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Whitakers and Book‐Trade Bibliography
Michael DeweA FEW YEARS AGO that small but many‐paged volume of facts called Whitaker's Almanack, published annually by J. Whitaker & Sons, celebrated its centenary. In 1974 the firm…
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James Stephens, the Leprechaun Poet
John O'RiordanWHEN The Crock of Gold was first published in London in 1912, this extraordinary prose‐fantasy, described by a reviewer in The Times as ‘an inspired medley of topsy‐turvydom’, was…
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Baildon: the Development of a County Branch Library
W.A.J. MarstersonTHE WEST RIDING COUNTY LIBRARY celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1971. Its history has already been written, and adds considerably to our understanding of the development of…
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The Best Autobiographies of our Time
Trevor AllenWITHIN THE PAST HALF CENTURY OR SO certain autobiographies have stood out from one's reading and reviewing, not always for their literary quality. Vera Brittain's Testament of…
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