EXLIBRIS: THE DESTRUCTION OF A GREAT COMMONWEALH TREASURE.
This article reports that the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) closed its doors after 123 years of continuous service. Recession has succeeded where bombs failed. The Royal Commonwealth Society, facing insolvency, has had to use its only valuable asset, the library, as security for a...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Review Vol. 261; no. 1521; pp. 198 - 202 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Contemporary Review Company Ltd.
Oct92
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