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Total number of records: 30938

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items15753
Archives13083
Indexes1491
Textiles531
People and organisations44
Art items24
Objects12

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection6340
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3890
English Literature2618
Cookery Collection2046
Liddle Collection1397
Letters Database1294
Herbert Read Collection1292
Quaker Collection1085
Leeds Poetry741
Leeds Russian Archive667

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918679
culture404
cooking380
english poetry358
english language - dialects356
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)339
cooking, english257
world war, 1939-1945257
art242
community life225

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3845
Great Britain493
Yorkshire377
France365
United Kingdom223
Essex165
Lincolnshire165
Lancashire154
Somerset144
Norfolk143

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1343
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)796
Wright, John T553
Wright, Peter432
Sykes, Donald Richard347
Barry, Michael V (1935-)321
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)304
Crossley-Holland, Kevin202
Church of England174
Robertson, Robin At Penguin Books166

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18007437
From 190022407
From 20001092

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1991
Up to 5991
Up to 10991
Up to 18996228
Up to 199922168
Up to latest2529

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Books and book-collectors

Carter, John Wayneflete (1905-1975); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1956

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The collector's book of books

Quayle, Eric (1921-2001)

1971

Includes bibliographical references.

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From book to book

McDowall, John (1953-); Taylor, Chris; Leeds (England). City Art Gallery

2008

Catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition of new artists' books and held at the Leeds Art Gallery from 6 Mar. to 20 Apr. 2008. Exhibition concept, book and installation design by John McDowall. ...

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Pocket-book : 'Cash Book'

1884-1900

A ruled pocket-book (6” x 4”), lettered on front cover: “Cash Book”; used to record the daily expenses of the Philosophical Hall (presumably), Nov. 1884 - March 1900.

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Log book and record book

1836-1883

1) The log book is a diary of daily events at the school kept by the principal teacher. It also contains the names of pupils and staff and inspectors' reports. The diary had to be kept by every scho...

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Textile

pattern book [pattern book]

Rojon et Durand; Dolbeau; du Closel

19th-mid 20th Century

Hardback with blue and black mottled covers and grey spine. Contains woven fabric samples including crepe and moire: some unpatterned, some with woven patterning, most with printed patterning of abst...

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Day Book [loom book]

Blackburn, Tolson and Co.

1934-1936

Hardback with black covers and dark red spine, and gold text. Contains handwritten data - dated entries give written descriptions of patterns, materials and diagrams of loom configuration. Mostly ap...

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Suggestion Book [pattern book]

c. 1931

Hardback with metal hoop binding and black covers. Contains varied woven fabric samples with small, polychrome repeating patterns. A few samples have printed patterns. Some samples towards the back...

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A book of verse: book I

Hayens, Herbert (1861-); Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

[1923?]

Introduction dated 1923.

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Gathering : a book dust book

Greene, Barbara; McDowall, John (1953-)

2006

By Barbara Green and John McDowall. Artists' book. Printings of the dust surrounding removed books. ""Gatherings" presents the index of their trace in dust of absent books. This collaborative projec...

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