Double Fold Libraries Assault by Baker Nicholson (113 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to the covers, bookseller's marks. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Condition: Good. Vintage. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. (libraries, newspaper, paper, conservation, microfilms).

Condition: GOOD. First printing. "Since the 1950s, our country's greatest libraries have, as a matter of common practice, dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with microfilmed copies. The marketing of the brittle-paper crisis and the real motives behind it are the subject of this passionately argued book, in which Nicholson Barker pleads the case for saving our recorded heritage in its original form while telling the story of how and why our greatest research libraries betrayed the public trust by auctioning off or pulping irreplaceable collections. The players include the Library of Congress, the CIA, NASA, microfilm lobbyists, newspaper dealers, and a colorful array of librarians and digital futurists, as well as Baker himself who eventually discovers that the only way to save one important newspaper is to buy it." Unfortunately the "assault" has continued unabated - and even increased - in the years since this was published. Extensive notes, references, index. xii, 370 pp. Appropriately, this is an exlibrary copy but with relatively few markings in a fine unmarked dust jacket.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. No Jacket. Vintage Books, Random House, 2001. Fine/No Jacket. Trade paperback with Signed Copy sticker on front and a sticker for National Book Critics Circle Award Winner. 370 pp including index. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition/First Printing. first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, authors signature with short inscription on first page, great copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition stated. Slight outward slant to front board and a faint isolated small stain (water?) to top edge of text, but overall book is very sharp cornered, clean and crisp including dust jacket in mylar. Lightly read if at all.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Deaccessioning, 'destroying to preserve', its methods, motives and consequences. Very good in dustwrapper. book.

[0-375-50444-3] 2001, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xii, 370pp. 8vo. An intellectually and historically important work about the practice of American libraries to 'destroy to preserve' and dismantle their collections. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good to very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the cover. Ex library.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 370, (2) pages. First edition. A fine copy in lightly soiled jacket. Since the 1950's our countriy's libraries have followed a policy of "destroying to preserve," and have methodically dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers and replaced them with microfilmed copies that lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations. The players include the Library of Congress, the CIA, NASA, microfilm lobbyists, and a colorful array of librarians and digital futurists. In this passionately argued book, the author pleads the case for saving our books and newspapers and tells the story of how and why our greatest research libraries have betrayed the public trust by selling off or pulping irreplacable collections. paper-covered boards, dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Vintage Books edition. Fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Baker fellow author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife Elena.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in.

First edition. Galley style proof measuring 8.5" x 11". A fascinating account of the systematic destruction of historic newspapers by libraries. A fine copy with publisher publicity sheet laid in. Very uncommon in this format.

1 vols. 8vo. First edtiion. First edtiion. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the title page and dated March 20, 2001 Identifying noted collector Michael Zinman as "David Zinman" in the note on the NYPL deaccessions on p. 329. Black boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 370, [2]; 7 illustrations on rectos and versos of 2 plates; fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. While Merker did not inscribe many of his books, this bears his ownership signatutre at the top of the front free endpaper.