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A directory of rare book and special collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland / edited by Karen Attar. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rare books--Library resources--Directories.
- Rare books.
- Library resources--Great Britain--Directories.
- Library resources.
- Library resources--Ireland--Directories.
- Rare book libraries--Great Britain--Directories.
- Rare book libraries.
- Rare book libraries--Ireland--Directories.
- Libraries--Special collections.
- Libraries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 586 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Facet, 2016.
- Summary:
- This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles and has been fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction to the 2021 reissue
- Introduction
- Bibliography and webography
- Selected list of abbreviations and acronyms
- England
- Abingdon
- Accrington
- Alcester
- Aldeburgh
- Aldershot
- Altrincham
- Ambleside
- Arundel
- Ashford
- Ashington
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Aylesbury
- Ayot St Lawrence
- Bacup
- Baddesley Clinton
- Banbury
- Barnard Castle
- Barnsley
- Barnstaple
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Bath
- Bedford
- Beverley
- Bideford
- Birmingham
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Blandford Forum
- Blickling
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Bromley
- Burnham
- Burnley
- Burwash
- Bury St Edmunds
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Castleton
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chawton
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Chester
- Chevening
- Chichester
- Chorley
- Cirencester
- Clitheroe
- Coalville
- Colchester
- Colne
- Coventry
- Coxwold
- Cranbrook
- Cuddesdon
- Darlington
- Dartford
- Dartmouth
- Daventry
- Deal
- Dedham
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dover
- Driffield
- Durham
- Dyrham
- Egham
- Epsom
- Epworth
- Evesham
- Exeter
- Farnborough
- Farnham
- Felbrigg
- Finedon
- Folkestone
- Fareham
- Frome
- Gloucester
- Godalming
- Gosport
- Grantham
- Gravesend
- Grimsby
- Guildford
- Gunby
- Haileybury
- Halifax
- Harpenden
- Hartlebury
- Haslingden
- Hastings
- Hatfield
- Hatfield Broad Oak
- Haworth
- Hereford
- Hertford
- High Wycombe
- Highclere
- Horsham
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Huntingdon
- Ilfracombe
- Ipswich
- Keele
- Kegworth
- Keyworth
- Kidderminster
- King's Lynn
- Kingsbridge
- Knutsford
- Lacock
- Lamport
- Lancaster
- Lancing
- Langley Marish
- Leamington Spa
- Lechlade
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leigh
- Lewes
- Lichfield
- Lincoln.
- Liverpool
- Lode
- London
- Lowestoft
- Macclesfield
- Maidstone
- Maldon
- Manchester
- Margate
- Marlborough
- Mickley
- Morecambe
- Morpeth
- Nelson
- Newark
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newmarket
- Newport (Essex)
- Newport (Shropshire)
- Newton Abbot
- North Shields
- Northampton
- Northwich
- Norwich
- Nostell
- Nottingham
- Nuneaton
- Olney
- Ormesby
- Oxford
- Paignton
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Petersfield
- Plymouth
- Port Sunlight
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Raveningham
- Rawtenstall
- Reading
- Redruth
- Reigate
- Rochester
- Romford
- Rothbury
- Rotherham
- Rugby
- Ryde
- Rye
- Saffron Walden
- St Albans
- St Ives
- Salford
- Salisbury
- Sawrey
- Scunthorpe
- Selborne
- Settle
- Sevenoaks
- Sheffield
- Sherborne
- Sidmouth
- Sittingbourne
- Snowshill
- Southampton
- Southsea
- Southwell
- Spalding
- Stafford
- Stockport
- Stoke on Trent
- Stourbridge
- Stourhead
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stratton-on-the-Fosse
- Street
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Tenterden
- Tiverton
- Tonbridge
- Tring
- Troutbeck
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells
- Upton
- Waddesdon
- Wakefield
- Ware
- Warminster
- Warwick
- Wass
- Watford
- Wellesbourne
- Wells
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- Westerham
- Wimborne Minster
- Wimpole
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Wisbech
- Woking
- Wolverhampton
- Woodbridge
- Woodstock
- Worcester
- Worthing
- Wraxall
- York
- Northern Ireland
- Armagh
- Belfast
- Benburb
- Coleraine
- Craigavon
- Cultra
- Dungannon
- Enniskillen
- Londonderry
- Moneymore
- Newtownwards
- Strangford
- Republic of Ireland
- Athlone
- Cork
- Dublin
- Galway
- Limerick
- Maynooth
- Waterford
- Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Aberlady
- Alloway
- Anstruther
- Arbroath
- Cupar
- Drumoak
- Dumbarton
- Dunblane
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Edinburgh
- Edzell
- Forfar.
- Forres
- Fort George
- Fort William
- Glasgow
- Greenock
- Haddington
- Huntly
- Innerpeffray
- Inverness
- Isle of Arran
- Kirkcaldy
- Kirkcudbright
- Kirkwall
- Langholm
- Leadhills
- Lerwick
- Methlick
- Montrose
- Musselburgh
- Nairn
- Newtonmore
- Motherwell
- Oldmeldrum
- Paisley
- Perth
- Pluscarden
- Saltcoats
- Sleat
- St Andrews
- Stirling
- Thurso
- Wanlockhead
- Wales
- Aberystwyth
- Anglesey
- Bangor
- Cardiff
- Chirk
- Hawarden
- Lampeter
- Llandaff
- Newport
- Newtown
- Penmachno
- St Davids
- Swansea
- Tenby
- Wrexham
- Crown Dependencies
- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
- Appendix 1 Additional libraries
- Burton on Trent
- Castleford
- Chatsworth
- Chippenham
- Dorchester
- Grasmere
- Great Missenden
- Kingston upon Thames
- Milton Keynes
- Pontefract
- Poole
- South Shields
- Tavistock
- Telford
- Whitby
- Castlebar
- Letterkenny
- Tralee
- Wexford
- Iona
- Westerkirk
- Ceredigion
- Appendix 2 Possible special collections
- Appendix 3 English counties
- Index of libraries
- Index of collectors
- Index of subjects.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).
- ISBN:
- 1-78330-426-X
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