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Creator
Smith, Lloyd P. (Lloy Pearsall), 1822-1886.
Title
On the classification of books : a paper read before the American Library Association, May, 1882..
Publisher
Boston : Library Bureau Publishers of Works on Public and Private Libraries and Librarianship 32 Hawley Street
Date
1882
Physical Description
[73] leaves ; 31 cm.
Description
A printed paper that Lloyd P. Smith presented to the American Library Association about his classification system.
Notes
Approximately every other page is printed, with blank pages inserted for notes.
Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger.
Insertion 01 was found with page 060 and is now stored inside the front cover. For the same text with additional marginalia, see MSS00270v105 and MSS00270v102.
These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov.
All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Subject
Library Science.
Rare book librarianship.
Classification -- Books.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia.| Books & Other Texts| Rare| MSS00270v184
Accession number
17781.Q
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Record Group 1, Series 5B: Other Library Company Works
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