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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... reason to believe that many volumes which we come across almost daily on the bookstalls , marked , perhaps , a few pence , will be fought for one day across the auction - room table . The chief reason why the elderly bookseller no ...
... reason to believe that many volumes which we come across almost daily on the bookstalls , marked , perhaps , a few pence , will be fought for one day across the auction - room table . The chief reason why the elderly bookseller no ...
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... reasons are ample . The London copy has this description : ' Fol .; 16th cent . English binding of brown calf , gilt ... reason of their former association with some notability , such association being evident by autographs , corrections ...
... reasons are ample . The London copy has this description : ' Fol .; 16th cent . English binding of brown calf , gilt ... reason of their former association with some notability , such association being evident by autographs , corrections ...
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... reason what it may , the fact remains that for one man who looks to the future there are fifty who look to the past . Moreover the sages of all times encourage us to seek examples in the lives of other men , and examples are certainly ...
... reason what it may , the fact remains that for one man who looks to the future there are fifty who look to the past . Moreover the sages of all times encourage us to seek examples in the lives of other men , and examples are certainly ...
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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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