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Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930
by Bruce, Lorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1550022059
- ISBN 13
- 9781550022056
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994 Ex-Library. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. This book provides a detailed and reflective account of the people, groups, communities, and ideas that shaped library development in the decades between 1850 and 1930, from Egerton Ryerson to George Locke, from the Mechanics Institutes to renovated Carnegie libraries. A chronological narrative, lively writings by the people involved, tables, maps, graphs, and period photographs combine to tell the stories of the librarians, trustees, educators, politicians, and library users who contributed to Ontario's early public library system. . 347p. illus .bibliography. index. "Friends of the library" dated book stamp on ffep. Text otherwise completely crisp and unmarked - looks unread .
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- Seller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 32014
- Title
- Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930
- Author
- Bruce, Lorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Can Ed.
- ISBN 10
- 1550022059
- ISBN 13
- 9781550022056
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- CANADA PUBLIC LIBRARIES ANDREW CARNEGIE HISTORY ONTARIO TORONTO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Libraries; Ontario;
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KALAMOS BOOKS
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