a ISBN 978-16-0239706-4

a ISBN 1-602-39706-6

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number Z721

b Item number .M885 2009

a Personal name Murray, Stuart A. P.

a Title The library :

b Remainder of title an illustrated history /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Stuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York, NY :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Skyhorse Pub. ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Chicago :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc ALA Editions,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009.

a Extent x, 310 p. :

b Other physical details ill. (chiefly col.), music ;

c Dimensions 27 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's high Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- Libraries across America -- Organiztion knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Libraries

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Libraries