The Amenities of Book-collecting and Kindred AffectionsThis book is a unique compilation of literary history, autobiography, travel writing, and, of course, the history of book collecting. Through these essays and reflections, Newton presents his own travels, collecting goals and expeditions, relationships, and interests as an introduction, for the layman and budding collector alike, to the surprisingly wide world and art of serious book collecting.--Provided by publisher. |
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Page 13
... city called London for which I have as violent an affection as the most romantic lover ever had for his mistress . " The book - shops of London have been the subject of many a song in prose and verse . Every taste and pocket can be ...
... city called London for which I have as violent an affection as the most romantic lover ever had for his mistress . " The book - shops of London have been the subject of many a song in prose and verse . Every taste and pocket can be ...
Page 68
... city , with its lovely halls and towers ; and interested in libraries as I always am , had secured permission to browse at will among the collections formed by the late Laurence Hutton . After an in- spection of his " Portraits in ...
... city , with its lovely halls and towers ; and interested in libraries as I always am , had secured permission to browse at will among the collections formed by the late Laurence Hutton . After an in- spection of his " Portraits in ...
Page 102
... City the library of the late Winston H. Hagen . Beverly Chew wrote a brief introduction in the sale catalogue , the closing paragraph of which I must quote . " If I were asked what is the scarcest item in this sale , I should ...
... City the library of the late Winston H. Hagen . Beverly Chew wrote a brief introduction in the sale catalogue , the closing paragraph of which I must quote . " If I were asked what is the scarcest item in this sale , I should ...
Page 154
... city of Lichfield went nightly to bed drunk . He was an unfaithful husband ! Admitted ; but Mrs. Boswell forgave him , and why should not we ? He was proud ! He was , but the pride of race is not unheard of in the scion of an old family ...
... city of Lichfield went nightly to bed drunk . He was an unfaithful husband ! Admitted ; but Mrs. Boswell forgave him , and why should not we ? He was proud ! He was , but the pride of race is not unheard of in the scion of an old family ...
Page 187
... city ; much less would she have been at home among the wits in a salon in London . Of George Eliot one would be inclined to say , as Dr. Johnson said of Burke when he was ill , " If I should meet Burke now it would kill me . " Perhaps ...
... city ; much less would she have been at home among the wits in a salon in London . Of George Eliot one would be inclined to say , as Dr. Johnson said of Burke when he was ill , " If I should meet Burke now it would kill me . " Perhaps ...
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