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New Worlds in Old Books is about an adventure of a lifetime - how two young women from New York introduced whole new worlds of collecting to the antiquarian book field. This work is based on the authors' experience and holdings for over a half century and offers a fresh and unique insight in collecting. New Worlds reflects their fascination and reveals the astonishing fact that many early volumes foreshadowed the technology, medicine, sciences, political philosophy, and social practices of today.
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Rostenberg and Stern run a New York antiquarian book firm, and for half a century have specialized in books by and about minorities that mainstream collectors neglect. Here they identify and describe works that foreshadow later developments in a range of fields. Among them are blood transfusion, feminist militancy, world federation, the free press,
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New Worlds in Old Books
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Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 1999
ISBN 10: 1585740012
ISBN 13: 9781585740017
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st. Hardcover. New, still in publishers shrinkwrap. The dynamic duo of New York's antiquarian book scene have written a unique and interesting series of essays on the creation of new fields of book collecting. With hard-won authority, the authors share an extraordinary career that spans over fifty years. Seller Inventory # 54480
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NEW WORLDS IN OLD BOOKS
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ISBN 10: 1585740012
ISBN 13: 9781585740017
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Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, c1999. First Edition. 202pp. 8vo. As new unread hardcover, as new d/j. Seller Inventory # 34748