Library stamps - by Adam Smyth - TEXT!
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Last updated 18 Jun 2024
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In a hands-on ritual that has now largely been replaced by the beep of a bar code reader, borrowing a library book for many decades involved the stamping of a return date on a sheet glued to the front or rear inside cover. Additionally, a paper card was removed from the ‘lending pocket’, usually glued to the bottom left inside cover, and the borrower’s name was written in, and it was also stamped with the return date. When the book was returned, the stamped date was struck through, and the book card replaced in the pocket. A late return meant, usually
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Centenary memorabilia of Adam Politzer - Albert Mudry, John
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Library Of America Novels – 16 Volumes Auction
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Adam Smyth
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Library stamps - by Adam Smyth - TEXT!
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Stamping Time - by Adam Smyth - TEXT!
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John Davis Batchelder Collection of Manuscripts - American
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PDF) Material Texts in Early Modern England (uncorrected proofs of
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Bibliography - A Companion to Benjamin Franklin - Wiley Online Library
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Against the Grain v31 #2 April 2019 by against-the-grain - Issuu
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Bibliography - Paul in Ecstasy
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Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations - First Edition - Seller-Supplied
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Image 264 of Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book: March, 1916; Vol
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