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Eton and King's
M. R. James (1862–1936), best remembered today for his ghost stories, was Provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). In these memoirs, he …
A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of York
York Minster has the largest cathedral library in England. The original library was established in the eighth century, but nothing survives from this period. A new collection was …
Early English Printed Books in the University Library, Cambridge: Volume 1, Caxton to F. Kingston
An erudite and popular librarian, Charles Edward Sayle (1864–1924) devoted his career to cataloguing and editing rare books in the University of Cambridge. His obituary praised him …
A History of Booksellers
Henry Curwen (1845–1892) was a journalist and author who became editor of the Times of India. First published in 1874, A History of Booksellers aimed at providing an informative …
Typographical Antiquities
When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by …
A Century of the English Book Trade
Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from …
Reminiscences of Literary London from 1779 to 1853
This volume brings together extensive recollections of authors, publishers, auctioneers and booksellers from 1779 to 1853, based on the author's personal acquaintance with the …
The Catalogue of the Library of the Wisbech Museum
Wisbech in north Cambridgeshire was a wealthy port in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and was home to bankers, writers and influential social reformers including Thomas …
The Sources of Archbishop Parker's Collection of Mss. at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years
Philip Gaskell (1926–2001) acknowledges in his Preface that 'one period in the history of one college library may not seem much of a subject for a book', but, as his 1980 study …