THE MEMORY OF MANKIND. The Story of Libraries Since the Dawn of History

by Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Alfred Hessel, Reuben Peiss

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First edition

Pp. xiv+190 last colophon, blank , frontispiece, text illustrations, endnotes, selective bibliography, index; post 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE., 2001. First edition thus. *A completely revised and expanded edition of A History of Libraries, by Alfred Hessel, originally published in 1924, then translated, with supplementary material added, by Reuben Pess, in 1950. This edition includes additional text and a completely

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