Series
British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Publications...
Catalogue reference: DF 500
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Publications... dating from 1881-1967.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 500
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Publications Salesbooks
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a record of all wholesale sales of Museum publications. Most sales are to bookshops and other agents, though some are to named individuals or to 'Stranger'. Many sales were to a Museum messenger, who was personally responsible for sales to Museum visitors until the bookstall was set up in 1921.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Natural History Museum Library and Archives
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The records were transferred to the archives in 1983.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d015cfa8-f219-41a0-801b-c20408cdfcd5/
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British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Publications Salesbooks