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The Library's growing collection of nearly 300,000 volumes reflects the reading interests of its members over the last 269 years. Strengths include fiction and literature, biography, history, social sciences, the arts, travel, and books about New York City. The Library also maintains collections of periodicals and audiobooks.
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- Our special collections include a wide variety of rare and unique items: books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets and broadsides, maps, and manuscripts (Read more)
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