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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... perhaps a few hours later , perhaps next day - and find it gone . Once upon a time a spotlessly clean little square octavo volume of Terence , printed in italics , caught his eye upon a bookstall . One shilling was its ransom , but it ...
... perhaps a few hours later , perhaps next day - and find it gone . Once upon a time a spotlessly clean little square octavo volume of Terence , printed in italics , caught his eye upon a bookstall . One shilling was its ransom , but it ...
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... perhaps very few copies were printed , or perhaps a fire at the printer's destroyed most of them . Certain it is that the premises of James Allestry and Roger Norton , who published the book , were both burnt in the great fire twelve ...
... perhaps very few copies were printed , or perhaps a fire at the printer's destroyed most of them . Certain it is that the premises of James Allestry and Roger Norton , who published the book , were both burnt in the great fire twelve ...
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... perhaps a smug complacency in its possession , there is nothing else . He knows it inside - out , as it were , within a few minutes of its acquisition . Very different , however , is the case with a book . After the attraction exercised ...
... perhaps a smug complacency in its possession , there is nothing else . He knows it inside - out , as it were , within a few minutes of its acquisition . Very different , however , is the case with a book . After the attraction exercised ...
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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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