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Bibliophilia Scholastica Floreat : fifty years of rare books and special collections at the University of Toronto
by Landon, Richard
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- New
- Edition
- 1st Can Edition
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- 2005
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780772760555
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library., 2005 Book. New. Original Wraps. 1st Can Edition. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Sept. 26-Dec. 21, 2005. 132p. illus.. Item Price
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
by Basbanes, Nicholas A
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Published
- 2001
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780060196950
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New York: HarperCollins, 2001 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof. The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Catalogue of the Travers Collection in the University of Sussex Library
by Potter, Jeremy M [ed]
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- New
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850870275
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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Brighton: University of Sussex Library, 1990 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. 274p. indices. Addenda & Corrigenda sheet laid in. Item Price
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
by Basbanes, Nicholas A
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- As New
- Edition
- 1st Pbk Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780060514464
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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New York: Perennial HarperCollins, 2003 Book. As New. Trade Paperback. 1st Pbk Edition. The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Vanished Library : A Wonder of the Ancient World
by Canfora, Luciano
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780520072558
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Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st US Edition. Series: Hellenistic Culture & Society Vol. 7). "The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt...had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof.... But what was the library, and where was it? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. Luciano Canfora ...recreates the world… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Token for Friends, Being a Memoir of Edgar Osborne, an Appreciation of the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books and a Facsimile of His Catalogue "From Morality & Instruction to Beatrix Potter"
by Osborne, Edgar
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Toronto Public Library, Osborne Collection, 1979 Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. Introduction by Judith St. John, Appreciation by Justin G Schiller. Fascimile of the catalogue "From Morality & Instruction to Beatrix Potter" which was first published for the Eastbourne Art Gallery Committee, Derby 1949 . This edition limited to 1500 copies issued by the Friends of the Osborne and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930
by Bruce, Lorne
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Can Ed.
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550022056
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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994 Ex-Library. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. This book provides a detailed and reflective account of the people, groups, communities, and ideas that shaped library development in the decades between 1850 and 1930, from Egerton Ryerson to George Locke, from the Mechanics Institutes to renovated Carnegie libraries. A chronological narrative, lively writings by the people involved,… Read more about this item Item Price
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