Isbn: 9780901420510 - Arks for Learning: Short History of Oxford Library Buildings: No. 25 (oxford Bibliographical Society, Occasional Publications) (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Arks for Learning: Short History of Oxford Library Buildings (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Occasional Publications) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Large format paperback, VG+. xiv+176pp, colour frontis ( detached ), 71 b/w illustrations, edges a little rubbed. A well illustrated history of the many Libraries of the colleges of Oxford University. 675 grams.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society. 4to. Pp. xiii, 176. Col. frontis & 71 plates. Paperback. OBS Occasional Publication, No. 25.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: xiii, 176 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. Subjects: University of Oxford Buildings History. Academic libraries England Oxford History. Library buildings England Oxford History. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: xiii, 176 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. Subjects: University of Oxford Buildings History. Academic libraries England Oxford History. Library buildings England Oxford History. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers rubbed and lightly marked, edges clean. Clean throughout. Very good. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No jacket. The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1995. Paperback, 4to, xiii,176pp, illust. Covers slightly marked. A good copy. 0901420514/0.6uk.

Illustrated laminated wrappers, 4to, 26 cm, xiii, 176 pp, 71 ills (some in colour). From the introduction: "The aim of the present publication is to document how Oxford's library collections have been housed over the ages and to illustrate this from the many surviving features which can still be seen in various buildings today. To understand how study and storage systems have evolved will assist a comprehension of a rich but complex information resource, encourage a better appreciation of this great heritage, and allow the very considerable problems which its conservation raises to be seen in their historical context. The long timespan of Oxford's libraries, like that of its other buildings and its gardens, presents a living museum where those fortunate enough to frequent these places, even for a short time, can see and understand something of the way in which, over the years, forces, intellectual, artistic, technical and financial have interacted to mould the setting, workplaces and learned materials of a great university." Very Good.…

Illustrated laminated wrappers, 4to, 26 cm, xiii, 176 pp, 71 ills (some in colour). From the introduction: "The aim of the present publication is to document how Oxford's library collections have been housed over the ages and to illustrate this from the many surviving features which can still be seen in various buildings today. To understand how study and storage systems have evolved will assist a comprehension of a rich but complex information resource, encourage a better appreciation of this great heritage, and allow the very considerable problems which its conservation raises to be seen in their historical context. The long timespan of Oxford's libraries, like that of its other buildings and its gardens, presents a living museum where those fortunate enough to frequent these places, even for a short time, can see and understand something of the way in which, over the years, forces, intellectual, artistic, technical and financial have interacted to mould the setting, workplaces and learned materials of a great university." Fine.…

1995, xiii,176pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Almost as new.

Illustrated laminated wrappers, 4to, 26 cm, xiii, 176 pp, 71 ills (some in colour). From the introduction: "The aim of the present publication is to document how Oxford's library collections have been housed over the ages and to illustrate this from the many surviving features which can still be seen in various buildings today. To understand how study and storage systems have evolved will assist a comprehension of a rich but complex information resource, encourage a better appreciation of this great heritage, and allow the very considerable problems which its conservation raises to be seen in their historical context. The long timespan of Oxford's libraries, like that of its other buildings and its gardens, presents a living museum where those fortunate enough to frequent these places, even for a short time, can see and understand something of the way in which, over the years, forces, intellectual, artistic, technical and financial have interacted to mould the setting, workplaces and learned materials of a great university." Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper, Near Fine.…

Condition: Bon état. in-8, broché, 176 pp., nombreuses illustrations en noir in-texte. Bon état.