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... volumes ; the Boylston - street main building of the Boston Public , as an in- stance of the necessary rooms and stalls for the simultaneous workings of the depart- ments of a large library ; and , in connection with the architects ...
... volumes ; the Boylston - street main building of the Boston Public , as an in- stance of the necessary rooms and stalls for the simultaneous workings of the depart- ments of a large library ; and , in connection with the architects ...
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... volume and increasing what is al- ways a serious consideration with small libra- ries - the expense of printing . But ... volumes . How accu- rately the work has been done will only be known to those who have felt the force of the remark ...
... volume and increasing what is al- ways a serious consideration with small libra- ries - the expense of printing . But ... volumes . How accu- rately the work has been done will only be known to those who have felt the force of the remark ...
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... volumes have been ruined by standing half tipped over so long that it is now impossible to get them warped back again . [ 6 [ Two new substitutes for the wood block generally used to keep books upright on the shelves have been recently ...
... volumes have been ruined by standing half tipped over so long that it is now impossible to get them warped back again . [ 6 [ Two new substitutes for the wood block generally used to keep books upright on the shelves have been recently ...
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... volumes . A catalogue of authors on the Boston Athenĉum card plan and an accession book are already prepared , and the shelf lists are to be written up at once , so that the books can be made accessible to the more than 300 young ladies ...
... volumes . A catalogue of authors on the Boston Athenĉum card plan and an accession book are already prepared , and the shelf lists are to be written up at once , so that the books can be made accessible to the more than 300 young ladies ...
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... volume of Dr. Schiller - Szinessy's Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS . has been pub- lished . - Academy . POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH LIBRARY . - A very commendable project has been started in ... Volumes VII . and VIII . , 26 AMERICAN LIBRARY JOURNAL .
... volume of Dr. Schiller - Szinessy's Catalogue of the Hebrew MSS . has been pub- lished . - Academy . POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH LIBRARY . - A very commendable project has been started in ... Volumes VII . and VIII . , 26 AMERICAN LIBRARY JOURNAL .
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