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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 - Edwards, Edward
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An important figure in the establishment of free libraries in the United Kingdom, Edward Edwards (1812-1886) wrote this study, first published in 1869, as a handbook intended for promoters and managers of free town libraries. The book outlines the formation and workings of public libraries, beginning with British examples and proceeding to compare the British experience with libraries abroad, especially in America. Edwards presents strong evidence of the increasing number, and improving management, of libraries at this time ...

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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 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781020330766

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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 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781022872103

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Free Town Libraries, Their Formation, Management, and History; in Britain, France, Germany, and America. Together With Brief Notices of Book-Collectors, and of the Respective Places of Deposit of Their Surviving Collections 2019, Hardpress Publishing

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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 2019, Hardpress Publishing

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Free Town Libraries, their Formation, Management and History in Britain, France, Germany and America 2017, Hansebooks

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Free Town Libraries, Their Formation, Management, and History; In Britain, France, Germany & America. Together with Brief Notices of Book-Collectors, 2013, Hardpress Publishing

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Free Town Libraries, their Formation, Management, and History: In Britain, France, Germany, and America 2010, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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Free town Libraries, their Formation, Management, and History; in Britain, France, Germany, and America. 2006, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI

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