Titre et auteur:

Theodore Besterman, bibliographer and editor : a selection of representative texts / edited by Francesco Cordasco ; foreword by William A. Munford.

Publication:

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992.

Description:

xiv, 479 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Série(s):

The Great bibliographers series ; no. 9

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-461) and index.
pt. 1. Biographical and critical notices. Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) / William A. Munford -- Theodore Besterman : a personal memoir / Edward J. Carter -- Theodore Besterman and the resurrection of Voltaire / David Williams -- Theodore Besterman, writer and editor : a bibliographical appreciation / Frank Francis -- pt. 2. A selection of Besterman texts. The mind of Annie Besant -- The beginnings of systematic bibliography -- A new bibliography of bibliographies -- Libri desiderati -- On a bibliography of dictionaries -- The Library of Congress and the future of its catalogue --Symposium : On "The Library of Congress and the future of its catalogue" -- The idea and the plan -- The European union catalogue project -- Editorial method -- Voltaire and the Lisbon earthquake, or, The death of optimism -- The Institut et Musée Voltaire and its collections -- The love of manuscripts -- Introduction [from A world bibliography of bibliographies] -- Fifty years a bookman -- Voltaire bibliography : the impossible dream -- Reason and progress, 1755-1778 -- The summing-up -- Bibliographical note -- pt. 3. A bibliographical checklist. Writings of Theodore Besterman -- Related titles of interest.

Ressources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0810824973
9780810824973

Sujet:

Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976.
Besterman, Theodore, (1904-1976) Bibliographie.
Bibliographers Great Britain Biography.
Editors Great Britain Biography.
Bibliography Methodology.
Editing.
Publishing
Éditeurs Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Bibliographie Méthodologie.
Édition.
Bibliographers.
Editors.
Bibliografie.
Bibliographes Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Livres rares.
Great Britain.
Bibliography

Classification/genre:

Biographies.

Vedettes secondaires:

Cordasco, Francesco, 1920-2001.
Great bibliographers series ; no. 9.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 179997
Cote: ID Z1004.B48.T48; ID:98-B517
Statut: Disponible