library stamps in several places, pencil annotations on one page.
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The Secret Archives of the Vatican

By: Ambrosini, Luisa (with Mary Willis)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1969

Seller ID: 1548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Red cloth, red decorative endpapers, illustrated. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; xii, 366 pp; Hinges a bit tender, dust jacket missing small parts top and bottom of the spine, now protected in mylar jacket.
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EGYPTIAN LIBRARY, BULLETIN OF ADDITIONS, European Section (First Year, 1928, No. 1)

By: Anon

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cairo, Egyptian Library Press: 1928

Seller ID: 2875

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A. Barrada was Director. This bulletin, which contains all works added to the Egyptian Library during January, 1928 is, in its preparatory nature, an attempt to the compilation of a general catalogue with full facilities in search for books. Sections list entries by: Subject Catalogue, Subject Index, Author Catalogue, Title Catalogue. Uncommon, printed in an edition of 1000 copies.; 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"; 118 pp; Rear wrapper with creasing, a large tear and a smaller missing piece. First few pages toned, last 1/2 of pages show rippling from water though no odor or mold.
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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS added to the RADCLIFFE LIBRARY OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, during the year 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876.

By: Anon.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Oxford, Printed for the Radcliffe Trustees: 1874 - 1877

Seller ID: 3719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Bound volume containing four publications showing library additions for years 1873 - 1876, each published the following year. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine lettering, yellow endpapers, thumb index tabs have been applied to identify the start of the publication for each year. ; 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"; 15+18+19+19 pp; Cloth soiled, edgeworn, solid hinges, foxing to flyleaves with bleeding to endpapers and one additional page, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Bookplate of American zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid inside front cover.
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CARDIFF FREE LIBRARIES: Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department

By: Ballinger, John and James Ifano Jones

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cardiff and London, Free Libraries Committee / Henry Sotheran: 1898

Seller ID: 1378

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

1 of 2000 copies, original cloth backed printed boards.; 5.5 x 8.5"; 549 pp; Ex-library with minimal markings or other wear.
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Per il Primo Centenario della Biblioteca Comunale di Verona

By: Biadego, Giuseppe

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Verona, G. Franchini: 1892

Seller ID: 1906

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Gray wraps, sewn, text in Italian. ; 6 x 8.5"; 28 pp; Wrappers toned, spot on front cover, prior owner name penned on front flyleaf, wear at corners.
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THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942 - 1967: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections

By: Bond, W. H. (introduction) [Houghton Library, Harvard University]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard College Library: 1967

Seller ID: 1561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Lavishly illustrated (including some in color) with featured Library holdings, very clear reproductions of important pages, handwriting samples of well-known authors. Black cloth, beveled boards, blindstamped front, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers, colophon at rear.; 11 x 15"; xiv, 255 pp; Ex-library with labels on front cover and spine, pocket removed from rear, otherwise in VG condition.
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Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Maine State Library for the years 1893 and 1894

By: Carver, L. D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Augusta, Burleigh & Flynt, Printers to the State: 1895

Seller ID: 6012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Transmitted to the Legislature, January, 1895. Brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, pages edges dyed red. Stamped to FFEP: From Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine. ; 5-3/4" x 9"; 78 pp; Tide lines to boards at the top on front board and the staining at bottom of rear board, bumped at upper left, no evidence of interior moisture damage.
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Abridged Decimal Classification and Relativ Index for libraries, clippings, notes, etc. Edition 3 revised

By: Dewey, Melvil

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lake Placid Club, NY, Forest Press: 1921

Seller ID: 1542

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Tan cloth, black lettering front and spine. ; 7 x 10"; 184 pp; Bumped upper left, slight cover wear, stamp of prior owner, pages toned at edges.
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THE ASAMI LIBRARY: A Descriptive Catalogue

By: Fang, Chaoying (edited by Elizabeth Huff)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University Of California Press: 1969

Seller ID: 1538

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Blue spine and gold boards, gilt spine, gold dust jacket. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 424 pp; Scuff mark on front cover, small closed tears on mylar protected jacket.
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Libraries and Environmental Information Centers in Central Eastern Europe: A Locator / Directory ( Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Poland )

By: Grycz, Czeslaw Jan, Rarbara K. Rodes, et. al.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: El Cerrito, California, Wladyslaw Poniecki Foundation: 1994

Seller ID: 1817

ISBN: 1-56513-003-0

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Green and white wraps, appendices at rear (each with separate page numbering).; 8-1/1" x 11"; xx, 331+ pp; Light cover wear, pages clean and unmarked.
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TRACING THE PAST: Collections and research in social and economic history The International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands Economic History Archive and related institutions

By: Lucassen, Jan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Stichting Beheer IISG: 1989

Seller ID: 2218

ISBN: 90-6861-038-4

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

English version prepared by Anne Lavelle. Pictorial wraps, numerous b&w illustrations, 8 full page color plates, map at rear. ; 7-1/2" x 10-1/2"; 148 pp; Slight cover wear, internally fine.
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DIZIONARIO DI OPERE ANONIME E PSEUDONIME DI SCRITTORI ITALIANI: Con Appendice di Giambattista Passano (complete in four volumes)

By: Melzi, Gaetano

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Cosenza, EDITRICE CASA DEL LIBRO - Dott. GUSTAVO BRENNER: 1962

Seller ID: 1572

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First volume identifies this set as #55 of an edition of 300 as reproduced from the edition of 1848, remaining volumes report the limitation but are unnumberered, each volume in tan wraps, title pages are dated 1961 but covers are dated 1962 . Other reprint sets omit the fourth volume. Heavy, USPS Media Mail as expected, others extra.; 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"; 479+482+701+517 pp; Minor shelfwear to wraps, covers and pages toned at edges.
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FOUR BOOKS 300 DOLLARS AND A DREAM: An Illustrated History of the First 150 Years of the Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco

By: Reinhardt, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Mechanics' Institute: 2007

Seller ID: 4024

ISBN: 0-97764350-6

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

How a pioneer reading room for the education of craftsmen became a major library, research facility and social center in the heart of a busy city. Yellow coated boards, photo illustration on cover, A special edition for friends of Plant Construction Company, pocket at rear contains Institute brochure promoting the Library and Chess Room. ; 8-1/2" x 11-1/4"; 124 pp; Boards lightly scuffed, solid hinges, no inscriptions, pages clean and unmarked.
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Category: Books About Libraries