Esdaile's Manual of Bibliography
Roy Stokes
Edited by Stephen R. Almagno

List Price: $81.40 ISBN: 0-8108-3922-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-3922-9 Pub Date: 2001 424 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Literature » Literature (General)

REVIEWS
"The sixth edition of Esdaile's Manual contains changes made to this British classic by Roy Stokes before his death in 1995 and by Stephen R. Almagno, once one of Stokes's students and good friend...a very useful introduction to the book as an artifact, an essential skill for scholars interested in the new academic discipline of the history of the book." — CHOICE

DESCRIPTION
The study of bibliography takes various forms: a historical introduction to the development of the book over the centuries, an examination of the constituent parts of the book and methods of its description.

First published in 1931 by Allen & Unwin and The Library Association, A Student's Manual of Bibliography soon established itself as a classic in its field.; its author, Arundell Esdaile, of the British Museum, was a lecturer in bibliography at the London University School of Librarianship from 1919-1939.

His professional colleague, Roy Stokes, University of British Columbia, became responsible for Esdaile's Manual of Bibliography with its fourth edition published in 1967.

Designed for the literary student, the student librarian, and the beginning book collector, this manual assumes nothing but interest from the outset; it prepares readers for more advanced texts as they develop specialized interests.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Stephen Almagno studied with Roy Stokes at the University of Pittsburgh before becoming a professional teacher of bibliography himself.

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