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Notes (iii) Personal Bibliography: A personal bibliography is a list of writings by others
on the different aspects of the life of a great man together with what he himself
has written, printed and delivered in the form of oratory.

Notes Kindly note that personal bibliography is different from that of author bibliography.

Example: Jawaharlal Nehru: A descriptive bibliography by Jagdish Saran Sharma, Delhi,
S. Chand & Co, 1955.
(iv) Bibliophilic Bibliography: A bibliography that records old and rare books,
first editions of celebrated authors is known as bibliophilic bibliography.
These bibliographies are only for those who have a craze for old and rare
books, especially for first edition of books of celebrated author. They have
fancy for such book for their magnificent look, distinctive physical feature,
colourfulness, sumptuous binding, decorative covers, brilliant illustration
and pictorial ornamentation, grand illumination and beautiful type face,
sometimes on sentimental ground and sometimes for getting original thought
of the author.

Example: Johnson, Merie de Vore, “American first edition”, 4th ed, revised N. Y. Bowker,
1942.
(v) Selective Bibliography (Elective): This kind of bibliography is concerned with
the listing of only selected and the best books. This is useful to those who want
to record only the best. This is also serves as a valuable book selection tool to
small and medium-sized libraries.

Example: The best books: A readers’ guide, 3rd ed, by W. S. Sonnenschein, London,
Routledge, 1910–35, 6 Vols.
(vi) Unit Bibliography: It is a list of different editions adaptations, abridged forms,
translations, dramatization, versification, criticism, etc. of a single literary
work conveniently arranged in order to give a comprehensive picture of its
literary excellence and popularity. Every literary work by every author does
not deserve a unit bibliography. It is only in the case of such works which
have sound scholars curiosity by dint of their great literary merit, universal
appeal and enormous popularity that unit bibliographies are compiled.

Example: The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment with its numerous adaptations and
translations.
(vii) Bibliography of Bibliographies (Bibliographic Index): As the bibliographies
in various subject fields have multiplied now a day the compilation of this
kind of bibliography has become imperative. It is a list of bibliographies
recorded in a systematic and logical order. It includes all type of bibliographies
in various subject fields, separately published. This kind of bibliography is
also known as bibliographic index.

Example: Besterman Theodore, “A world bibliography of bibliographies”.

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