circulating library
Example Sentences
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Among its innovations, the store established a circulating library for travelers wintering in Pasadena’s grand resort hotels, who often preferred to rent a book rather than lug it home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Lee’s essay reminds me of my time renting books from a circulating library in Mahim, a Mumbai suburb, in the 1960s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
The Imperial Library was what’s known as a circulating library.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2016
Books were expensive, but for a modest fee you could join a circulating library.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2016
Meanwhile, whenever they set forth arm-in-arm to visit Pinson's or Barillot's circulating library, he experienced a feeling of singular depression.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
