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Circulating Libraries:

Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1829)
John Hodgson’s Circulating Library, Belfast. (Catalogue: 1838)
Horne’s Public Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1827)
Mackenzie’s Circulating Library, 129 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Catalogue: 1832)
Showell’s Select Circulating Library, 46 New Street, Birmingham. (Catalogue: c.1835)
Gerrard Tyrrell Circulating Library, Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. (Catalogue: 1834)

Subscription Libraries:

Manchester Subscription Library, Manchester. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1831)

Summary: 6 out of 9 possible Circulating Libraries; 1 out of 3 possible Subscription Libraries.
Overall: 7 out of 12 possible Libraries.

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