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This comprehensive new work not only provides bibliographical details lacking from previous studies, but it
describes Dodgson's letters, articles, games, mathematical problems, and stories in such a way that the scholar
without access to these rare items will gain an understanding of where Dodgson stood on various subjects and the
nature of his relationship with the public via the press. Previously unknown, Dodgson items are brought to light in
this listing, and numerous early reprints are recorded for the first time. Dodgson's word puzzles "Doublets" and
"Syzgies," which were published on a continuing basis in Vanity Fair and The Lady are fully described for the first
time, and dozens of previously unknown Doublets and Syzygies are reprinted. Lovett's introductory essay
discusses Dodgson's career as both a reader of periodicals and a contributor to them, and quotes extensively from
one of the "lost" periodical contributions - Dodgson material which has not been reprinted. [Order No. 53904]
253. Wissekerke, Willem Gillisz van. LIBER DESIDERATUS (SUPER CELESTIUM MOTUUM
INDAGATIONE SINE CALCULO). FACSIMILE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY D.J.
STRUIK. Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1965, 14.5x21 cm, Imitation vellum covered boards. 50 pages
(introduction), 48 pages (facsimile). ISBN 9789060041963. $115.00 $86.25
Facsimile of the 1494 edition published in Lyon. Introduction and facsimile. Sales rights: Available outside North
America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103326]
254. Malone, Cheryl Knott, Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, and John Mark Tucker (ed.). LIBRARIES AND
CULTURE. Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis Jr. Washington DC: Library of
Congress Center for the Book, 2006, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 312 pages. ISBN 0844411558. $25.00 $18.75
Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis, Jr. is a collection of essays first published
as a special festschrift issue of Libraries & Culture (40:3) in summer 2005. John Y. Cole, Center for the Book director,
notes that the book is dedicated to Davis because "his leadership during the past three decades has helped shape
library history into an important interdisciplinary and international field of study. His own work as an author,
editor, and book reviewer has been a notable and influential part of this effort." In addition to 16 essays, the
volume includes a Foreword by library historian Robert Sidney Martin, former director of the Institute of Museum
and Library Services; an introduction by the editors, and an index prepared by Hermina G.B. Anghelescu. The four
book plates on the back cover are from the collections of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress. Each represents an important development in the history of the Library of Congress and its
specialized collections. The dust jacket, preface and index are new additions, not part of the previous publication.
Distributed for the Center for the Book, Library of Congress. [Order No. 92877]
255. Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. LIBRARIES FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE AND
MAJOR HUMANIST AND MONASTERY LIBRARIES (3000 BC - AD 1600). Athens: Frank E.
Basil, 1997, 4to., paper-covered boards. (vi), xiv, 282, (4) pages. ISBN 0892415835. $35.00 $26.25
In two parts: 48 entries for tablets, manuscripts and early printed books, generally in Greek, from ancient times to
1500, with an intermittent text discussing the libraries recorded and unrecorded, which may have been or were
associated with these items. With illustrations. The second part provides an additional 126 entries, again,
predominately for works in Greek, from 12 extant libraries and one no longer extant but well-attested. Each library
is described, with photographic or other illustrations. Most are well-known, but two Greek libraries of the Middle
Ages and the late Renaissance should be somewhat less familiar. [Order No. 64289]
256. Wertheimer, Andrew B. and Donald G. Davis, Jr. LIBRARY HISTORY RESEARCH IN
AMERICA, ESSAYS COMMEMORATING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LI-
BRARY HISTORY ROUND TABLE. Washington: Library of Congress, The Center for the Book,
2000, 8vo., cloth. vi, 279 pages. ISBN 0844410209. $35.00 $26.25
First edition. Foreword by John Y. Cole, followed by 16 separate essays on library history. These include Lee
Shiflett on Louis Shores, John David Marshall on the Library History Round Table, Wayne A. Wiegand on library
literature produced over the period 1947-1997, and many other interesting essays. Also has an essay entitled "In
Memory of Oivind M. Hovde (1911-1986)." This collection was originally published as a special issue of the journal
Libraries and Culture, Winter 2000, 35:1. [Order No. 60641]
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