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It excludes rarities and rare manuscripts or books in the custody of other library divisions, such as the music division or the asian divisions. Hosted alternately in dunedin, melbourne and wellington this was the 8th rare book school and was held at the university of otago library. We recently went to check on our beloved materials, safely and securely packed away in a local warehouse. The london rare books school is grateful to receive donations in support of its continuing mission to promote the study of all areas of bibliography and the history of the book. Rare book school lectures free listening on soundcloud. We specialize in making it easier for you to get the books you need. Dumbledores dumbo dumbos dumpster dunant dunbar duncan dunedin. Rare book school is an independent nonprofit organization based at the university of virginia supporting the study of the history of books, manuscripts, and related objects.
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