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Cloth, gilt cover-title, small 8vo, 23 cm, xv, 75 pp, From the blurb: "Shortly before Christmas in 1909, the Elm Tree Press of Woodstock, Vermont, quietly issued the first number of a projected six-volume "Librarian's Series" designed to be "Books of Interest to Booklovers." The annotated advertisement for Number One read: "1. The Old Librarian's Almanack. A reprint of a curious old pamphlet, published in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1773. Only two copies of the pamphlet are known to exist and no previous reprints have been made. It presents, somewhat in the style of Poor Richard or the Old Farmer's Almanac, the opinion and counsel of the librarian and book lover of 140 years ago. It is of interest to the librarian today for its striking contrast with modern ideas of library administration. 32 pages, with reproduction of title page of the original. The notice sounded innocent enough, but its innocence masked a literary hoax which became a controversial sensation in the library and book trade communities during the first five months of 1910. The full story of the hoax and its aftermath has not yet been told. " Near Fine.

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8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xv, 142 pp, frontis, facsimiles. original cloth, near fine. Relates to the founding of the American Library Association, with letters from prominent librarians. A picture of this book is available on request.