This book, which includes fourteen well-chosen illustrations, describes the crucial role libraries have played throughout history: in ancient Egypt, China, the classical Western world, Islam, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, The Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library systems. Throughout the twentieth century, libraries have both supported democratic institutions and have also been tools of Nazi and Soviet totalitarianism. At the ...
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This book, which includes fourteen well-chosen illustrations, describes the crucial role libraries have played throughout history: in ancient Egypt, China, the classical Western world, Islam, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, The Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library systems. Throughout the twentieth century, libraries have both supported democratic institutions and have also been tools of Nazi and Soviet totalitarianism. At the dawn of the telecommunications and computer age, it is evident that libraries of the future will play a vital role in the preservation of crumbling books and documents, and in forming new ways of preserving our culture.
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Fine jacket. A well kept copy, clean and bright. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover. From the collection of John J. Walsdorf, whose blurb appears on the rear cover of the book.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7 ¾"-9 ¾" tall; Like new hard cover edition with like new dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 246 pages.
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Fine jacket. Signed. Inscribed by the author on title page. A very well kept copy, pages are clean and unmarked; dust jacket now in protective mylar. From the collection of bibliophile and bibliographer Jack Walsdorf, former President of the William Morris Society.
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Near Fine in very good jacket. 1998, Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Near Fine condition, in a Very Good Dust Jacket that shows light shelf wear.
