Category: Bibliography

Rebound in red buckram with gilt title on spine, internally a very good unmarked copy. With a short introduction by Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian, summarising the generous gift of a fine library in the will of Hugh Frederick Hornby of Wavertree, along with the sizeable sum of £10,000 to assist the authorities to provide a building in which to store the collection - a job they did with aplomb. Whether Hornby would have approved of the use of this space for receptions and openings is an interesting question. His library comprised some 8,000 volumes, mostly chosen to illustrate the history and p...
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Rules for a dictionary catalog

By: Cutter, C.A.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Library Association: 1953

Seller ID: 2032

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Good

Spine split at base, cover soiled, edges dusted. Sensible cataloguing rules (superseded by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) still largely employed today. 173 pp.
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The University Press of Liverpool: a record of progress, 1899-146, with a catalogue of all publications

By: Droop, J.P.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: The University Press of Liverpool: 1947

Seller ID: 3194

Binding: Hard covers, no dust jacket

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy, edges sl. rubbed, with an elaborate City of Westmnster bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on t.p. and discreet inkstamps elsewhere. The modest yet understated achievement of one of the longer-established University presses among red-brick universities, is well described in this monograph. Includes a catalogue of the publications, in chronological order. No index. 78 pp.
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Catalogue 271: botanical books, including the library of the late Dr A.B. Rendle, F.R.S., and other recent purchases

By: Dulau & Co.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Dulau & Company Ltd., 29 Dover Street, Londonm W.1: n.d. (1938)

Seller ID: 6831

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: V.g.

A catalogue of 1089 botanical books. 44 pp.
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The Westminster Press provincial newspapers

By: Duncum, A.P. Ed.)

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Westminster Press Provincial Newspapers Ltd: 1952

Seller ID: 7409

Binding: Hard covers, no dust jacket

Condition: Good

Cover sl. soiled, otherwise little used. ix, 84 pp.
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Handlist of the botanical library Liverpool Museum

By: Edmondson, J.R. (ed.)

Price: £64.00

Publisher: N.M.G.M.: 1994

Seller ID: 15533

ISBN: 0 906367 60 3

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: New

A snapshot of the botanical library of Liverpool Museum, which contains a good range of local and world Floras, monographs and botanical journals.
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T.N. Foulis: the history and bibliography of an Edinburgh publishing house

By: Elfick, I. & Harris, P.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Oak Knoll Press: 1998

Seller ID: 15238

ISBN: 1 884718 48 5

Binding: Hard covers, dust jacket

Condition: Fine

The definitive account of a distinguished Edinburgh publisher, many of whose books have a distinctive design. Containing both a history of the firm and a comprehensive bibliography, this is an essential guide for Foulis collectors and booksellers.
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A bibliography of British sporting artists: 2nd supplement 1995-2001

By: Fountain, Robert B.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: 2001

Seller ID: 4376

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Fine

Covers the period from 1995 to 2001. No ISBN. 40 pp.., cover sl. curled.
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Love among the butterflies: the diaries of a wayward, determined and passionate Victorian lady

By: Fountaine, Margaret

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Collins: 1980

Seller ID: 19034

ISBN: 0 00 216514 7

Binding: Hard covers, dust jacket

Condition: V.g.

Unlikely account of a well-travelled clergyman's daughter who netted a Syrian dragoman while pursuing her lepidopterous quarries. Men fell like skittles (blurb). 224 pp, ill. with colour plates and monochrome photographs.
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