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The New York Public Library: A History of Its Founding and Early Years
Phyllis Dain
An independent, thoroughly documented history of the early Library and its predecessor institutions, described in a social and political context.
466 pages, 65 b/w illustrations. Published by The New York Public Library, 1972.
Hardcover. 35.00. ISBN0-87104-131-6.

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