FIRST REPORT...PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION...MASSACHUSETTS. [First Edn.]

by Tillinghast, C.B.; et al

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Boston:: Wright & Potter,, 1891. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) & Boston Public Library bookplates; no card pocket or spine marks/label; light-to-moderate dampwrinkling; cover tips bumped; spine ends worn.. With over 60 b&w photos (2 photos per pg.) of public library buildings in existence at the time. Public Library Commission was established 1890 to expand free library access to every Massachusetts Town. ||| Brief histories--some with a photo--of each Town's free public library (if any): library's founder(s); when established; where housed; contributing donors; number of holdings; source(s) & amount of funding; names of trustees, & librarian; volumes' annual circulation; new book expenses; etc. ||| Valuable summaries of Town library histories & chronologies as of a surprisingly-recent date, from which the present-day free libraries in Massachusetts have grown.