The Book-hunter at HomeP. Allan, 1922 - 275 páginas I. Adventures among books.--II. The library.--III. Books which form the library.--IV. Chivalry and romance.--V-VI. The care of books.--VII. Books of the collector.--VIII-IX. A plea for specialism.--Index |
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... French Revolution , a subject to which we all turn at some period of our lives . He has been led thereto , perhaps , by having lighted upon a translation of someone's memoirs , the recollections of some insignificant valet - de ...
... French Revolution , a subject to which we all turn at some period of our lives . He has been led thereto , perhaps , by having lighted upon a translation of someone's memoirs , the recollections of some insignificant valet - de ...
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... French which have been published under fictitious names , are spurious , or have been wrongly ascribed . It is valuable for the identification of many fictitious memoirs and like books . Barbier's work deals with French anonymous and ...
... French which have been published under fictitious names , are spurious , or have been wrongly ascribed . It is valuable for the identification of many fictitious memoirs and like books . Barbier's work deals with French anonymous and ...
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... French Revolution at once conjures up the name of that indefatigable collector and cabinet minister , John Wilson Croker . During French Revolution . his period of office at the Admiralty he amassed there more than ten thousand ...
... French Revolution at once conjures up the name of that indefatigable collector and cabinet minister , John Wilson Croker . During French Revolution . his period of office at the Admiralty he amassed there more than ten thousand ...
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CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS I | 25 |
THE LIBRARY | 31 |
BOOKS WHICH FORM THE LIBRARY | 58 |
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