Theodore Besterman, Bibliographer and Editor - A Selection of Representative Texts

_...a fitting tribute to a life of great achievement._ --JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION [UK]

About the author

Francesco Cordasco (B.A., Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., NYU), a sociologist and cultural historian, is Professor, School of Professional Studies, Montclair State College, NJ and has had a long and continuing interest in systematic bibliography. Among his many books are A Junius Bibliography (1974; 1986); A Register of 18th Century Bibliographies (1968); The Bohn Libraries (1951); A Bibliography of Robert Watt (1968); Medical Education in the United States: A Guide to Information Sources (1980); and American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910... (2 vols., 1985), which has been judged to be "the 20th century's most important contribution to the historical bibliography of American medical literature." He directed the compilation of the decennial Supplement (2 vols., 1977) to Theodore Besterman's World Bibliography of Bibliographies (4th ed., 5 vols., 1965-66).

Summary

"...a fitting tribute to a life of great achievement." -JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION [UK]

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Cordasco
• Assisted by: Francesco Cordasco (Editor)
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780810824973
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-2497-3
• No. of pages: 497
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 220 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 708 g
• Series: Great Bibliographers Series; Great Bibliographers S.; The Great Bibliographers; Great Bibliographers; The great bibliographers series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies