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Books in the war : the romance of library war service

Title

Books in the war : the romance of library war service / by Theodore Wesley Koch.

Author

Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941

Publication

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Riverside Press.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KF 1919 17-11	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

xix, 388 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 109 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles; 21 cm

Subject

Note

"The present volume is an amplification of the first part of my War libraries and allied studies"--Preface.
Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

Also available online (various copies) via Hathitrust and Internet Archive.

Source (note)

Ho[ughton Mifflin] ;
Old Scrolls Book Shop;

Provenance (note)

American Library Association Library War Service (bookplate, with reduced version of the front cover; lettering: "War Service Library. Books are provided by the people of the United States through the American Library Association for the use of soldiers and sailors"; American Library Association War Service book card, unmarked, inserted in diagonal card holder sleeve mounted on back pastedown).

Binding (note)

Publisher's dark brown ribbed cloth, lettered in yellow. Mounted on front cover is a full-page color illustration, lettered with title and name of author; signed "F" (C.B. Falls). It depicts a soldier carrying a stack of books. The image originated as a poster commissioned by the Library War Service of the American Library Association, with lettering "Books wanted for our men in camp and 'over there.' Take your gifts to the public library." It was also used as a bookplate by the Library War Service.

Contents

The Library War Service of the American Library Association -- Reading soldiers -- Students in khaki -- The call from overseas -- The A.L.A. in France -- Library service by mail -- Naval libraries and transport service -- American military hospital libraries -- Books for the sick and wounded -- The British War Library -- The British Camps Library -- British Y.M.C.A. libraries -- British prisoners of war book scheme (educational) -- British military hospital libraries -- Reading in the prison camps -- Letters from the front -- Pictures and poetry -- The Bible in the trenches -- Books for blinded soldiers -- Reading for the future.

Call Number

*KF 1919 17-11

LCCN

19015509

OCLC

1541244

Author

Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941, author.

Title

Books in the war : the romance of library war service / by Theodore Wesley Koch.

Publisher

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919.

Manufacturer

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Riverside Press.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Also available online (various copies) via Hathitrust and Internet Archive.

Binding

Publisher's dark brown ribbed cloth, lettered in yellow. Mounted on front cover is a full-page color illustration, lettered with title and name of author; signed "F" (C.B. Falls). It depicts a soldier carrying a stack of books. The image originated as a poster commissioned by the Library War Service of the American Library Association, with lettering "Books wanted for our men in camp and 'over there.' Take your gifts to the public library." It was also used as a bookplate by the Library War Service.

Provenance

Copy in *KF 1919 17-11: American Library Association Library War Service (bookplate, with reduced version of the front cover; lettering: "War Service Library. Books are provided by the people of the United States through the American Library Association for the use of soldiers and sailors"; American Library Association War Service book card, unmarked, inserted in diagonal card holder sleeve mounted on back pastedown). NN

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