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Armorial blocks and tools specially cut for the British Museum Library Bindery
In 1866, the British Museum Library’s official bookbinder, Charles Tuckett junior, compiled a catalogue of motifs (created using bookbindings tools) which had been made for the bindery. Books formerly from the libraries of historic collectors were often decorated in a particular style, frequently featuring a coat of arms. When the...Marks, P. J M.
Arms blocks, Coat of arms, Armorial block, British Museum Library Bindery, Charles Tuckett junior, and Bookbinding tools
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Quality Assurance Guide for the UK Web Archive: An introduction to reviewing the quality of archived websites through ACT
This guidebook contains strategies that can be used to support Quality Assurance (QA) undertaken with the UK Web Archive’s Annotation Curation Tool (ACT). The guide has several aims: to provide an introduction to web archiving generally and to the UK Web Archive in particular; to provide hints and tips on...Bingham, Nicola ; Byrne, Helena
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Wikimedia Commons: A Beginner's Guide
A guide written for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, instructing users how to upload their images to Wikimedia Commons.Hinnie, Lucy R.
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Conserving America: A Bibliographical Guide to Printed Material in the British Library Relating to American Environmental History and Thought
The purpose of this bibliography is to list the significant studies of American Environment History found in the British Library. Because no clear line can be drawn between conservation, reclamation, ecology and natural history, each is included. This bibliography does not contain references to all the holdings on the topic...Whittaker, David J.
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The American Colonies, 1584-1688. A Selective Guide to Materials in the British Library
A guide to works concerning the European colonization of the areas of North America that later became the United States of America, focusing on the fifteen states bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Topics include politics and government, economy, society, and cultural and intellectual life.Sharp Wells, Anne
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Mining the American West: A Bibliographical Guide to Printed Materials on American Mining Frontiers in the British Library
This bibliography provides a basic guide to the printed materials on this important topic in American History as reflected in the holdings of the British Library. It does not claim to be comprehensive, but it will provide the serious student with a window to the literature on Western American mining...Whittaker, David J.
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Women in the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1900: A Guide to Materials in the British Library
Few regions, in any country, at any time, have so indelibly shaped their nation’s identity and its international image as the late nineteenth century American West. For nearly a century this West was portrayed in fiction, film, folklore and art as a vast arena of mythic struggles between rugged individuals,...Kemble, Jean
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Imagining the West: A Guide to Printed Materials in The British Library on The Literature of The American West
This guide explores fiction works about the American West and its place in the popular imagination.Whittaker, David J.
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Mormon Americana: A Bibliographical Guide to Printed Material in the British Library relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
This guide explores works concerning the Mormon church in America, including sacred texts, histories and cultural topics.Whittaker, David J.