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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1812-1886.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public libraries--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Public libraries.
- Public libraries--Economic aspects.
- Libraries--History.
- Libraries.
- Book collectors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 v. (various pagings) )
- Other Title:
- Free town libraries
- Place of Publication:
- New York : J. Wiley and Son, 1869 (Bartholomew Close [England] : J.E. Adlard)
- Contents:
- bk. 1. Free town libraries at home
- Bk. 2. Free town libraries abroad
- Bk. 3. Free town libraries in America
- Bk. 4. Brief notices of collectors.
- Notes:
- "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"--pref.
- Bk. 4. covers 1093 collections.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 21919.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 13
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