[0-375-50444-3] 2001, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xii, 370pp. 8vo. An intellectually and historically important work about the practice of American libraries to 'destroy to preserve' and dismantle their collections. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve.

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Double Fold; Libraries and the Assault on Paper

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Random House, New York

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0375504443

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9780375504440

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Hardcover

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1. Auflage

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Schutzumschlag

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In an exposT of contemporary library policies, the best-selling author of Vox describes how such institutions have dismantled collections of original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books to replace them with microfilmed copies, exploring the hidden reasons for such policies and calling for the preservation of irreplaceable records. 25,000 first printing.

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