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Previously a subscription service at, stanford libraries has brought the materials into catalog and makes this rich resource publicly available. Americana rare books and first editions bauman rare books. Rare politics the 5 most readable books about politics that you should stick your nose in alex thomas, rare staff 2. One thing is certain, as our publisher webb howell pointed out. Rare book article about rare book by the free dictionary. Some say that having both a desktop and a smartphone version that can be synced is essential. Ignatius, spiritual exercises, retreats, jesuit education, justice, secondary education, higher education, immigration, refugee. College, and the houghton library at harvard university. This is a collection of over 100 rare book catalogs and bibliographies with additional resources for scholars, collectors, and booksellers. The earlymodern, portuguesesponsored jesuit mission to japan left behind a body of christian literature in japanese whose alphabetic texts have been a treasure trove for linguists, its existence a point of pride for christian sectarians, and its content rich material for historians. Literature and rare books collections literary collections. This selection ranges from 1917 to 1969, and really is.
Bauman rare books offers an extraordinary selection of fine books and autographs dating from the 15th through. Use the date of addition sorting to get the last added books first. Notable archival holdings include the literary archive, including both manuscripts and books, of american writer katherine anne. Lettera annale del giapone scritta al padre generale della. Selectarum item ex india epistolarum eodem interprete libri iv. Be present on international database of more than 80 000 000. The divisions collection of nearly 5,700 incunabula fifteenthcentury. The 1640 bay psalm book was the first book written in british america and the first book printed in english in the new world.
Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pagesknown as a foreedge painting. Chief editor and encoder for the online laures rare book database, joint. The book was added to the laures kbl database in 2004, as was. Pestilence and the printed books of the late 15th century harvard u. The third title, in contrast, is a compilation from dealers catalogues. Primary sources iberian studies subject guides at brigham. European works on the early missions in japan to be found in libraries around the world imprints. Creation of xmlencoded databases and online resources of primary sources for. After more than 10 years, the 5000th entry was published on bibliotheca sinica 2.
The rare book hub offers tools for the book collector and bookseller, especially old and rare books, antique or antiquarian books, hard to find, out of print, and collectible collectable books. About this collection rare book selections digital. Exceptionally rare in first issue, and most rare and desirable in contemporary bindings. Libraries digital collections bibliotheca sinica 2. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Latin americanist research resources project description of this database. Rare book collections special collections and university. Library and archives canadas lac rare book collection has roots in many different places, including various federal institutions and the shelves of the nations book collectors. Explore thousands of old and rare books, including illuminated manuscripts, fine press editions, illustrated books, incunabula, limited editions and miniature books.
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Software and apps for cataloguing your book collection. Alias grace is a novel that stimulates thought, whether it be about how certain views of women have changed or stayed the same, or about the nature of memory and insanity. Literature rare books and first editions bauman rare books. From relatively modest beginnings, it has grown into one of the finest collections of. Feb 18, 2020 slavery, abolition and social justice, 14902007 description of this database. Gallica bnf les bibliotheques virtuelles humanistes tours erara switzerland europeana. Apr 04, 2018 for those interested in the premodern andor the history christianity and its connections to japan, sophia university in tokyo has a fascinating database thats worth looking into. A professional book appraiser is a rare book specialist, probably a bookseller, who is well versed in the pricing of rare books. Whether youre a budding rare book collector or a bibliophile with an evniable collection, discover an amazing selection of rare and collectable books from booksellers around the. The number of rare books available online increases daily. English resource for japanese studies and humanities in japan. The cambridge companion to the jesuits thomas worcester.
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The results sorted by author are then sorted by title. The burns library copy is therefore the seventh and thus having a digitized version of this is helpful for scholars internationally. Since 1997, bookfinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. The laures kirishitan bunko database is a highly useful resource including digitized versions of johannes lauress kirishitan bunko first published in 1940, copious bibliographical information on some 1819 texts, extensive descriptions of those texts, crossreferences to modern day research and reprints, and image files for some of the. The relevance sorting puts the closest results to your search in first place. From relatively modest beginnings, it has grown into one of the finest collections of rare printed material in the country. Collectors can often find interesting examples of rare books at auction. Bauman rare books, founded in 1973 by david and natalie bauman, is one of the worlds largest and bestknown rare book companies, with a streetlevel gallery on madison avenue in new york and main offices in center city philadelphia. Primary sources latin american studies subject guides.
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