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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Conaway; Library of Congress. |
| ISBN: | 0300083084 9780300083088 |
| OCLC Number: | 42980123 |
| Description: | xiii, 226 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Such books as may be necessary (1800-1814) -- 2. Source (1814-1861) -- 3. Crystal fountain (1861-1896) -- 4. Round table (1897-1939) -- 5. Comet and the ploughman (1939-1954) -- 6. Delicate balance (1954-1974) -- 7. Republic of letters (1975-1987) -- 8. Accessible (1987-2000). |
| Responsibility: | James Conaway ; foreword by James H. Billington ; introduction by Edmund Morris. |
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