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    <subTitle>A history of the making, the selling, and the collecting of books in the United States</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1903-</namePart>
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    <namePart>Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1884-1970</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1872-1954</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher> R.R. Bowker Co.</publisher>
    <dateIssued> 1939</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiii, 453 p. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt ; in collaboration with Ruth Shepard Granniss and Lawrence C. Wroth.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <topic>Libraries</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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