wyszukanych pozycji: 15
London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions
ISBN: 9781108028080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literary, historical, bibliographical and artistic. He worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts, was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. London Past and Present was published in 1891, expanding and updating Peter Cunningham's Handbook of London of 1849. It is a three-volume topographical and historical dictionary of London places...
The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literar...
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Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived in
ISBN: 9781108021524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was an eminent bibliographer, author and editor who served as assistant secretary to the Royal Society of Arts between 1879 and his retirement in 1908. He also had a particular interest in the life of Samuel Pepys (1633 1703), founding the Samuel Pepys Club in 1903 and producing the most reliable edition of Pepys' diary until the Latham edition (1970 1983). This volume, first published in 1880, contains a detailed biography of Pepys. Using contemporary sources, Wheatley discusses Pepys' achievements during the period his diary was kept, his progression in...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was an eminent bibliographer, author and editor who served as assistant secretary to the Royal Society of Arts bet...
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254,33 zł |
Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the History of Human Error
ISBN: 9781108051996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Delight in other people's errors never dates, and this little book, first published in 1893, is a fount of human folly and a joy to read. Its compiler, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917), was a distinguished librarian, bibliographer and scholar, and a prolific author on London history and the history of books. This publication displays his great sense of humour, and his effortless command of far-flung sources in the search for a good joke. Citing examples from historians to misguided schoolboys, as well as from everyday conversation, Wheatley looks at comic misprints, misunderstandings, and...
Delight in other people's errors never dates, and this little book, first published in 1893, is a fount of human folly and a joy to read. Its compiler...
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208,08 zł |
Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum: Selected for Their Beauty or Historic Interest
ISBN: 9781108021517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics, and this volume contains two works on bookbinding, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum (1889) and Bookbinding Considered as a Fine Art, Mechanical Art and Manufacture (1882). The former contains descriptions and illustrations of 62 examples of bookbinding then in the British Museum library, notable as...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The...
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323,70 zł |
How to Catalogue a Library
ISBN: 9781108021487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics. How to Catalogue a Library (1889) was aimed at smaller library collections, as existing systems, such as the manuals of the British Museum library or the Library of Congress, were too elaborate for smaller collections. Wheatley begins by defining the differences between catalogues, indexes and...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The...
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Prices of Books: An Inquiry Into the Changes in the Price of Books Which Have Occurred in England at Different Periods
ISBN: 9781108078009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A prolific author and bibliographer, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917) wrote or edited dozens of works during a distinguished literary career. First published in 1898 as the fourth volume in Richard Garnett's 'Library Series', Prices of Books traces the market value of books in England from the seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century. Wheatley recounts the history of booksellers, and manuscript and book pricing in England, providing detailed analyses of significant auction sales over three centuries. He also devotes chapters to the pricing history of Shakespeare's works and other...
A prolific author and bibliographer, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917) wrote or edited dozens of works during a distinguished literary career. First...
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213,85 zł |
London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions
ISBN: 9781108028073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literary, historical, bibliographical and artistic. He worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts, was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. London Past and Present was published in 1891, expanding and updating Peter Cunningham's Handbook of London of 1849. It is a three-volume topographical and historical dictionary of London places...
The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literar...
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398,86 zł |
How to Make an Index
ISBN: 9781108021500 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a bibliographer and editor with a prodigious output of books and articles to his name. Brought up after the death of both his parents by his brother Benjamin Robert, himself a skilled bibliographer and cataloguer, Henry worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts; he was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. This work is one of two which he produced on the subject of indexing: the Wheatley Medal awarded by the Society of Indexers is...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a bibliographer and editor with a prodigious output of books and articles to his name. Brought up after the de...
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190,73 zł |
Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall: Or, a Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park
ISBN: 9781108036504 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry B. Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer, an energetic founder of societies, a keen student of London history, and a first-rate bibliographer. He was also an expert indexer, and because of his contributions to the subject he is sometimes called the 'father of British indexing'. He had a wide range of interests and founded the Samuel Pepys Club, the Library Association (now CILIP) and the Early English Text Society. He wrote two classics of indexing, What Is an Index? and How to Make an Index, as well as a three-volume history of London, called London Past and Present. (All of these...
Henry B. Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer, an energetic founder of societies, a keen student of London history, and a first-rate bibliograph...
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323,70 zł |
What Is an Index?: A Few Notes on Indexes and Indexers
ISBN: 9781108021531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a bibliographer and editor with a prodigious output of books and articles to his name. Brought up after the death of both his parents by his brother Benjamin Robert, himself a skilled bibliographer and cataloguer, Henry worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts; he was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. This 1879 work is one of two which he produced on the subject of indexing, and which led him to become known as 'the father of...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a bibliographer and editor with a prodigious output of books and articles to his name. Brought up after the de...
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179,17 zł |
Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9781108070256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) First published in 1909, this illustrated study considers the work of the artist and satirist William Hogarth (1697 1764), focusing on his depiction of London and its inhabitants. A devoted Londoner, Hogarth won great acclaim in his lifetime for the wit displayed in his many paintings and engravings. His work explored the many facets of London life, from the highest to the lowest social classes, from scenes of politics and business to churches, hospitals and prisons. Bibliographer, editor and prolific author, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) places Hogarth's work in the context of the...
First published in 1909, this illustrated study considers the work of the artist and satirist William Hogarth (1697 1764), focusing on his depiction o...
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398,86 zł |
London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions
ISBN: 9781108028066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literary, historical, bibliographical and artistic. He worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts, was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. London Past and Present was published in 1891, expanding and updating Peter Cunningham's Handbook of London of 1849. It is a three-volume topographical and historical dictionary of London places...
The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literar...
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398,86 zł |
How to Form a Library
ISBN: 9781108021494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics. How to Form a Library was published in 1886, when libraries were spreading rapidly throughout England. The book provides advice on the selection of material for different kinds of libraries and audiences, and suggests a list of core works. Although the choices reflect the period in which it was written - a...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838 1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The...
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219,64 zł |
Manipulus Vocabulorum: A Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language
ISBN: 9783752522181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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273,41 zł |
Manipulus Vocabulorum: A Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language
ISBN: 9783752522198 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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364,70 zł |