This collection of essays by leading specialists reveal how a variety of collectors set about amassing their libraries.
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A study of how a variety of book collectors at different periods amassed and organized their collections, and how the collections came to be dispersed.
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-F-030-01688
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8vo, xii,164p. (215mm)42 illustrations. A good copy in original illustrated laminated hardback boards, previous owner's signature on the front free endleaf. Contains: Frank Herrmann The emergence of the book auctioneer as a professional, Clive Wainwright The library as a living room, Esther Potter 'To Paul's Churchyard to treat with a bookbinder', Brian North Lee Gentlemen and their book-plates, Christopher de Hamel Was Henry Yates Thompson a gentleman?, David Stoker The ill-gotten library of 'Honest Tom Martin', T.A. Birrell Reading as a pastime: the place of light literature in some gentlemen's libraries of the 17th century, and Robin Myers William Herbert his library and his friends. Seller Inventory # 25323
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