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descriptive bibliography

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noun

Library Science.
  1. the aspect of bibliography concerned with the close physical study and description of books and other works.

  2. 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

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 Dorothy B. Porter

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 Dorothy B. Porter

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 Dorothy B. Porter

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