MANUAL
OF
Library Cataloguing

BY
J. HENRY QUINN,
LIBRARIAN, CHELSEA PUBLIC LIBRARIES, LONDON.
(Formerly Principal Cataloguing Assistant, Liverpool Free Libraries.)

LONDON.
LIBRARY SUPPLY COMPANY,
4, Ave Maria Lane, E.C.
1899

Printed by Marlborough, Pewtress & Co., London, E. C.

PREFACE

This little book does not claim to be a comprehensive treatise on the art of cataloguing books, nor is it intended for the use of the expert in bibliography. The rules embodied are those generally recognized as necessary for the proper cataloguing of a collection of books. By simple illustrations the author has endeavoured to deal with those difficulties which he has found most frequently arise and call for careful consideration. Information concerning the printing of catalogues has been added in order to make the book more complete.

If this Manual should prove a help to the better understanding of the true principles of cataloguing, and is found to be of practical assistance to those engaged in library work, the object of its compilation will have been attained.

J. H. Q.

March, 1899.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.
[I.]—Introductory.
[II.]—The Dictionary Catalogue.
[III.]—The Principal Entry: The Author-Entry, 1.
[IV.]—The Principal Entry: The Author-Entry, 2.
[V.]—The Principal Entry: The Author-Entry, 3.
[VI.]—The Principal Entry: The Author-Entry, 4.
[VII.]—The Principal Entry: Corporate and other forms, Editors and Translators.
[VIII.]—Subject. Title, and Series Entries.
[IX.]—Subject, Title, and Series Entries (continued).
[X.]—Title-entries and Repetition Dashes.
[XI.]—Indexing Contents.
[XII.]—The Classified Catalogue.
[XIII.]—Alphabetization and Arrangement.
[XIV.]—Printing.
[Appendix A.]—List of Words Or Phrases Occurring in connection with Books with Abbreviations.
[” B.]—Table of Sizes of Books.
[” C.]—Some Modern Pseudonyms with the Real Names, including Ladies with Names changed by Marriage.
[” D.]—Method of correcting Printer’s Proof.
[” E.]—List of Subject-Headings for a Dictionary Catalogue.
[Index.]