Free town libraries, their formation, management, and history;
in Britain, France, Germany & America. Together with brief notices of book-collectors, and of the respective places of deposit of their surviving collections.
By Edward Edwards.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : J. Wiley and son; [etc.,etc.], 1869.
- Note
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Book iv, "Historical notices of book collectors" covers 1093 collections.
"The primary purpose of this volume is to serve as a handbook for promoters and managers of free town libraries ... Its secondary purpose is to compare British experience in that matter with foreign, and particularly with American experience."
- Physical Description
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xiv, [2], 371 <262> p.
fold. tables.
22 cm.
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