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Total number of records: 81

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items66
Archives13
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection71
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection15
English Literature7
Herbert Read Collection4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
books81
english literature16
rare books14
printing13
english poetry11
letter writing10
gift giving9
latin american literature7
printers7
spanish literature7

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain13
Europe11
Latin America7
Spain7
London, United Kingdom4
Genoa, Italy3
England1
Evesham, United Kingdom1
Nice, France1
Royston, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anderson, James (1739-1808)11
Nichols, John7
Nichols, John (1745-1826)7
Palau Y Dulcet, Antonio (1867-1954)7
Timperley, Charles Henry7
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-19284
Cowden Clarke, Charles3
Cox, E H M (1893-1977)3
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)3
Jackson, Holbrook (1874-1948)3

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From 16001
From 170011
From 180032
From 190033

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Up to 16991
Up to 179911
Up to 189929
Up to 199936

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Books reviewed

Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)

[1922]

Contents: John Clare.--Miss Mansfield's stories.--A book-collector.--Editing Shakespeare.--William James's letters.--Baudelaire.--Keats.-Austin Dobson's essays.--Mr. George Moore's tapestry.--Andrew M...

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A facsimile reproduction of a unique catalogue of Laurence Sterne's library

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768); Whibley, Charles (1859-1930)

1930

"This edition consists of 150 copies, for sale in England by James Tregaskis and son, and 180 copies sold in the United Sttes by Edgar H. Wells & co., inc."

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Le luxe des livres

Derôme, L (1833-1889)

1879

Pages [137-156], advertisements. "Exemplaire no. 34."

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Some notes on books and printing : a guide for authors and others

Jacobi, Charles Thomas (1853-1933); Jacobi, Charles Thomas (1853-1933); Chiswick Press

1892

"The present volume is practically a revised reprint of my little book "On the making and issuing of books" [1891]"--Preface.

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Some notes on books and printing : a guide for authors, publishers & others

Jacobi, Charles Thomas (1853-1933); Collins, F Howard (1857-1910); Boutall, Walter

1902

"First printed, November 1892 (1000 copies). Reprinted, March, 1902. (500 copies)."--Title page verso.

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The greatest book in the world : and other papers

Newton, A Edward (1864-1940)

[1926]

Contents: The greatest book in the world.--The ghosts of Gough Square.--Shakespeare and the "Old Vic."--Dialogue between father and son.--Change cars at Paoli.--A royal book-collector.--A "divine" and...

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A magnificent farce : and other diversions of a book collector

Newton, A Edward (1864-1940)

[1921]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The excursions of a book-lover : being papers on literary themes

Marvin, Frederic Rowland (1847-1918)

1910

Books.--An old-time bibliophile.--Literary fame.--Book dedicators.--Authors and publishers.--Ethan Brand.--The man of genius.--The physician and his work.--Shakespeare's bones.--Holographs.--At last t...

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Le livre anglais : trésors des collections anglaises

Cain, Julien (1887-1974); Francis, Sir Frank Charlton (1901-); Bibliothèque Nationale (France); British Council

1951

Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the British Couincil, and held at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1951. Preface by Julien Cain; foreword by F.C. Francis.

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The Bee, or, Literary weekly intelligencer (v.7)

Anderson, James (1739-1808)

1791-1713 [i.e. 1794]

Individual numbers lack imprint; place of publication from cumulative volume; years of publication from dates of cumulative vols. In later cumulative volumes, the Historical chronicle sections for t...

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The Bee, or, Literary weekly intelligencer (v.18)

Anderson, James (1739-1808)

1791-1713 [i.e. 1794]

Individual numbers lack imprint; place of publication from cumulative volume; years of publication from dates of cumulative vols. In later cumulative volumes, the Historical chronicle sections for t...

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