e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Call Number
Item Barcode
Bib Number
ISBN/ISSN
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Booklist Review
Library Journal Review
Publisher Weekly Review
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Pettegree, Andrew.
Subjects
Libraries -- History.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Pettegree, Andrew.
by title:
The library : a frag...
by call number:
027.009 P499L
Search the Web
Pettegree, Andrew.
Libraries -- History.
MARC Display
The library : a fragile history / Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen.
by
Pettegree, Andrew.
Basic Books, 2021.
Call #:
027
.009
P499L
Subjects
Libraries -- History.
ISBN:
9781541600775 (hc.)
Edition:
1st US ed.
Description:
518 p. : ill. (black and white, and col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-502) and index.
Summary:
"Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of fashions and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanours committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts."
Other authors:
Weduwen, Arthur der.
Holds:
1
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
027.009 P499L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
027.009 P499L
Core Collection - Adult
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
027.009 P499L
Core Collection - Adult
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
027.009 P499L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.