Research Catalog

Title

Book clubs & printing societies of Great Britain and Ireland, by Harold Williams.

Author

Williams, Harold Herbert, Sir, 1880-1964.

Publication

London, Printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow, and published by the First Edition Club, 1929.

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Details

Additional Authors

• First Edition Club (London, England)
• Sargent Collection.

Description

viii p., 1 l., 126 p., 1 l.; 8vo.

Subjects

• Ireland > Learned institutions and societies
• Bibliography > Societies, etc > Great Britain
• Book clubs > Great Britain
• Book collecting > Societies, etc > Great Britain
• Printing > Societies, etc > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Learned institutions and societies
• Book clubs > Ireland

Note

• Colophon: "This is a volume in the series of books commissioned by the First Edition Club to be printed by eminent English typographers and has been designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press."
• "Of this, the fifteenth book published by the First Edition Club, seven hundred and fifty copies have been printed."

Contents

Their several kinds.--Forerunners.--Bibliomania.--Scottis book clubs.--History and topography.--Later historical and record societies.--Literary and text societies.--Collectors and others.--BIbliographical societies.--Conclusion.--Index.

Call Number

*KP (First) (Williams, H. H. Book clubs & printing societies)

LCCN

29020687

OCLC

852632

Author

Williams, Harold Herbert, Sir, 1880-1964.

Title

Book clubs & printing societies of Great Britain and Ireland, by Harold Williams.

Imprint

London, Printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow, and published by the First Edition Club, 1929.

Local Note

Copy 2: Sargent Collection.

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Added Author

First Edition Club (London, England)

Sargent Collection.

Research Call Number

*KP (First) (Williams, H. H. Book clubs & printing societies)

8-*KP (First) (Williams, H. H. Book clubs & printing societies)