(blue-grey printed wrappers) [minimal handling wear, but with a bit of insect-nibbling along the spine; NOTE also that a number of the leaves remain unopened]. "Issued on the occasion of an exhibit of books from the Michael Sadleir Collection of Nineteenth-century Fiction." Introduction by Bradford A. Booth. "Five hundred copies have been printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press for presentation by the UCLA Library to members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their joint meeting in Los Angeles in September 1962, and to other friends of the UCLA Library.... View More...
(no dust jacket, as issued) [nice as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science, No. 56) Series History of the founding and early years of the ALA. Includes (as you might expect) an extensive bibliography and a full index. Appendices I and II break down the constant characteristics and the changing characteristics, respectively, of the Association's board members during the years covered by the text; Appendix III is a list of "ALA Conference Locations, Presidents, and Attendance" during the same period. View More...
[exterior dampstain along bottom edge (pages not affected), moderate overall wear; jacket well-wron at corners and edges, paper loss at both ends of spine, one-inch triangular chunk missing at top left front panel, a few tears, etc.]. Ever the iconoclast, the cantankerous and prolific hack novelist tells it like it is (was) with regard to the publishing Establishment. View More...
