Bartlett society guidebook page?

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stubeanz

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Hi zoochatters,

Bit of a random one and may just be me being silly. On the Bartlett Society website i cant find any keys that describe the codes on the guidebooks page.

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Anyone know what the codes mean? or point me in the direction of the key?

Thanks
Stu
 
I believe the codes correspond to which of the contributors to the list have a copy of the guide in question. So there isn't a public key to the codes, just in case someone gets burgled for their collection of early Belle Vues. :D
 
stubeanz said:
O ok :o feel a bit silly now lol I thought it may have been a 'how rare' guide!
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Well, it is - in a way - a guide that doesn't say 'Many' is probably relatively rare!
 
As Maguari has stated it is a code that identify which member has what guide,until it reaches a point where there are more than 5 members have a copy at which point it becomes a many.So in a way it is possible to be able to tell how rare a guide is by how many letters a guide has by it,so anything with only 1 letter means that the guidebook is only known from 1 copy.
 
Greetings

What has been said is correct.

It is me who has the master list of code identifiers.

We used the code several times last year to identify individual owners and then ask if they could photocopy selective pages - usually maps - in response to assorted projects / requests. Space is tight within the Society's Archive room so there is little point in duplicating material such as guidebooks that members already have access to.

I have taken note to explain the purpose of the code column - on the appropriate pages - when we launch our new website this summer.

Regards, Paul M.
 
Thanks everyone :)
I have just started collecting guidebooks and found it a brilliant reference as to what the date of individual guidebooks are!
Thanks
Stu
 
Out of curiosity are there any other good websites with a list of zoo guides?
Thanks
Stu
 
Sadly not.

In fact several leading libraries / museums have contacted us for permission to refer to our listing and adopted our format. This would suggest that there are no alternative general references.

Our plans are to produce a Dutch list - we hope that a German collector can help us start a German master list - and may be one of our Australian friends on Zoo Chat can formulate a list of their country's guides ?

Eventually we hope to publish the UK list in paper form but only when we have quantified and validated the data to a high standard.

Regards, Paul M.
 
Thanks for the information, shame there are not more lists (i appreciate the ammount of time and effort that has been put into the list though!)

I love all of the information in the old zoo guides and how different the ideas are to todays zoo's. I recently won a Paignton Zoo guide from 1958 and it tells how they had a Husky Dogs Pen and how the zoo lost a Black-necked Stork which escaped for 2 weeks!

Stu
 
stubeanz said:
Thanks for the information, shame there are not more lists (i appreciate the ammount of time and effort that has been put into the list though!)

I love all of the information in the old zoo guides and how different the ideas are to todays zoo's. I recently won a Paignton Zoo guide from 1958 and it tells how they had a Husky Dogs Pen and how the zoo lost a Black-necked Stork which escaped for 2 weeks!

Stu
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Magdeburg Zoo had a husky paddock when we were there in 2005. Director's pet project (if you'll pardon the pun!), and very odd!


EDIT: And here it is: http://www.zoochat.com/883/husky-paddock-magdeburg-09-09-2005-a-98377/
 
How unusual! Although i noticed they have many different breed enclosures in some Asian zoos.
 
is that really any different to the New Guinea singing dogs you guys have been getting all excited about?
 
Probably not but these are breeds that are commonly seen as pets now.

Whereas (until very recently) New Guinea Singing Dogs were not kept privately. I would feel the same if Dingoes made a come back the UK :)

Unlike in America where i have seen NGSD for sale almost like any other dog breed.

Stu
 
Chlidonias said:
is that really any different to the New Guinea singing dogs you guys have been getting all excited about?
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stubeanz said:
Probably not but these are breeds that are commonly seen as pets now.
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Yup, I think stubeanz is bang on the money - NGSD are only seen rarely in Europe, and only as a zoo animal, whereas Huskies are familiar pets - so even though there's actually not much difference, they're in different mental pigeonholes!

I've been trying to think of other zoos with 'non-NGSD/dingo' domestic dogs on show in Europe - certainly Prague, Dublin and Noah's all had one as part of their farmyards when I was last there, but I think Magdeburg's the only time I've seen a pack!
 
The guide book page has been a fantastic asset to me and my purchasing of guidebooks! Shame more ebay sellers do not use it they do make me chuckle sometimes at their dating of supposedly rare guidebooks!
 
Bartlett Society Guidebook Page

Re Huskies in zoos, Whipsnade had a group on show for many years, and used to sell the pups.
 
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