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1. The story of libraries : from the invention of writing to the computer age / Fred Lerner.
   author: Lerner, Frederick Andrew, 1945-
   title: Story of libraries
   pagination: 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
   publisher: New York : Continuum, 1998.
   isbn: 0826411142  
   notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-236) and index.
   subjects: Libraries History.
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2. Libraries in the ancient world / Lionel Casson.
   author: Casson, Lionel, 1914-
   title: Libraries in the ancient world
   pagination: xii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
   publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
   isbn: 0300088094  
   notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.
   subjects: Libraries History To 400.
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