Download or read book The Card Catalog written by The Library of Congress and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post

Download or read book The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books written by Edward Wilson-Lee and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.

Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books annual written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.

Download or read book Catalogue of the books manuscripts maps and drawings in the British Museum Natural History written by British Museum (Natural History) and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Title entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington Under the Copyright Law Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 1536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Supplement to the London Catalogue of Books Published in Great Britain with Their Sizes Prices and Publishers Names from 1846 to 1849 Including a Classified Index to the New Works Published During 1846 1849 Uniform with the Bibliotheca Londinensis written by Thomas Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Complete Catalog of Books and Periodicals written by National Academy Press (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A CLASSIFICATION AND SUBJECT INDEX FOR CATALOGUING AND ARRANGING THE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS OF A LIBRARY written by BY MELVIL DEWEY and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Supplementary Catalogue of the Public Library of New South Wales Sydney for the Years 1888 1910 written by Public Library of New South Wales and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Standard Catalog for High School Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.

Download or read book The Library World written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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