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The Publishers Weekly


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Pre-nineteenth-century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers


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Essays on British book collectors and bibliographers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries. This period marked the growth of humanism and coincides with the early Renaissance, before the widespread establishment of print culture. Focuseson the historical evolution of a specific library, as well as a collecting family. Discusses the nature and variety of collecting as a cultural activity.




The Dial


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The Plains Across


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The most honored book ever released by the University of Illinois Press, The Plains Across was the result of more than a decade's work by its author. Here, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Oregon Trail, is a paperback reissue that includes the notes, bibliography, and illustrations contained in the 1979 cloth edition.




Minutes of the Meeting


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V. 52 includes the proceedings of the conference on the Farmington Plan, 1959.




The Nation


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