Parution : Rare Americana : a selection of one hundred & one books, maps, & prints not in the John Carter Brown Library

Créateur

• John Carter Brown Library

Résumé

The appearance of “Not in JCB” in a bookseller’s catalogue is often used to imply that a piece of Americana has unusual importance and is uncommonly scarce. The practice of using the Library’s collections as a yardstick is flattering, but it has created some confusion. The term is primarily a technical one meaning that the item being offered for sale is not listed in the Library’s chronologically arranged printed catalogues. At present those catalogues include only about a quarter of the holdings of the Library. “Not in JCB” does not, therefore, necessarily mean that the piece is lacking from our collections.

Informations pratiques

• Éditeur : Providence : Associates of the John Carter Brown Library
• Date de parution : 1974
• Description matérielle : 1 vol. (77 p., p. 74-77 advertisements) ; 23 cm
• Note : Bibliogr. p. 71-73. Index

Localisations

• PARIS-BnF
• Disponible sur Internet, url : <https://archive.org/details/rareamericanasel00john>.

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