Main Author: Pearson, Edmund Lester, 1880-1937. Language(s):, English. Published: Woodstock, Vt.:Elm Tree Press, 1909. Subjects: Libraries > Libraries The old librarian's almanack Publication date: 1909 Pearson, the actual author, to a fictitious 18th C. Librarian named Jared Bean The old librarian's almanack. : Pearson, Edmund Lester, 1880-1937; Elm Tree Press, publisher. Publication date: 1909. Topics: Libraries The earliest reference to the Old Librarian's Almanack is found In 1907, when the novelist Edmund Lester Pearson mentioned it in his Boston Evening Transcript It first appeared a hundred years ago, in a 1909 publication titled "Philobiblos - The Old Librarian's Almanack: A very rare pamphlet first Issue 1 of The librarian's series, ed. J. C. Dana and H. W. Kent, no. 1. Contributor, Edmund Lester Pearson. Edition, reprint. Publisher, Elm Tree Press, 1909.