descriptive bibliography
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the aspect of bibliography concerned with the close physical study and description of books and other works.
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a record of such description of a given number of related works.
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If descriptive bibliography is like doing anatomy, the Hinman is a CAT scan machine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2012
Integrated school books; a descriptive bibliography of 399 pre-school and elementary school texts and story books.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.
A century of fiction by American Negroes, 1853-1952; a descriptive bibliography.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.
Race and region, a descriptive bibliography compiled with special reference to the relations between whites and Negroes in the United States.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.
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