Geoffrey Glaister

Geoffrey Ashall Glaister (1917–1985) of Leeds was a librarian with the British Council who wrote several important works of reference relating to the history of the manufacture of books.^[1]

His publication Encyclopedia of the Book has over 3,000 definitions of the terms used in the book trade.^[2]

Glaister began his career in librarianship in 1934 at Bradford Public Libraries. He served in more than fourteen countries with the British Council. Glaister was a life member of the Bibliographical Society and the Printing History Society.^[3]

On his death, he left half of his £122,645 estate to the British Council Benevolent Fund.^[4]

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• Glossary of the Book. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. (Published in the United States simultaneously as the Encyclopedia of the Book, Cleveland, World Publishing Company.)
• Encyclopedia of the Book. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1996. ISBN 1884718140 (With a new introduction by Donald Farren)

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