Oxford Special Number February 1937
Oxford: Printed by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press for The Oxford Society, 1937. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. Pp. 62, followed by 10 pages of Oxford businesses. Generously illustrated with black and white photography, plans and reproductions of old etchings. Bound in stiff paper wraps printed in blue and yellow and featuring the Oxford crest on the front cover. Edges a bit age-toned, with short, closed tears. (Please see photo.) Laid in is a printed letter from Lord Halifax, unsigned, addressed to the Vice Chancellor of Balliol, expressing sympathy with the effort to raise funds for Oxford. Halifax has also contributed the introduction. Very Good. Item #2226
Essentially a prospectus soliciting funds for the expansion of the Bodleian Library. Includes many photos of the library as is, with librarians contending with the cataloging of stacks of recent acquisitions, stacks in the Sheldonian Cellars, students studying, etc., as well as a photo of the architectural model for the expansion. Contributors include considering the Bodleian in from many perspectives include Greene, Powicke, Craster, Gilbert Scott, Julian Huxley, Lindsay, Mitchell, Lindemann, Tizard, et al.
Price: $50.00