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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Philip Bertram Murray Allan. be made so long as human nature endures , bargains in books no less among them . The rich finds of which the aged bookseller dreams are bargains only in the light of present - day prices . As a matter of fact ...
Philip Bertram Murray Allan. be made so long as human nature endures , bargains in books no less among them . The rich finds of which the aged bookseller dreams are bargains only in the light of present - day prices . As a matter of fact ...
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... natural tendency , it is an acquired habit ; and though the expression ' burning the midnight oil ' is taken to be ... nature , for the production of such deep soul- searching work as we see in the compositions of à Kempis , Dante ...
... natural tendency , it is an acquired habit ; and though the expression ' burning the midnight oil ' is taken to be ... nature , for the production of such deep soul- searching work as we see in the compositions of à Kempis , Dante ...
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... nature will endure for ever . And it is these great principles of all that is good and noble in our nature that is brought out and developed insensibly by the study of the classics in our youth . Moreover they are books that have been ...
... nature will endure for ever . And it is these great principles of all that is good and noble in our nature that is brought out and developed insensibly by the study of the classics in our youth . Moreover they are books that have been ...
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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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