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Libraries and their Catalogues

Often, the easiest way to identify a book is to search a library catalogue. The first of these sites does not cover every library in the world, and libraries vary in their cataloguing standards, but this is often a good place to start:
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1   Link   WorldCat
2   Link   The Bibliothèque Nationale de France
3   Link   British Architectural Library at the RIBA
4   Link   The British Library
5   Link   The British Library : Bindings Database
6   Link   Library of Congress
7   Link   The CERL Portal - Manuscripts and Early Printed Material
8   Link   COPAC - Major UK Libraries
9   Link   The Karlsruhe Catalogue
10   Link   The National Archives
11   Link   National Library of Australia
12   Link   National Library of Ireland
13   Link   National Library of New Zealand
14   Link   National Library of Scotland
15   Link   National Library of Wales
16   Link   Private Libraries in Renaissance England
17   Link   The V&A’s National Art Library

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"The best book written during this accused war" (Gorky)

First edition in Russian in book form (it was serialized in Letopis’ in the second half of 1916) of Mr Britling sees it through (1916), in Gorky’s words ‘the best, most daring, truthful, and humane book written in Europe during the course of this accursed war’ (Selected Letters, 1997, p. 195).

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