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Copyright © 2006 Alberto Manguel
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Published in Canada by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2007. Originally published in hardcover in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2006. Distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Permission to reprint “The Mayan Books” by A.D. Hope from The Collected Poems 1330–1370, Angus & Robertson, 1972, granted by arrangement with the Licensor, c/o Curtis Brown (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
Pages 357–360 constitute a continuation of the copyright page.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Manguel, Alberto, 1948–
The library at night / Alberto Manguel.
eISBN: 978-0-307-37027-3
1. Libraries. 2. Libraries—History. 3. Books and reading.
I. Title.
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