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Summary: | The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library celebrates its fortieth anniversary with this book that is itself a celebration of a great architectural monument of modernism photographed by Richard Cheek. This striking building contains a stunning collection of collections, and this celebratory volume also contains a portfolio of photographs taken at the time of the dedication forty years ago by Ezra Stoller and a handful of historic photographs from collections here. The text has a number of essays that together capture the many resourses that constitute this library distinguished throughout the world for its collections and for its support of research and publications and teaching.
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Item Description: | "Published on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University." |
Physical Description: | 237 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 32 cm. |
ISBN: | 0845731505 |