Circulating libraries (4 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. 6 pages. The Library is a scholarly journal for the study of the history of books, printing, and bibliography, interested in all aspects of descriptive, analytical, textual, and historical bibliography, including the economic history of the production and distribution of books, the history of collecting and of specific libraries, the physical making of texts, including paper, type, illustration, and binding, scholarly transmissions and the authenticity of texts. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: The Library : Bibliographical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Ticket printed on one side of an 8 x 7 cm piece of paper. In fair condition, with closed tear at head and slight damage to bottom right-hand corner. Printed within a decorative border and reading (with manuscript additions in square brackets): 'No [93 - 4] | This Book is the Property of the Brentford Mechanics' Institution. | It must not be kept longer than [14] days. If kept longer than the time specified the Fine of One Penny will be charged for the first fortnight, and an additional Penny for every succeeding week. | The Librarian is in attendance to issue Books on Monday and Friday evenings, from 7 till 10 o'Clock. | October 1854.' Very little is to be discovered regarding this society. In November 1842 the City of London Magazine reported approvingly the 'establishment of an Elocution Class, and of a Manuscript Magazine, contributed to solely by Members of the Society'. From the collection of Frederick Turner, historian of Brentford.…

Dimensions roughly 9.5 x 6.5 cm. In good condition, on lightly-aged laid paper. Crisply printed within a decorative border. In the following transcription the manuscript additions in an eighteenth-century hand are placed within square brackets: 'This BOOK | Belongs to the | LENDING | Parochial Library | OF | [Woodchurch] | In the County of | [ ] | And Diocese of | [Chester] | Established by | Dr Bray's Associates, | 17[93]'. (The word 'of' in the line 'In the County of' has been deleted.) Note: "The Associates of Dr. Bray was a philanthropic group founded in 1724 by the English clergyman Thomas Bray to educate enslaved African Americans in the British North American colonies. Educated at Oxford, Bray founded two groupsthe Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1699) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1701)charged with spreading literacy and Christianity throughout England and America. A friend's bequest led to the establishment of the Associates of Dr. Bray, dedicated to the religious education of enslaved African Americans in particular. This organization used a faith-based curriculum to justify slavery in an attempt to force African Americans to accept their roles as enslaved peoples. After briefly merging with a group intent on founding a convict colony in Georgia, the Associates concentrated on their primary function. Missions to Georgia and South Carolina were deemed unsuccessful, but in 1757 Benjamin Franklin suggested that a school be established in Philadelphia. When that provided favorable results, Franklin recommended that Bray schools be opened in New York; Newport, Rhode Island; and Williamsburg.[.]" [Google Dr Bray and associates] See Image.…

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper. The heading reads (with manuscript additions in square brackets): 'No. [358] | LUTTERWORTH | New Book Society, | 1839-40. | To be kept [7] Days. | Ordered by [Mr G. Bottrill] | Price [6/-].' Three columns follow, headed 'When sent', 'To whom sent' and 'When returned'. The middle column contains the printed names of 31 male individuals, from 'Mr. C. Burdett' to 'Mr. Stiles', with the addition of one manuscript name. Dates are written in manuscript in the first and third column. At foot of leaf: 'N.B. Any member, keeping a work longer than the time allowed for reading the same, will be fined One Penny per day. (Rule 2).' No record has been discovered of this Book Society: Alston records a 'Lutterworth Book Society' between 1758 and 1792, and also notes a 'Bottrill's Circulating Library', without dates. Image on request.…