A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector
by A. Edward Newton
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After the success of The Amenities of Book-Collecting, the author tried his hand at a more personal style. In this 1921 collection are "What Is the Matter with the Bookshop?" "A Slogan for Booksellers," "' 'Tis Not for Mortals to Command Success,'" "Meditations on a Quarto Hamlet," "Living Twenty-Five Hours a Day," "A Sane View of William Blake," and "My Old Lady, London," among others.Tags
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I recommend the amusing essay "What Is the Matter with the Bookshop" -- it's surprising how much of this still applies to bookselling.
Stories of the books in the author's own library. A very personal recollection.
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 020.75 — Computer science, information & general works Library & information sciences Science and administration of libraries in general Education And Research Collecting
- LCC
- Z992 .N42 — Bibliography, Library Science and Information Resources Libraries Book collecting
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