New York Public Library

By Phyllis Dain

The New York Public Library comprises simultaneously a set of scholarly research collections that rank with those of the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, as well as a network of community libraries with vast popular neighborhood collections -- and all of its resources are open to all visitors, a degree of access perhaps unique in the world. How it came to be, how it grew and developed its unique character, and how it came to be a refuge and essential resource for generations of New Yorkers and scholars from around the world are some of the pieces of the fascinating story told here.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871041316
• ISBN13: 9780871041319
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: New York Public Library
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.