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Inventory of the Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs
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Title: Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs
Dates: circa 1900-2009
Collection number: M0471
Creator:
Zalewski, Wojciech
Creator:
Rondestvedt, Karen
Collection Size:
20 linear feet
86 manuscript boxes
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
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.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Slavic Book Dealer Catalogs, M0471. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The collection was given incrementally between June 1988 and April 2009. 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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Booksellers and bookselling
Slavic imprints
Antiquarian booksellers - Catalogs
Europe, Eastern - Imprints
Russians - Foreign countries - History - Sources
Russian imprints - Foreign countries