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Title: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1946-1950
Description: London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce complete four volume set containing a subject index of all modern books acquired by the British Museum between the years of 1946 and 1950. First Edition, Very Scarce.Complete four volume set in the original cloth binding. This is a subject index for modern books acquired by the British Museum in the years 1946 to 1950. These volumes contain about 100,000 entries and total, reflecting 'the recovery of book-production after the drastic reduction during the war years&apos. In comparison, the prior volumes for the years 1941 to 1945 only contained 60,000 entries. Contents are grouped alphabetically under subjects, ranging from 'Aberdeenshire' and 'Abnormality' to 'Zoology' and 'Zuni Indians&apos.Institutional bookplates to front paste downs, belonging to the Bath Municipal Reference Library. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear to extremities, with light wear to the spine of some volumes, particularly the raised bands of joints to Vol I and the tail end of spine of Vol II. Institutional numbers written on spines of all volumes. Spine to Vol IV is more faded than the other volumes. Institutional bookplates to recto of front endpapers. Institutional stamp and inscription to corners of front end papers, as well as reverse side of title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1946-1950 The British Museum reference bibliography The British Museum None


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