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THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY, ITS CONTENTS AND ITS ACTIVITIES

by W. Llewellyn Davies

Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st. 1937

Very good condition. Limited to 600 copies. Full brown leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt crest to front cover. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A survey of its History, its Contents and its Activities. B/w plates.

SIGNED by author 'To Dr. William Phillips with the compliments and thanks of William Ll. Davies'. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Corners slightly bumped. Overall a handsome copy.

Stock no. 581669

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Contents

  • FOREWORD
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER
  • I. PRELIMINARY STEPS
  • II. SOME OF THE PIONEERS
  • III. SIR HERBERT LEWIS AND SIR JOHN WILLIAMS
  • IV. THE GROGYTHAN SITE: LORD RENDEL
  • V. THE BUILDINGS AND THE BUILDING FUND
  • VI. THE OFFICERS
  • VII. THE FIRST LIBRARIAN
  • VIII. THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS AND RECORDS
  • IX. THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS
  • X. THE DEPARTMENT OF MAPS, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
  • XI. THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
  • XII. REPAIR WORK AND BINDING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRINTING
  • XIII. EXTRA-MURAL ACTIVITIES

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