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Geography
Consists mainly of books on travel and topography. A wide range of countries is covered, notably the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Middle East, though this list is by no means ...
ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS ANNOTATED BY JUNE A SHEPPARD
c1950s
June Sheppard was lecturer in geography at the University of Hull and author of 'The draining of the Hull valley, 1958' and 'Medieval Planning in Northern England' 1974. Maps date from 1946-1954, anno...
The Poetry Business material relating to Simon Armitage's early work, collected by Jennifer Stead
c. 1987 - 1989
Material collected by Jennifer Stead relating to her involvement with The Poetry Business, Byram Arcade, Huddersfield. The file includes: - A typescript of 'Zoom' brought to the class by Simon Armita...
Norwegian
Works, mostly in the Norwegian language, cover a wide area of subjects connected with Norway, including history, laws, geography and topography, folklore, literature, art and archaeology, language and...
Howard de Walden (Brotherton Collection)
Comprises books acquired by Lord Brotherton from the library of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden (1880-1946). All items in the collection were bound in Rivière bindings early in ...
Education, early
Books and periodicals date from between the years 1625 and 1988. The bulk of the collection (around three-quarters) was published in the 19th- and late 18th-century. The collection consists mainly of ...
Strong Room books
The Strong Room books collection takes its name from the secure room where these early, often rare and valuable, books were originally kept. The collection is divided into two parts, one for books pri...
A Shelf List of Chinese Holdings from the Royal Asiatic Society
18th - 19th century
The Brotherton Library has acquired donations from the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society numbering 700 titles with 5500 traditional thread bound volumes. These are mainly works purchased by British...
Icelandic
At the heart of this excellent working library for students of both Modern and Old Icelandic is Bogi Melsted's extensive collection. Melsted (1860-1929), a distinguished Icelandic historian and auth...