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Books and publishing covers the world behind the books you read. How publishers choose and make books, how printing and bookselling work, and how libraries and archives collect and care for them are all here. You will find histories of the trade, memoirs from inside it and professional guides for librarians. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.

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Style Manual
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Style Manual

United States Government Printing Office

1933 · 1967 edition

528 pages

Letters and Documents Received, 1649-1662
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Letters and Documents Received, 1649-1662

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Hendrik Carel Vos Leibbrandt, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Archives

1898 · 1899 edition

534 pages

Books in Henry Ames Hall
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Books in Henry Ames Hall

St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.). Library

Published 1872

114 pages

The Manchester Public Free Libraries
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The Manchester Public Free Libraries

William Robert Credland, Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England), Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester

Published 1899

370 pages

Poetical Works
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Poetical Works

Robert Burns

Published 1873

404 pages