Libraries and their users: Collected papers in library history; by Paul Kaufman ISBN 13: 9780853651710

Library Association, 1969. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:085365171X

London, The Library Association 1969. 233 p. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with pictorial dustjacket (Exteriors of the dustjacket rubbed, otherwise in good condition.)

Library Association, London, 1971 reprint of 1969 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. 233 pp, plates. Contents Include: Foreword; Preface; I. The Eighteenth-Century Forerunner of the London Library; II. Some Reading Trends in Bristol 1773-84; III. English Book Clubs and their Social Import; IV. Glimpses of Reading in some West Country Book Clubs; V. Reading Trends at Cathedral Libraries; VI. Mr. Yorick in the Minster Library; VII. New Light from Parochial Libraries; VIII. An Introduction to Libraries of Dissent: Zion's; Temple, Manchester; IX. Coffee Houses as Reading Centres; X. Community Readers at the Shrewsbury School; Library; XI. Scotland as the Home of Community Libraries; XII. Dundee, Mother of Burgh Libraries; XIII. Innerpeffray: Reading for all the People; XIV. Lead Hills: Library of Diggers; XV. Community Libraries of Ireland and Wales; XVI. The Community Library: A Chapter in English; Social History; XVII. In Defence of Fair Readers; Index. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on… Read More