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Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs
Identifier/Call Number: M0471
Physical Description:
45 linear feet
(92 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-2009
Abstract: The collection features mostly printed and typewritten catalogs, price lists, press releases, and other materials (business
correspondence, clippings, financial documents, newsletters, various publications, notes, misc.) related to the Slavic book
trade in the Western world in the 20th - the beginning of the 21st centuries. Particularly beginning in late 1980s, the collection
also includes catalogs and lists from dealers and other entities inside the Soviet Union, Russia, and Eastern and East-Central
Europe seeking to sell material to Western libraries. The collection includes materials in almost all major Slavic languages
(Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, etc.), as well as in English, French, German, and other Western and Central European languages.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was given incrementally between 1988 and 2019. It was formed by Wojciech Zalewski, curator for Slavic and Eastern
European collections, Stanford University Libraries, and continued by Karen Rondestvedt, his successor.
Accession numbers: 1988-021, 1989-185, 1992-055, 1995-202, 1997-274, 1998-186, 2006-243, 2019-282.
Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs, M0471. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Printed and typewritten catalogs, price lists, press releases, and other materials (business correspondence, clippings, financial
documents, newsletters, various publications, notes, misc.) related to the Slavic book trade in the Western world in the 20th
- the beginning of the 21st centuries.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Booksellers and bookselling
Slavic imprints
Antiquarian booksellers - Catalogs
Europe, Eastern - Imprints
Russians - Foreign countries - History - Sources
Russian imprints - Foreign countries
Zalewski, Wojciech