The Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its library

By Stephen Parks

Subjects: English literature, first editions, Elizabethan Club (Yale University), Libraries, united states, English literature, Rare books, Bibliography, Catalogs, Special libraries, English literature, bibliography, catalogs, Rare book libraries, Connecticut, history, Library, First editions

Description: The Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its library" was first published in 1986 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Elizabethan Club. This second, greatly enlarged edition is being published in celebration of the Club's centenary. This edition includes full descriptions of the rare books in the Elizabethan Club's collection, including the nearly sixty new acquisitions of the past quarter century, and for the first time a listing of manuscripts and objects. Full-colour photographs by Richard Cheek elegantly display the Club's rooms and garden, and nearly all its rare books, manuscripts, and objects are beautifully presented in full-colour reproductions.