Ebook: Fifty specialty libraries of New York City: from botany to magic

Front Cover; Series Page; 50 SPECIALTY LIBRARIES OF NEW YORK CITY; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 -- The Pioneers: Three Subscription Libraries, 440Years of Service to New York; THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY; GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN LIBRARY; LIBRARY: THE CENTER FOR FICTION; FURTHER READING; 2 -- Economics; AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-THE HARRY W. BASS JR. LIBRARY; LIBRARY: FOUNDATION CENTER; FURTHER READING; 3 -- Law Libraries; NEW YORK COUNTY COURTS PUBLIC ACCESS LAW LIBRARY; LIBRARY: QUEENS SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY