Serial Collecting as Leisure, and Coin Collecting in Particular
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Serial Collecting as Leisure, and Coin Collecting in Particular
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عنوان ژورنال: Library Trends
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1559-0682
DOI: 10.1353/lib.0.0063