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Paul Jordan Smith (1885–1971)

Author of For the love of books; the adventures of an impecunious collector

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Includes the names: Fryar Yordanus, Paul Jordan-Smith, Paul Jordan Smith

Works by Paul Jordan Smith

For the love of books; the adventures of an impecunious collector (1934) 34 copies

A Key to the Ulysses of James Joyce (1927) 24 copies

On strange altars: A book of enthusiasms (1924) 9 copies

Nomad (1925) 2 copies

The road I came; some recollections and reflections concerning changes in American life and manners since 1890 2 copies

Cables of cobweb 2 copies

Poetry From Hidden Springs an Anthology (1962) 1 copy

I Salute the Silver Horse; Being the Story of Trovillion Private Press, America's Oldest Private Press (1958) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) — Editor, some editions — 2,121 copies

Soul: An Archaeology--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles (1994) — Contributor — 101 copies

Jurgen and the Censor: Report of the Emergency Committee Organized to Protest Against the Suppression of James Branch… (1920) — Contributor — 10 copies

This Book Collecting Racket (1934) — Introduction — 9 copies

The colophon, new series, vol. I, no. 2, Autumn 1935 (1935) — Contributor — 7 copies

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 1, No. 1: The Hero (1976) — Associate Editor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Jordan-Smith, Paul
Fryer Yordanus
Pavel Jerdanowitch
Birthdate: 1885
Date of death: 1971
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Occupations: novelist
editor
critic
book reviewer
teacher
Relationships: Smith, Sarah Bixby (2nd wife)

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Works: 8
Also by: 6
Members: 75
Popularity: #235,804
Rating: ½ 4.3

ISBNs: 7
Languages: 1

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