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This timely special report from ALA Editions provides a succinct but comprehensive overview of the ""privatization"" of public libraries

Libraries --- Private libraries. --- Home libraries --- Libraries, Private --- Book collectors --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Privatization.

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It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until very recently, books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. Margaret Willes considers a selection of private and public libraries across the period-most of which have survived-showing the diversity of book owners and borrowers, from country-house aristocrats to modest farmers, from Regency ladies of leisure to working men and women.Exploring the collections of avid readers such as Samuel Pepys, Thomas Jefferson, Sir John Soane, Thomas Bewick, and Denis and Edna Healey, Margaret Willes also investigates the means by which books were sold, lending fascinating insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. For those who are interested in books and reading, and especially those who treasure books, this book and its bounty of illustrations will inform, entertain, and inspire.

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027.1 <41> --- Book collecting --- -Books and reading --- -Private libraries --- -Home libraries --- Libraries, Private --- Libraries --- Book collectors --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Bibliophily --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Antiquarian booksellers --- Bibliomania --- Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- History --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Great Britain --- Kings and rulers --- -Books and reading. --- -Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 027.1 <41> Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Books and reading --- Private libraries --- History. --- Home libraries

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Little is known about William Clarke, the author of this 1819 survey of libraries in Britain, though hints in the opening pages suggest that he was acquainted with the activities of the Roxburghe Club. His object is 'to assist ... the collector in his pursuit of valuable editions of rare books'. A short survey of the major libraries of Europe is followed by descriptions of the collections which make up the British Museum's library, the great 'public' libraries, including those of Oxford & Cambridge, & the libraries of learned societies. Private libraries covered include those of Sir Joseph Banks, William Beckford, & the duke of Marlborough. The final portion of the work describes the content of some great library sales (a fuller list of sales having been given earlier in the book), from the 17th century to Clarke's own time. This remains a useful source for bibliographers & those interested in the provenance of books.

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Book history --- Richard III [King of England] --- Book industries and trade --- -Books --- -Books and reading --- -Education of princes --- -Manuscripts, Medieval --- -Private libraries --- -Home libraries --- Libraries, Private --- Libraries --- Book collectors --- Medieval manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Kings and rulers --- Princes --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- History --- -History --- -Catalogs --- -Education --- Education --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Richard III, King of England --- -Richard III, King of England --- -York, House of --- Books and reading --- Library --- Great Britain --- -Kings and rulers --- Education of princes --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Private libraries --- Catalogs. --- Home libraries --- Catalogs --- Richard --- York, House of. --- Riccardo --- Books and reading. --- Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 --- Literature [Medieval ] --- History and criticism --- RICHARD III, ROI D'ANGLETERRE, 1452-1485 --- MANUSCRITS ANGLAIS --- BIBLIOTHEQUES PRIVEES --- BIBLIOTHEQUE --- 14E-16E SIECLES --- ANGLETERRE --- HISTOIRE --- 1400-1600