British Public Library Buildings.

Berriman, S.G. ; Harrison, K.C. ; Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies.

Edité par Andre Deutsch, London, first edition, 1966, 1966

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Cloth, 4to, 30 cm, 260 pp, 206 ills, 47 plans. From the introduction - "The years since 1945 have witnessed a quickening of interest in the planning of public library buildings all over the world, and few can deny that this was overdue. As the public library was essentially a 19th-century phenomenon, its outward characteristic was all too often the solid, ornate institutional building of the 1880s and 1890s. Other countries have, on the whole, been quicker to escape from these architectural shackles than has Britain. It is true that, in the 1930s, public library building was going on in many parts of the world, but particularly in the United States and Scandinavia. In that decade Britain too had its examples of new library buildings in Manchester, Sheffield, London, Southampton and other places. But just as British librarians were beginning to learn from experience, the Second World War broke out and stopped further building for the time being.". Contents: 1 Commentary; 2 Municipal Main Libraries; 3 County Library Headquarters Buildings ; 4 Municipal Branch Libraries; 5 County Branch Libraries ; 6 Tabulated Data of other Municipal Library Buildings; 7 Tabulated Data of other County Library Buildings; Index. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, boards slightly rubbed and a trifle scuffed, otherwise Very Good.

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• Titre: British Public Library Buildings.
• Éditeur: Andre Deutsch, London, first edition, 1966
• Date de parution: 1966
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
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