Modest Collection Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006

Name: Modest Collection Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006
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ISBN: 9780900002670

ISBN-10: 0900002670

ISBN-13: 9780900002670

Edition: 2007

Authors: Private Libraries Association Staff

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Here, in the guise of a history of the Private Libraries Association, is an account of the friendships of its members over the past fifty years. They have all been collectors, with widely differing interests, from countries across the world, united by a love of books and the need to be surrounded by them at the end of a day's work and in all the years of retirement. The aim of the society is to bring together such enthusiasts and to offer them books and essays in the association's journal that would lead them further into the bibliophilic web. The enormous range of their interests adds vitality to the group's publications and creates a dynamic tension between the need to deal in sufficient…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Private Libraries Association
Publication date: 5/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 378
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Illustrations	p. 7
Liber Amicorum	p. 9
The Officers	p. 11
The Formative Years 1956-1961	p. 15
Establishment 1961-1967	p. 23
Publishing 1968-1981	p. 29
Continuation 1982-2006	p. 40
Publishing 1982-2006	p. 46
Publications	p. 58
Members' Collections	p. 87
List of Contributors	p. 377
Retail Price Index	p. 378
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