Book from The Book Balcony, a rental library in Berkeley, Calif.

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2017

Descriptive Summary

Title: Book from The Book Balcony, a rental library in Berkeley, Calif.

Dates: 1927

Collection Number: 2010.020

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 v.

Repository: Berkeley Historical Society

Berkeley, California 94704

Abstract: A volume from the Berkeley, Calif. rental library, The Book Balcony.

Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Book from The Book Balcony, a rental library in Berkeley, Calif.. Berkeley Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sayre Van Young, August 2010.

Biography/Administrative History

The Book Balcony is listed in the 1930 city directory as belonging to Gladys M. Hobert and Pauline Wood.

Scope and Content of Collection

A copy of Arnold Bennet's The Vanguard, with stamps inside front and back covers for The Book Balcony, a rental library located upstairs in the Tupper & Reid Building, 2275 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

Indexing Terms

Rental libraries--California--Berkeley