id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-9821 Powell, Benjamin E. Practive of Book Selection: Papers Presented before the Library Institute at the University of Chicago, July 31- August 31, 1939 (Bbook Review) 1940-09-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1193 71 64 Until a few years ago, the published guides to book selection consisted generally of selected lists of books, enumeration of book lists and journals of review, and some aphorisms designed to aid the li- brarian in avoiding pitfalls which occa- sionally engulf book selectors of varying degrees of experience. There is one paper each on distribu- tion, as illustrated in the personal history of a book store; books and self-therapy; and the teaching of book selection. cache/crl-9821.pdf txt/crl-9821.txt