public bookcase

public bookcase is a bookcase or fixed construction.

Also recorded as public bookcases; sidewalk library; street library; mini library; little free library; little libraries.

Overview

Its recorded use is book swapping. Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the formalities associated with libraries

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Public bookcase”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q294297: public bookcase
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