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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... heading in our list shall be included several others , namely ( 2 ) Africa ; ( 5 ) Australasia ; ( 55 ) Travels and Explorations ( which heading includes every land under the sun not specially mentioned in our list ) , and ( 56 ) ...
... heading in our list shall be included several others , namely ( 2 ) Africa ; ( 5 ) Australasia ; ( 55 ) Travels and Explorations ( which heading includes every land under the sun not specially mentioned in our list ) , and ( 56 ) ...
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... heading ' Occult , ' seeing that they usually centre about the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone . Perhaps they would be classed more accurately with Early Scientific . But for the purposes of our list I have reserved that heading ...
... heading ' Occult , ' seeing that they usually centre about the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone . Perhaps they would be classed more accurately with Early Scientific . But for the purposes of our list I have reserved that heading ...
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... heading . Perhaps Mr. Jorrocks was more correct than most of his hearers imagined , for farming in this country certainly requires a deal of pure thought - if it is to be made to pay . For our purpose , how- ever , we will narrow this ...
... heading . Perhaps Mr. Jorrocks was more correct than most of his hearers imagined , for farming in this country certainly requires a deal of pure thought - if it is to be made to pay . For our purpose , how- ever , we will narrow this ...
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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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