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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... ancient Greece at all . Who nowadays , outside the universities , reads these ancient classics ? Where will you find a business man of thirty years of age whose delight in his leisure time is the reading of Horace or Homer ? Here and ...
... ancient Greece at all . Who nowadays , outside the universities , reads these ancient classics ? Where will you find a business man of thirty years of age whose delight in his leisure time is the reading of Horace or Homer ? Here and ...
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... ancient calf and vellum back ! See how his eye flashes as he takes down an ancient quarto , gently and reverently lest the head- band be grown weak with age , and , carefully blowing the dust from its top edge , turns eagerly to title ...
... ancient calf and vellum back ! See how his eye flashes as he takes down an ancient quarto , gently and reverently lest the head- band be grown weak with age , and , carefully blowing the dust from its top edge , turns eagerly to title ...
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... ancient binding so closely as to deceive the eye even momentarily . Do not seek to make them presentable by patching ... ancient folio without title - page and colophon , bound in tattered fragments of ancient calf covering stout oak ...
... ancient binding so closely as to deceive the eye even momentarily . Do not seek to make them presentable by patching ... ancient folio without title - page and colophon , bound in tattered fragments of ancient calf covering stout oak ...
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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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