New York literary Collection Saved

A book store, which was closed several years ago, had a huge collection of over 220,000 items. The collection was then stored in a warehouse and the University of Pennsylvania‘s Rare Book and Manuscript Library decided to purchase the items, transferring, cataloging and reserving ths collection. The delivery has been made with 8 trucks carrying 3,800 boxes. This collection is worth over $4 million.

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