Grosvenor Gallery Library
Circulating library in London
The Grosvenor Gallery Library (est. 1880) was a circulating library in London in the late 19th century. It was affiliated with the Grosvenor Gallery of art on Bond Street,[1][2] later moving to South Molton Street. It offered subscribers current periodicals, new books, and a Ladies' Reading Room.[3] Owners and staff included Miss Brinstingl, Coutts Lindsay, Mrs. A.W. Pollard, and Thomas Verrinder.[4]
References
- ^ Grosvenor Gallery: A Palace of Art in Victorian England. Yale University Press. 1996. ISBN 9780300067521.
- ^ Herbert Fry (1892). "St. James's Street and Bond Street". London. London: W.H. Allen and Co.
Grosvenor Library and Restaurant
- ^ "Grosvenor Gallery Library (advert)", Grosvenor Notes, London, 1886
- ^ "What Society Reads: 20 Years as a West-End Librarian", Book Monthly, March 1904
Further reading
- Charles Dickens (1882), "Circulating Libraries", Dickens's Dictionary of London, London: Macmillan & Co.
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