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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2d, rev. ed. ; 332 pp. ; LCCN: 62-1104 ; LC: Z791 ; OCLC: 575005 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; bump to fron top cover corner ; binding imperfection on front cover affects one thread ; spine slightly sunned ; a summary retrospective of the "contemporary background of London's libraries will indicate something of the wealth of literary and scientific resources to which the chapters of this book may serve as signposts. The libraries described are of every kind and size, and the chapters are arranged so far as possible in a logical order. The first six chapters are concerned with those having a definitely national status, beginning of course with the British Museum itself. Two chapters follow describing the libraries of Parliament and the Government Departments, and then three dealing with those maintained by the City of London, the London County Council and the London boroughs." ; VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in Great Britain. First Printing. [Date from the copyright page.] Frontispiece, Foreword, Preface, Figures, Footnotes, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, Index; 192 pages. The original maroon cloth shows a little softening of the corners and rippling to the extreme bottom edge of the upper board. Gilt lettering on the bumped spine is still clearly legible. The original dustjacket is still here; however, it is extremely toned and split at the front joint. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] The book's interior is creamy-bright, quality paper, and is completely clean. Top-edge colored maroon. There is an interesting presentation note, in ink, on the front free endpaper: "To A. S. D. Maunder F.R.A.S. / from Robert Barker F.R.A.S." Barker headed a group of astronomers active in the British Astronomical Association; the recipient was Annie Scott Dill [Russell] Maunder. When she married Walter Maunder in 1895, she had to resign her work at the solar telescope in Greenwich Observatory because married women were forbidden to work in public service. (Nevertheless, she was editor of the BAA Journal for many years.) She was refused membership in the Royal Astronomical Society in the 1890s because of her gender and was, finally, one of the first women admitted in 1916.