Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work

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	List of Illustrations	9
	Introduction	11
Chapter 1	The Alleys and the Buckinghams	17
Chapter 2	The Education of Geoffrey	29
Chapter 3	Shelley's Rural Schemes	44
Chapter 4	Parnassus on Wheels	56
Chapter 5	The Library World	67
Chapter 6	Demonstrations and the Government	81
Chapter 7	Anni Mirabiles: Country Library Service	109
Chapter 8	Anni Mirabiles: National Library Service	161
Chapter 9	Climate Change	207
Chapter 10	Aiming for a National Library	239
Chapter 11	Home on the Range	267
Chapter 12	Foreign Encounters	284
Chapter 13	Heading for a National Library	311
Chapter 14	National Librarian	333
Chapter 15	National Library of New Zealand	370
Chapter 16	Canadian Interlude	402
Chapter 17	Life in the Old Dog	415
Chapter 18	Thou Thy Worldly Task Hast Done	436
	Notes	445
	Bibliography	481
	Index	489

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