@book{bibcite_11394,
  editor = {Francesco Cordasco},
  title = {Theodore Besterman: Bibliographer and Editor},
  year = {1992},
  pages = {479 pp.},
  publisher = {Scarecrow Press},
  address = {Metuchen, NJ},
  isbn = {9780810824973},
  note = {Contents:
pt. 1. Biographical and critical notices. 
Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) / William A. Munford 
Theodore Besterman : a personal memoir / Edward J. Carter 
Theodore Besterman and the resurrection of Voltaire / David Williams 
Theodore Besterman, writer and editor : a bibliographical appreciation / Frank Francis 

pt. 2. A selection of Besterman texts. 
The mind of Annie Besant 
The beginnings of systematic bibliography 
A new bibliography of bibliographies 
Libri desiderati 
On a bibliography of dictionaries 
The Library of Congress and the future of its catalogue
Symposium : On "The Library of Congress and the future of its catalogue"  
The idea and the plan 
The European union catalogue project 
Editorial method 
Voltaire and the Lisbon earthquake, or, The death of optimism 
The Institut et Musée Voltaire and its collections 
The love of manuscripts 
Introduction [from A world bibliography of bibliographies] 
Fifty years a bookman 
Voltaire bibliography : the impossible dream 
Reason and progress, 1755-1778 
The summing-up 
Bibliographical note 

pt. 3. A bibliographical checklist. Writings of Theodore Besterman 
Related titles of interest},
  language = {English},
}