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  • World War One: Islington Public Library used as a hospital ward. Photograph by Langfier Ltd., 1916.

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    Specification and instructions for binding and repairing reference library books / County Borough of Wigan.

    Wigan (England : District). Library Service. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]
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    A man checking a book out of a public library gains the equivalent of going on holiday. Pen and ink drawing by Steve Simpson and Robert D. Dangoor, 2012.

    Dangoor, Robert D., 1953- | Date: [2012] | Reference: 824349i
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    Liverpool public libraries : a history of fifty years / by Peter Cowell, chief librarian.

    Cowell, Peter, 1838-1909. | Date: 1903
    • Books
    • Online

    Public baths and washhouses and public libraries.

    County of London. | Date: 1899
    • Books

    Books on prescription : dementia : find helpful books at your local library / The Reading Agency.

    | Date: 2014
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