Grosvenor Gallery Library
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File:Grosvenor Gallery Library, New Bond Street.jpg, 26 March 1881."1. Circulating Library 2. Large Reading-Room 3. Large Dining and Luncheon Room 4. Reference Library and Reading-Room"]]
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,{{cite book |title=Grosvenor Gallery: A Palace of Art in Victorian England |publisher=Yale University Press |year= 1996 |isbn=9780300067521 }}{{cite book |title=London |publisher=W.H. Allen and Co. |location=London |author=Herbert Fry |year=1892 |chapter=St. James's Street and Bond Street |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3dRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA105 |quote=Grosvenor Library and Restaurant }} later moving to South Molton Street. It offered subscribers current periodicals, new books, and a Ladies' Reading Room.{{citation |title=Grosvenor Gallery Library (advert) |work=Grosvenor Notes |year=1886 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATEuAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PR26 }} Owners and staff included Miss Brinstingl, Coutts Lindsay, Mrs. A.W. Pollard, and Thomas Verrinder.{{citation |title=What Society Reads: 20 Years as a West-End Librarian |work=Book Monthly |date=March 1904 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KZoeAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA385 }}
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Further reading
- {{Citation |publisher = Macmillan & Co. |publication-place = London |author = Charles Dickens |author-link = Charles Dickens |title = Dickens's Dictionary of London |publication-date = 1882 |chapter=Circulating Libraries |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/dickenssdictiona00dick#page/163/mode/1up }}
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Category:Subscription libraries in England
Category:Libraries in the City of Westminster
Category:1880 establishments in England
Category:Libraries established in 1880
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