Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Forming the Library of Clarence H. Clark: Chestnut-Wold, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Thomson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266308651 ISBN 13: 9780266308652

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore a curated window into a 19th-century private library.

This descriptive catalog presents the books that formed Clarence H. Clark’s collection, offering concise bibliographic entries, notes on editions, and occasional illustrations. It’s a reference-style portrait of a large, multi-author library from Chestnut-Wold, Philadelphia, prepared in the late 1880s.

This volume catalogs hundreds of authors and works, with details that help identify editions, pagination, and accompanying material. It reads like a bibliographic guide that reveals how a serious collector organized and assessed books across a wide range of subjects.

• Concise author-by-author entries that record editions, formats, and notable contents.
• Notes on illustrations, portraits, and bibliographic nuances that distinguish different copies.
• A snapshot of late 19th‑century library cataloging and collecting practices.
• Embedded context for researchers and bibliophiles tracing the history of private libraries.

Ideal for readers who cherish library history, book collecting, and historical cataloging practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266308651
• ISBN 13: 9780266308652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 697