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Books, libraries, and publishing
This collection contains items on all aspect of the printed word from design and production, through sales and acquisition, to collection, description and use. It also includes items on manuscripts and archival material.
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The private papers of a bankrupt bookseller
Oliver and Boyd
1932
A collection of anecdotes about a fictional bookseller. Gift inscription from the author to John Grieve dated 1932/1933.
The public library Stirling 1904-2004: a brief centenary history
Stirling Council Libraries
2004
A centenary history of the public library in Stirling.
The Tullis Press, Cupar, 1803-1849
Abertay Historical Society
1967
A history of the Tullis Press with a bibliography of its publications.
This is not the end of the book: a conversation
Harvill Secker
2011
A discussion of the future of the book in the digital age.
The art of the book: some record of work carried out in Europe and the U.S.A. 1939-1950
Studio Publications
1951
An assessment of approaches to design and execution in book production.
Esdaile's manual of bibliography
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1969
An introduction to bibliography.
The Foulis Press and the Foulis Academy: Glasgow's eighteenth century school of art and design
Glasgow Art Index in association with the Friends of Glasgow University Library
2001
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Mitchell Library.
A history of British publishing
Routledge
2004
A comprehensive history of five centuries of publishing in Britain.
Personal landscape
Turret Books
1966
An account of the genesis of the magazine 'Personal Landscape'.
The earliest books of Canterbury Cathedral: manuscripts and fragments to c.1200
Bibliographical Society
2008
An assessment of one of the greatest literary centres of the Middle Ages and one of the most important collections.
The making of John Menzies
John Menzies plc
1983
A history of the bookstall, bookshop, and distribution company.
A hundred years of progress: the record of the Scottish Typographical Association 1853-1952
Scottish Typographical Association
1953
A history of the body formed to represent and protect the interests of workers in the Scottish printing industry.
Guide to the contents of the Public Record Office
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1963-1968
A guide to the legal, state, and departmental documents held by the Public Record Office.
A small press and Hugh MacDiarmid
Akros Publications
1970
An unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 355 inscribed by Glen to Edward Nairn, of John Updike. Loosely laid in list of books in print.
Edinburgh University Library: 1580 - 1980: a collection of historical essays
Edinburgh University Library
1982
A history of one of the oldest libraries in Scotland, issued to celebrate its 400th anniversary.
Banned books: informal notes on some books banned for various reasons at various times and in various places
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1955
A chronological list of books banned during the period 387 BC to 1954.
Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin editors 1935-1970
Penguin Books
1995
The story of the formative years of Penguin Books.
Book design
Laurence King Publishing
2006
Takes the reader through every aspect of book design from interpreting a design brief, through the design itself, to the production process.
Scottish libraries
British Library in association with the British Academy
2006
A compilation of the library records that have survived from mediaeval Scotland.
Book trade connections from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries
Oak Knoll Press
2008
A collection of essays on various aspects of book production, dissemination and consumption.
The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland
Cambridge University Press
2006
A survey of the development of libraries to the end of the twentieth century.
Gollancz: the story of a publishing house 1928-1978
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1978
A history of the famous London publisher.
The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing
Zeon Books
1993
A history of the rise and fall of pulp paperback publishing in post Second World War Britain.
