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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... later , on a barrow in Clerkenwell for fourpence ! The same year he picked up for ten shillings , in London , an early sixteenth- century folio , rubricated and with illuminated initials . It was as fresh as when it issued from the ...
... later , on a barrow in Clerkenwell for fourpence ! The same year he picked up for ten shillings , in London , an early sixteenth- century folio , rubricated and with illuminated initials . It was as fresh as when it issued from the ...
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... later Elizabethan and Stuart dramatists , which command but a few pounds to - day , will run , in all probability , well into three figures during the next half - century . A good copy of the first issue of Milton's ' Comus , ' printed ...
... later Elizabethan and Stuart dramatists , which command but a few pounds to - day , will run , in all probability , well into three figures during the next half - century . A good copy of the first issue of Milton's ' Comus , ' printed ...
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... later it had risen to eighty - five pounds , and during the few years following , the demand for it seems to have increased its value considerably , for in 1887 a copy realised no less than £ 200 . But eight years later even this sum ...
... later it had risen to eighty - five pounds , and during the few years following , the demand for it seems to have increased its value considerably , for in 1887 a copy realised no less than £ 200 . But eight years later even this sum ...
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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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