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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Birmingham Collection: Including Printed Books and Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Maps, Views, Portraits, Etc <p>It is Obvious that in every district there is produced a certain amount of literature which will pass out of existence entirely if not preserved in a well-organized public library. Much of it is of purely local interest, but it is nevertheless invaluable to the historian of the future. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.