Written to provide catalogers an all-in-one resource for information about bound-with books and relevant cataloging practices, "Collection-level Cataloging: Bound-with Books" takes a fresh look at collection-level cataloging for these often overlooked materials.

The volume begins with an explanation of the phenomenon in which individuals assembled and bound together nonrelated printed material, documenting how this practice continued through the centuries as wider literacy and use of printed materials gained ground. The various methods used to describe bound-with books in catalogs over...