Serial collecting as leisure, and coin collecting in particular

Library Trends

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 729-752

  Case, Donald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 68149122322     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.0.0063     Document Type: Article

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