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W. Brotherhead's Circulating Library, 218 South 8th Street, Philadelphia.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 6 no 20
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brotherhead, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- W. Brotherhead's Circulating Library.
- Subscription libraries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Subscription libraries.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Ephemera.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 13 x 9 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : [William Brotherhead], [1860?]
- Notes:
- Lists terms for annual and daily subscribers; as well as mention of books, prints and autographs bought and sold.
- "In 1860 I commenced my Circulating Library at 218 South Eighth Street ... "--Forty years among the old booksellers of Philadelphia, by W. Brotherhead, page 17.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy imperfect: some text obscured and illegible.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from DeWolfe & Wood.
- OCLC:
- 1314331116
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