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Boots Book-Lovers' Library was a circulating library run by Boots the Chemist, a chain of pharmacies in the United Kingdom. It began in 1898, at the instigation of Florence Boot (née Florence Annie Rowe), and closed in 1966, following the passage of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, which required councils to provide free public libraries. Boot was married to Jesse Boot, the son of the founder of the company. Subscriptions were available in Classes A and B, the latter being restricted to borrowing books at least one year old, as well as a premium 'On Demand' subscription.

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rdfs:comment	Boots Book-Lovers' Library was a circulating library run by Boots the Chemist, a chain of pharmacies in the United Kingdom. It began in 1898, at the instigation of Florence Boot (née Florence Annie Rowe), and closed in 1966, following the passage of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, which required councils to provide free public libraries. Boot was married to Jesse Boot, the son of the founder of the company. Subscriptions were available in Classes A and B, the latter being restricted to borrowing books at least one year old, as well as a premium 'On Demand' subscription. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://nottslit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/book-booklovers-library.html http://www.letterpressproject.co.uk/inspiring-older-readers/2016-07-28/the-boots-circulating-library https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Newsletter%202011%20Winter.pdf%23page=17 https://archive.org/details/lipstickslibrary0000wint https://books.google.co.uk/books%3Fid=trotDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA153 https://books.google.co.uk/books%3Fid=trotDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171 https://web.archive.org/web/20171111225530/http:/www.letterpressproject.co.uk/inspiring-older-readers/2016-07-28/the-boots-circulating-library%7Cdate=11
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source	John Betjeman (en)
text	Think of what our Nation stands for, Books from Boots' and country lanes, Free speech, free passes, class distinction, Democracy and proper drains. (en)
title	'In Westminster Abbey' (en)
has abstract	Boots Book-Lovers' Library was a circulating library run by Boots the Chemist, a chain of pharmacies in the United Kingdom. It began in 1898, at the instigation of Florence Boot (née Florence Annie Rowe), and closed in 1966, following the passage of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, which required councils to provide free public libraries. Boot was married to Jesse Boot, the son of the founder of the company. The lending libraries were established within branches of Boots across the country, employing dedicated library staff whose training included examinations on both librarianship and literature. Boots' libraries displayed books for browsing on open shelves at a time when many public libraries had closed access. A catalogue of the books available was first published in 1904. Subscriptions were available in Classes A and B, the latter being restricted to borrowing books at least one year old, as well as a premium 'On Demand' subscription. Books carried the 'green shield' logo on the front and an eyelet at the top of the spine. Membership tokens were rectangles of ivorine with a string similar to a Treasury tag; the string could be secured through the eyelet so that the token acted as a bookmark. Boots also briefly reprinted classic books at the start of the 20th century under the imprint 'Pelham Library', named after the flagship Boots shop on Pelham Street in Nottingham, and later sold books as 'Boots the Booksellers'. (en)
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