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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... scarce volume which he found , a week 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 ...
... scarce volume which he found , a week 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 ...
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... Scarce . 8s.6d . Scarce , indeed ! In less than five minutes he was driving hot - haste to the shop . • Of course it was sold : sold by telegram dispatched the night before . He was allowed to see it , even to handle it , and he frankly ...
... Scarce . 8s.6d . Scarce , indeed ! In less than five minutes he was driving hot - haste to the shop . • Of course it was sold : sold by telegram dispatched the night before . He was allowed to see it , even to handle it , and he frankly ...
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... scarce little volume of fifty - six pages has eluded him as successfully as the ' Pastissier François . ' Probably , on account of its slimness , it is usually bound up with more substantial works , and thus escapes the eyes of book ...
... scarce little volume of fifty - six pages has eluded him as successfully as the ' Pastissier François . ' Probably , on account of its slimness , it is usually bound up with more substantial works , and thus escapes the eyes of book ...
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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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