Our rare book collections include published accounts of voyages and expeditions from the 1500s onwards. TRAVEL, EXPLORATION AND MAPS De Wit, Atlas, c. We also hold many editions of Robinson Crusoe and The Wizard of Oz. Special Collections holds nearly 1,300 editions of Ladybird books (including Peter and Jane stories, ‘What to look for’ and ‘How it works’). The Children’s Collection contains around 8,000 volumes of work created for children, particularly from the 1800s to early 1900s. CHILDREN’S BOOKS Ballantyne, The coral island, 1902. Many early editions of classics in the field of geology are held in the Hawkins Collection. We hold hundreds of volumes of works on bees, bee-keeping and apiculture in the Bee Collection, complemented by the Cowan Bee Collection of The Museum of English Rural Life. As Professor of Zoology at the University of Reading, Cole founded the Cole Museum of Zoology and used his magnificent library of works on the history of early medicine, zoology, comparative anatomy and reproductive physiology for teaching and research. NATURAL HISTORY, SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Estienne, La dissection, 1546Ī book collector and bibliophile from his schooldays until his death, Francis Joseph Cole (1872-1959) amassed a huge library of around 8,000 volumes of books and scientific papers, from earliest times to the present day. Our collections are a rich source for the study of book jacket design, such as Mills & Boon, Brock and Ladybird.
RARE BOOK COLLECTOR SERIES
Trace the history of print from incunables to present day ephemera with our Printing Collection. We hold private press collections ( Golden Head Press, Gaberbocchus Press, Two Rivers Press), literary classics ( Finzi), sheet music ( Baron, Spellman) and popular series ( John Hetherington’s ‘Readers’ Library’). HISTORY OF BOOKS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING Crescentius, Ruralia commoda, 1471 Many of our finest early, rare and valuable books and journals are in the Reserve Collection. The bequest of the Overstone Library in the 1920s, a fine 19th century private library, began our systematic collecting of rare books. FOUNDATION COLLECTIONSįrom its origins in the late 1800s, the University set about acquiring unique and distinctive collections to support its research. We hold incunables from the 1470s to twentieth century Ladybird books. Subject strengths include the history of books, printing and publishing natural history, science and medicine children’s books travel, exploration and maps and history. Our rare book collections of over 40,000 volumes include early printed books, private press books, modern literary first editions and ephemera.
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