Publication list
- Books from other publishers
- British and Foreign Bible Society Catalogues
- Cambridge Bibliographical Society
- Catalogues of Manuscripts
- Exhibition Catalogues
- General
- Genizah Series
- Historical Bibliography Series
- Paperweights
- Royal Commonwealth Society
- Royal Society of Literature
GENERAL
Cambridge University Library - a historical sketch. J. C. T. Oates. 1975. pp.ii, 26 illustrated. Paper covers. £0.80*.
Victoria and Albert at Cambridge. The royal visits of 1843 and 1847 as they were recorded by Joseph Romilly Registrary of the University. 1977. pp. 32 illustrated. Paper covers. £1.40*.
Cambridge University Library - The Great Collections edited by Peter Fox.
Libraries Directory, University of Cambridge. This is nolonger published in hardcopy. The last issue produced was the 26th edition for 2006-2007 (ISSN 0954-5808).
Pleae note A Journey Around the World Mind Cambridge University Library, is NOT for sale.
CATALOGUES OF MANUSCRIPTS
Summary guide to accessions of Western manuscripts (other than medieval) since 1867. By A. E. B. Owen, 1966. pp. 48. Paper covers £1.00*.
Verses presented to Queen Elizabeth I by the University of Cambridge, August 1564. Ms Add. 8915. By E. S. Leedham-Green. 1993. pp v, 47. Paper covers £3.00*.
BALDWIN PAPERS
Handlist of the political papers of Stanley Baldwin, First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. By A. E. B. Owen. 1973. pp. 34. Paper covers. £1.00*.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY
CHOLMONDELEY (HOUGHTON) MSS
Handlist of the Cholmondeley (Houghton) Mss. Sir Robert Walpole's archive. By G. A. Chinnery, with an introduction by J. H. Plumb. 1953. p. 31. Paper covers. £1.00*.
DARWIN PAPERS
Handlist of Darwin papers. 1960. pp. 72. Paper covers. £1.60*.
ETHIOPIAN MSS
Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts. By E. Ullendorff and S. G. Wright. 1961. pp. x, 76. Paper covers. £3.00*.
GEORGIAN MSS
Catalogue of the Georgian manuscripts. By R. P. Blake. (Repr. from Harvard Theological Review, vol. 25, no. 111) 1932. Paper covers. £1.00.
HARDINGE PAPERS
Handlist of the Hardinge papers at the University Library Cambridge. By N. J. Hancock, with an introduction by F. H. Hinsley. 1968. pp. xiv, 107. Paper covers. £2.00*.
MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Summary Catalogue of the Additional Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired before 1940. By Jayne Ringrose Hardback, p376, Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843834878. £90.00.
SANSKRIT MSS
Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts. With an introductory notice and illustrations of the palaeography and chronology of Nepal and Bengal. By C. Bendall. 1883. pp.xii, 1vi, 215, with plates. Library binding. £20.00*.
STOKES & KELVIN MSS
Catalogue of the manuscript collections of Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, in Cambridge University Library. Compiled by David B. Wilson. 1976. pp. xii, 589, 363. £40.00*.
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL LIBRARY
A Catalogue of books printed before 1800 and now on deposit in Cambridge University Library, edited by J. J. Hall. 1986. pp. xii, 716 (reproduced from printed catalogue slips). Unbound only. £40.00*.
WADE COLLECTION
-Supplementary catalogue of the Wade collection of Chinese and Manchu books. By H. A. Giles. 1915. pp. vi, 30. Library binding. £4.00*.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY CATALOGUES
(The Library is now deposited in Cambridge University Library)
Indian Scriptures, pp. 535, 1977, soft covers, £15.00*.
Manuscripts, pp. x, 252, 1982, soft covers, £13.00*.
HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES
1. Orthotypographia. By Hieronymous Hornschuch. A facsimile with a parallel translation of the earliest printers' manual, first published at Leipzig 1608. Edited by Phillip Gaskell, and Patricia Bradford. 1972. Library binding. £12.95*.
2. Comedias Sueltas in Cambridge University Library: a descriptive catalogue, compiled by A. J. C. Bainton. 1977. pp. xvi, 281. Library binding. £29.95*.
3. The Library of Sir Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorp c. 1539-1618. D. J. McKitterick 1978. pp x, 186. Library binding. £25.00*.
FACSIMILE
Newton's Cambridge lectures on optics, 1670-72. The hitherto unpublished first version of the lectures. A facsimile of the autograph, now MS Add. 4002, with an introduction by D. T. Whiteside. 1973. Library binding. £40.00*.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GENIZAH SERIES
2. Hebrew Bible Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections.
Volume 1 Taylor-Schechter Old Series and other Genizah Collections in Cambridge University Library by M. C. Davies, incorporating material compiled by H. Knopf. pp. xiv, 384, 19 plates. Library binding, 1978. £65.00*.
Volume 2 Taylor-Schechter New Series, and Westminster College Cambridge Collection, by M. C. Davies, pp. x, 478, 19 plates. Library binding, 1980. £75.00*.
3. A Miscellany of Literary Pieces from the Cambridge Genizah Collections, by Simon Hopkins. 1978. pp. x, 110, many illustrations in text. Library binding. £29.95*.
Other titles in this continuing series are published by Cambridge University Press.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
All in paper covers.
Catalogue of printed books and manuscripts by Jonathan Swift, exhibited in the Old Schools... to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his death, October 19, 1745. pp. 46. £2.00.
Catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and University archives, exhibited in the University Library... 1 June to 31 August, 1953, to celebrate the Coronation of H. M. Queen Elizabeth. pp. 35. £1.00.
An exhibition of Spanish books and books of Hispanic interest. (by E. M. Wilson.) 1959. pp. 12. £0.50.
An exhibition of books and manuscripts illustrating the history of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1968. pp. 24, reproduced from typescript. £1.00.
An exhibition to celebrate the work and reputation of John Donne. 1972. pp. 12. £1.00.
Russian Printing to 1917. 1974. pp.24. £1.00.
The A.D.C. - the first 120 years. 1975. pp.10. £0.50.
The Age of Aquatint 1788-1846. A handlist of an exhibition. 1983. pp 09. £0.25.
Cambridge Legal History Conference 1975. Handlist of the exhibition of English Legal Manuscripts. 1975. pp.12. £0.50.
Cambridge Festival 1975. Exhibition of University Archives. pp.23. £0.50.
William Caxton. Exhibition catalogue. By B. Jenkins and J. S. Cook. 1976. Illustrated, pp.64, £3.00.
`Useful and Picturesque Officers' (University Archives relating to the Esquire Bedells). 1981. pp.16. £0.50.
`A Minority Interest' Science in Cambridge before 1800 (an exhibition of University Archives). 1982. pp.22. £0.60.
Footlights 1883-1983. pp.16. £0.60.
The Cambridge Greek Play. 1982-1983 Centenary Exhibition. pp 3. £0.25.
`The Senate House inside out'. Catalogue of an exhibition of University Archives, 1983. pp.27. £0.60.
Five Hundred Years of Martin Luther and the Reformation, 1984. pp.14. £0.50.
Canon Law in Cambridge 1100-1540. 1984. pp.19. £0.60.
`Who Deve Wilbe a Register' (an exhibition of University Archives). 1984. pp.36. £1.00.
Manuscripts from Anglo-Saxon England. 1985. pp.vii, 29. £1.50.
D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930. 1985. pp.1, 43. £1.50.
The Common Court of the University (an exhibition of University Archives). 1985. pp.10. £0.50.
Darwin's Shop: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company 1881-1968. 1987. pp.28, 10 plates, £2.00.
Yellow Backs. Catalogue of an exhibition. 1988. pp.16. £0.50.
Virginia Woolf 1882-1941. 1991. pp.50. £1.50.
Ten Centuries of Hispano-Jewish Culture. 1992. pp.34, 4 plates, £2.50.
Yellow Book, The. Notes for an exhibition at Cambridge University Library. With an index to the literary contribution by S. J. Hills. pp. I, 44. 1994. £2.00.
On a New Kind of Rays, 100 Years of X-Rays at Cambridge. 1995 . Compiled and edited by Nigel Hancock, Peter Morgan, Desmond Hawkins, Nicola Thwaite, Mark Weatherall. pp. 24. £1.50.
Paper Palaces. Architectural works from the collections of Cambridge University Library. Exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 1997. Devised and written by Vaughan Hart and Nicola Thwaite. pp.80. £6.00*.
The Princely Hong. Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Eastern Trade. An Exhibition in Cambridge University Library 7 May - 24 July 1997. pp.72. £2.50.
History in Fragments: A Genizah Centenary Exhibition. Exhibition mounted at Cambridge University Library Nov 1997 - Feb 1998 to mark the hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Taylor-Schechter Collection. pp. 22. £3.00.
Please note the following exhibition catalogues are NOT for sale:
Visible language : Dante in text & image : an exhibition in Cambridge University Library, 17 January-1 July 2006.
Living at this hour : John Milton 1608-2008 : an exhibition in Cambridge University Library, 15 January-12 July 2008.
'My booke and my selfe' The Montaigne Library of Gilbert De Botton. An exhibition 4 August - 23 December 2008.
Dream Voices: Siegfried Sassoon, Memory and War. An exhibition 21 July - 23 December 2010.
Titles published by Cambridge University Press
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY:
Cambridge University Library - The Great Collections. Edited by Peter Fox 1998. pp 231. 241 plates. Hardback £45.00. Paperback £16.95.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GENIZAH SERIES
For other Genizah publications.Link
All volumes A4 format, cloth bindings.
4. Vocalised Talmudic Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections.
Volume 1 Taylor-Schechter Old Series by Shelomo Morag. 1988. pp. xii, 56, 10 plates. £60.00.
5. A Hand-list of Rabbinic Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. Volume 1 Taylor Schechter New Series, by Robert Brody 1998. pp.xiii, 352, 24 plates. £95.00.
7. Palestinian Vocalised Piyyut Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. Joseph Yahalom. 1997. pp. vii, 87 plates 16). £65.00.
8. Targumic Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections, by Michael L. Klein. 1992. pp xvi, 136, 24 plates. £80.00.
10. Arabic legal and administrative documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections, by Geoffrey Khan. 1993. pp. xviii, 567. 24 plates. £115.00.
BOOKS FROM OTHER PUBLISHERS
The Boydell Press in association with Cambridge University Library.
THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
TEXTS AND STUDIES
(Volume 1) The University of Cambridge and the English Revolution, 1625-1688. John Twigg. pp. xvii, 346. 1990. £55.00.
(Volume 2) Medieval Cambridge: Essays on the Pre-Reformation University. Edited by Patrick Zutshi. pp. 198. 1993. £40.00.
(Volume 3) Gentlemen, Scientists and Doctors: Medicine at Cambridge 1800-1940.. By Mark Weatherall. pp. 341. 2000. £50.00.
(Volume 4) Teaching and Learning in 19th-Century Cambridge. Edited by Jonathan Smith and Christopher Stray. pp. 229. 2001. £50.00.
(Volume 6) Reformation and Religious Identity in Cambridge, 1590-1644. David Hoyle. p. 256. 2007. £55.00.
(Volume 7) The Palfrey Notebook. Records of Study in Seventeenth-Century Cambridge. Edited by C. J. Cook. pp. 818. 2011 ISBN 9781843836667. £60.00.
A Catalogue of English Legal Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library. Edited by J. H. Baker & J. S. Ringrose. 1996. pp. vii, 828. £120.00.
The Art of Lecturing. Clark (G. Kitson) and E. Bidder Clark. pp 42. 1970. paper covers. £0.60.
Catalogue of the Records of the Bishop and Archdeacon of Ely. D. M. Owen. 1971. pp. xii, 89. Unbound. £5.00. (published by Marc Fitch Fund).
Comedias Sueltas in Cambridge University. A descriptive catalogue of the Edward M. Wilson collection by A. J. C. Bainton. pp. vii, 100. Kassel, Edition Reichenberger, 1987. £17.50.
The Library and Muniments of Ely Cathedral. D. M. Owen 1973. pp. 18, 5 plates. Paper covers. £0.20. (published by the Dean and Chapter of Ely).
Siberch Celebrations 1521-1971. Edited by Brooke Crutchley. pp. xii, 137. £3.00.
ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY
(The Library and archives are now housed in the University Library)
Commonwealth in Focus, 130 years of photographic history 1982. pp 124 including numerous photographs. (catalogue of an exhibition in Australia). Laminated boards. £5.00*.
Biography Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society by Donald H. Simpson, 1961. pp. xxiii, 512. A list of biographical material, including periodical articles, in the Society's library. Cloth £20.00*.
Johnny-Cake Country by Verna Penn Moll. 1990. pp. 127. Cloth. d.w. £5.00 (originally published at £8.95. This is a fictionalised account of contemporary life in the British Virgin Islands by their former Chief Librarian).
The Royal Society of Literature. A Portrait. By Isabel Quigly. 2000. pp. 102. 11 plates, paperback. Published jointly by the Royal Society of Literature and Cambridge University Library. £7.00.
PAPERWEIGHTS
Three types of paperweight are currently available at a price of £7.00.
From a print by Rowlandson (round).
Ladybird. From a Persian manuscript dated A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566) (oval).
Cat. From a Persian manuscript dated A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566) (oval).
CAMBRIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
TRANSACTIONS (annual, volume II part iii & volume IV part i are out of print).
Vol. II Part i (1954) to Vol. XII Part i (2000) £8.00 each; Vol. XII Part ii (2001) to current issue £12.00 each.
Vol. 1 is out of print.
MONOGRAPHS
No. 2. A Handlist of English Provincial Newspapers, 1700-1760. By G. A. Cranfield. Reprinted with two supplements. £4.50.
No. 4. A Handlist of Irish Newspapers, 1685-1750. By R. L. Munter. £4.50.
No. 5. The Italic Hand in Tudor Cambridge. By A. Fairbank and B. Dickens. £5.00.
No. 6. John Siberch: Johannes Lair von Siegburg. By Otto Treptow, Trevor Jones and John Morris. £6.00.
No. 7. English Embossed Bindings, 1825-1850. By Eleanore Jamieson. £8.50.
No. 8. The Caxton Master and his Patrons. By Kathleen L. Scott. £8.50.
No. 9. Sir Frederic Madden at Cambridge. By T. D. Rogers. £7.00.
No.10. A Catalogue of Books belonging to Jonathan Swift. By William LeFanu. £9.00.
No.11. Andrew Perne Quatercentary Studies. Edited by David McKitterick. £7.00.
No.12. Garrett Godfrey's Accounts c. 1527-1533. By E. Leedham-Green, D. E. Rhodes & F. H. Stubbings. £8.00.
No. 13 The Recovery Of The Past In Early Elizabethan England. By Timothy Graham and Andrew G. Watson. £8.00.
Postal requests should be made direct to the Cambridge Bibliographical Society c/o Cambridge University Library. Library users should enquire in the Munby Rare Books Reading Room.