Search Results: Library Catalogues from Wykeham Books

Coulthurst Trust, Gargrave, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. [5], 417 pp. A catalogue of the library established early in the 17th century at Skipton and based on bequests and donations from Silvester and William Petyt. There are about 5,500 entries representing perhaps 4,000 works, since everything is analytically catalogued and cross-referenced in detail. The books are overwhelmingly English and the latest date of publication is 1710. A contemporary review noted that "The majority relate to the theological controversies of the later seventeenth century, with a sprinkling of S.T.C. books. Thus works by Baxter, Prynne, Burnet, and Joseph Hall are numerous, as are Civil War and Commonwealth tracts, though other subjects are represented: such as history (Holinshed, Heylyn, Camden, Froissart, Grimestone); geography (Purchas, Mercator, Brunei); science (Hartlib, Evelyn, John Harris), to take a few. Literature of any sort is scarce, though editions of Chaucer, Cowley, Davenant, Jonson, and… Read More

Institution of Royal Engineers, [Chatham,], first edition, 1929. Cloth, 8vo,. xxvii, 521, [2] pp. This is a a full Catalogue showing all books in the Library at the end of June, 1928. Contents: Preface; Chronicles of the R.E. Corps Libraries; Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations; Plan of Library; Subjects Catalogue; Index of Authors' Names, Etc. Front board quite stained, rear board with minor marks, contents Good.

Oxford University Press, London, first edition, 1969. 3 vols, cloth, 4to, 26 cm,. xci, 479 + v, 565 + v, 542 pp. 4,019 entries. From a contemporary review: "These volumes set a high mark in the study of provenance. The particular achievement is to put into print an admirably informative reconstruction of Horace Walpole's Library. Walpole gathered some 7300 volumes (7000 titles) at Strawberry Hill.. In just over 4000 catalogue-entries (i.e., short titles of works and working titles of collections), Professor Hazen identifies almost all the original contents of the library by title, and determines the physical arrangement of the volumes on Walpole's shelves.. He traces some 1400 volumes (3000 titles) to their present locations. ..As part of the introductory material, the Catalogue prints a revision of Mr Lewis's out-of-print Sandars Lectures of 1957. In these lectures Lewis described Walpole's literary interests, and sketched Walpole's activities with respect to his… Read More

Printed by G. Davidson, London, first edition, 1835. Cloth, 8vo, 27 cm,. [8], 215, [1] pp. From the introduction: "The whole number of MSS. in this Library is four hundred and seventy-nine, and may be classed as follows : 1. Sir Matthew Hale. 2. John Maynard, Esq. 3. John Coxe, Esq. 4. Serjeant Hill. 5. Miscellaneous, being the Gift of various Benefactors. Name on title-page, an ex-library copy with "Foreign Office" blindstamped on both boards and a stamp on the front free endpaper, front joint partly broken and tender, covers worn and most of spine lost, contents otherwise Good.

British Library : Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1984. Limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth, 4to,. xxi, 442 pp. At its simplest, the scope of this volume of the Catalogue is the English books printed before 1701 in the English and Welsh Anglican cathedral libraries. It covers the same ground as (and acts as a supplement to) the Bibliographical Society's Short-title Catalogue of books printed in England Scotland & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (STC) ... And Donald Wing's similar Short-title Catalogue for the period 1641 -1700... Our Catalogue additionally lists periodical material for the whole period (included by STC but excluded by Wing), and Statutes for the Wing period. "Where necessary, we give brief notes to indicate the nature of variations from the SIC or Wing entry to which we are relating the item. Very Good.

Eton College Library, [Windsor, Berkshire], [first edition, 2012. Laminated pictorial wrappers, folio, 28 cm,. 160 pp, colour ills. 100 items. Near Fine.

British Library in association with The British Academy, London, first edition, 2001. Cloth, 8vo,. xlvi, 254 pp, [4] pp of plates. Catalogs in Latin, with English introduction and commentaries. From the introduction: "This volume is the second volume of the longer Benedictine catalogues to appear in the series. ..Peterborough abbey, the subject of the present work, is not known for the size of its medieval library or the number of its surviving books, and yet its collection is represented by a remarkable range of surviving evidence; the largest catalogue, the so-called Matricularium, lists some 1900 titles in nearly 350 volumes. The Matricularium is a complicated document that has presented some uniquely difficult and interesting challenges to its editors. New.

Dr Williams's Trust, London, first edition, 1955. Cloth, 8vo,. viii,776, cxlv pp. Edited for the Trustees by Doris M. Johnson. Covers scuffed, spine marked and spotted, contents Good.

British Library in association with the British Academy, London, first edition, 1999. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xvi, 326 pp, [4] pp of plates. From the preface : "With fewer than 450 books in 1389, the library of Dover Priory was smaller than several described in [corpus vol of shorter bend cats ] It is not the number of books but the scale of John Whytefelde's catalogue, in all its precocious sophistication and astonishing detail, that demands a volume to itself. His inclusion of dictiones probatoriae for every volume and incipits for almost every one of about 1500 titles will prove an immense boon to students of such catalogues who are seeking confirmation that a medieval title has been correctly identified. As New.

Dr. Williams's Trust, London, first edition, 1983. Cloth, 8vo,. ix,165, xxxviii pp. Ex-library, stamps on front pastedown endpaper and verso of titlepage, label on front free endpaper, taped spine-label, covers rubbed, otherwise Good.

Augustus M. Kelley New York, 1966 reprint of 1951 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. ix, 126 pp, ills, facs. A catalogue of 141 books or sets (308 volumes) held by the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo which formerly belonged to the library of Adam Smith, including 62 (98 volumes) in English, 34 (43 volumes) in Latin, 28 (92 volumes) in French, 15 (73 volumes) in Italian, and 2 in German. The subjects of these books cover the wide range of philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history and biography, geography and topography of various countries, travels, natural history, religion, arts, art of war, language, mathematics, etc., but no book on economics save the chief work of Adam Smith himself and its German translation. Very Good.

Augustus M. Kelley New York, 1966 reprint of 1951 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. ix, 126 pp, ills, facs. A catalogue of 141 books or sets (308 volumes) held by the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo which formerly belonged to the library of Adam Smith, including 62 (98 volumes) in English, 34 (43 volumes) in Latin, 28 (92 volumes) in French, 15 (73 volumes) in Italian, and 2 in German. The subjects of these books cover the wide range of philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history and biography, geography and topography of various countries, travels, natural history, religion, arts, art of war, language, mathematics, etc., but no book on economics save the chief work of Adam Smith himself and its German translation. Covers duststained, otherwise Good.

Bibliographical Society, n.p., first edition, 1935. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. 67, [1] pp. Good.

Bibliographical Society, n.p., first edition, 1935. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. 67, [1] pp. Booklabel of Robert Washington Oates on front pastedown endpaper and his signature and an embossed address stamp on front free endpaper, boards slightly browned, otherwise Very Good.

British Library in association with the British Academy, London, first edition, 2004. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. ccxiv, 597 pp, 8 pp of plates. From the prefatory note: "The Catalogus de libris autenticis et apocrifis by Henry of Kirkestede is a text that has held a near legendary place in the imaginations of English bibliographers for more than four centuries, so it is a remarkable fact that this volume should represent its first full edition. Henry of Kirkestede's Catalogus occupies a slightly anomalous place in the present series, for it is more a work of bibliography than a catalogue of shelved books. But it was part of Henry's method to record the presence of certain works in the libraries of which he had personal knowledge, and the editors have been able to assess where he was reporting on actual books. Fine.

British Library in association with the British Academy, London, first edition, 2009. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xlix, 561pp, 4 pp of plates and facs. From the introduction: "The present volume contains the book records of secular foundations that were neither cathedrals nor colleges. Hospitals, of which fifty-four are represented, form the most numerous element. There are also eight entries for schools, eight for towns (including some town guilds), four for bridge chapels, and twelve for the professions and the London professional or mercantile guilds. The medieval and sixteenth-century documentation of all these bodies has survived only very patchily, and cannot compare with that of the cathedrals or university colleges; and this book can reasonably claim to be in its way a pioneer work (with all the imperfections and omissions that such works are prone to)." From the introductory note: "The institutions represented in this present volume are thinly attested by surviving books, and the… Read More

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, first edition, 1963. Printed wrappers, small 8vo, 21 cm,. 52 pp. Very Good.

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, first edition, 1980. Printed wrappers, small 8vo, 21 cm,. 91 pp. Good.

The Library, New York, first edition, 1993. Laminated illustrated wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. 310, [2] pp. colour plates. Contents include: Director's Foreword; Foreword by John Russell; Introduction; I Paintings and Art Objects; II Ancient Near Eastern Seals and Tablets; III Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; IV Printed Books; V Children's Books ; VI Bindings; VII Autograph Manuscripts; VIII Music Manuscripts; IX Gilbert and Sullivan Collection; X Drawings and Prints. Near Fine.

The Library, New York, first edition, 1993. Laminated illustrated wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. 310, [2] pp. colour plates. Contents include: Director's Foreword; Foreword by John Russell; Introduction; I Paintings and Art Objects; II Ancient Near Eastern Seals and Tablets; III Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; IV Printed Books; V Children's Books ; VI Bindings; VII Autograph Manuscripts; VIII Music Manuscripts; IX Gilbert and Sullivan Collection; X Drawings and Prints. Minor traces of a removed spine-label, previous institutional owner''s label on front free endpaper, otherwise Very Good.