That would be the British Library here, which has a coy of every book ever
published in the UK.
However, knowing it's there and getting a reading card are two entirely
different matters :o)
In a message dated 21/06/2008 19:02:05 GMT Standard Time,
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We
, but no hoops?
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:16:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Zuzana Kraemerova [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] London public library
To: h-costume h-costume@mail.indra.com
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Hey beautiful,
I don't know if you are planning you trip yet, but they started this
conversation on the H-Cost list and these two posts looked interesting.
Hope all is well
Maggie
At 02:07 PM 6/20/2008, they wrote:
I was in London last year and there was a lovely used bookstore
across
At 04:00 PM 6/20/2008, you wrote:
Hey beautiful,
LOL Well, I feel foolish... Supposed to be private...
Maggie
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Hi,
I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some library
or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at amazon or on this
list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things, maybe some books that are
hard to get or some second hand costume books (any good
At 09:16 14/06/2008, you wrote:
Hi,
I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to
some library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read
about at amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot
of things, maybe some books that are hard to get or some
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 09:16 14/06/2008, you wrote:
Hi,
I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some
library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only
on the stocking policy of the manager - sometimes
you get lucky - I haven't!!
Suzi
Bjarne
- Original Message - From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] London public library
At 09:16 14/06/2008, you
Well, last time I was in London I had just one day - Saturday, and the
R.D.Franks bookshop was not open and then I was probably late to get to the
largest London bookshop on Piccadilly:-( All other bookshops I visited (Charing
Cross rd etc.) had only a small collection of costume books. The
At 13:11 14/06/2008, you wrote:
Well, last time I was in London I had just one day - Saturday, and
the R.D.Franks bookshop was not open and then I was probably late to
get to the largest London bookshop on Piccadilly:-( All other
bookshops I visited (Charing Cross rd etc.) had only a small
Ha! I found the VA museum has a library or what - The national Art library?
I'm searching the catalogue and it seems they have most books I'd like to look
at.
They say it's situated in the VA museum...I hope they would let me in:-)
Zuzana
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: Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [h-cost] London public library
Hi,
I'll be visiting London in August and I hope I'll finally get to some
library or bookshop to look at all the books I've only read about at
amazon or on this list. I don't really expect to buy a lot of things,
maybe some
At 14:51 14/06/2008, you wrote:
Ha! I found the VA museum has a library or what - The national Art library?
I'm searching the catalogue and it seems they have most books I'd
like to look at.
They say it's situated in the VA museum...I hope they would let me in:-)
Zuzana
It used to be such
Hi - Jean here, I've changed my email address again!
The British Library, in their new building at St Pancras, is the
National Deposit Library, which gets a copy of every book published in
Britain. But you can't really just turn up and look at stuff, you have
to prove you have a serious
You can search some British libraries online before you go to see what they
have in there collections. Here are a couple of links:
British library (some branches in London)
http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=filefile_name=login-bl-list
VA National Art Library http://catalogue.nal.vam.ac.uk/
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