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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Related ephemera loosely inserted. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; Physical description: 64 p : col. Ill ; 32 cm. Subjects: British Library (London, England) - Guidebooks. British Library - Catalogs and collections. Notes: text, R. C. Alston, assisted by specialists in all parts of the library ; photography, Anne Gilbert . [et al]. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Related ephemera loosely inserted. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; Physical description: 64 p : col. Ill ; 32 cm. Subjects: British Library (London, England) - Guidebooks. British Library - Catalogs and collections. Notes: text, R. C. Alston, assisted by specialists in all parts of the library ; photography, Anne Gilbert . [et al]. 1 Kg.…

Reprint, 8vo, pp. [181]-191; original olive printed wrappers (a bit soiled), edge worn from handling, bottom right-hand corner of upper cover chipped and dog-eared. Offprint from The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XXI, no. 3, September, 1966.

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xvi,202; numerous facsimiles; light wear to extremities, with front cover marred from adhesion, else very good in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Six in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xvi, 277; numerous facsimiles; light wear to extremities, else a very good sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Four in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xii, 75; numerous facsimiles; light wear to extremities with some scuff markings, else a very good sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Ten in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xiv,148; numerous facsimiles; very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Eleven in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xvi, 115; numerous facsimiles; very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Seven in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xx, 311; numerous facsimiles; very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume two in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xii, 178; numerous facsimiles; light wear to extremities, else a very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume Nine in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xvi, 205; xii, 66; numerous facsimiles; very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume 3 (parts one & two) in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800.".

Otley, Smith Settle, 2005. 2 vols. LXXXVI,334, [1] pp. 570 b./w. plts (incl. fold. plts). In two orig. uniform hardcover bindings (gilt lettered / dec. blue cloth). 8vo. - As new.A systematic record of writings on English, and on other languages in English, based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world. - Published in a limited edition of 500 copies. The second volume consists of facsimiles.…

Otley, Smith Settle, 2004. 2 vols. LXVI,259, [1] pp. 269 b./w. plts (incl. fold. plts). In two orig. uniform hardcover bindings (gilt lettered / dec. blue cloth). 8vo. - As new.A systematic record of writings on English, and on other languages in English, based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world. - Published in a limited edition of 500 copies. The second volume consists of facsimiles.…

First Edition. First edition limited to 500 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, fine in original blue cloth, gilt. The second volume consists of facsimiles. One of the more useful of the later volumes. The entire work 21 volumes in 40, including supplements and the 10-volume corrected reprint.

A complete set of one of the finest bibliographical undertakings in the last half century. 4to, 21 volumes in 40 (all published -- volume XXII, Indexes, was meant to be forthcoming, however since the passing of Robin Alston on June 30, 2011 it may never be published); volume I limited to 1000 copies, the rest limited to 500 copies each, illustrated with many facsimile pages throughout, many folding; several volumes with wear, 2 volumes with some cracking of the cloth at the joints, otherwise, generally a fine set in original blue cloth. Vol. I: English Grammars Written in English and English Grammars written in Latin by Native Speakers; II: Polyglot Dictionaries and Grammars, Treatises on English written for speakers of French, German, Dutch [et al.]; III, part 1: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English; III, part 2: Punctuation, Concordances, Origin of Language, Theory of Grammar; IV: Spelling Books; V: The English Dictionary; VI: Rhetoric, Style, Elocution; VII: Logic, Philosophy, Epistemology, Universal Language; VIII: Short-Hand; IX: English and Scottish Dialects, Cant and Vulgar English; X: Education and Language Teaching; XI: Place Names and Personal Names; XII, part 1: The French Language: Grammars, Miscellaneous Treatises, Dictionaries; XII, part 2: The Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romansh Languages: Grammars, Dictionaries, Miscellaneous Treatises; XIII: The Germanic Languages; XIV: The Slavonic, Oriental, African, & Other Languages; XV:L Latin (1500-1650); XVI (in 2 parts): Latin (1651-1800); XVII (in 2 parts): Botany, Agriculture, Horticulture; XVIII, part I (in 2 volumes): Zoology, Chemistry, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine; XVIII, part 2 (in 2 volumes): Law, Art, Architecture, Heraldry; XVIII, part 3 (in 2 volumes): Military and Naval Arts & Sciences; XVIII, part 4 (in 3 volumes): Commerce, Classics, Cookery, Technology, Religion, Recreation, Music; XIX (in 3 parts): Periodical Literature; XX: Materials in Manuscript (in 2 parts); and XXI (in 3 parts): Addenda to Volumes I-XVIII; plus, Additions and Corrections to Vols. I-X, List of Libraries and Cumulative Indexes.…