The book-collector's quarterly, no. I, Dec. 1930-Feb. 1931

Original publication date: 1930-12
People/Characters: Robert Burton ('The anatomy of melancholy'); F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (as book-collector); John Bell (1745-1831); Henry James; Edward Allen Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton (library)
Important places: Watlington Park, England (library); Leeds University, England (Brotherton Library)
Epigraph: [None]
Dedication: [None]
First words: The object of The Book-Collector's Quarterly is defined in its title: it is a periodical, issued four times a year, devoting itself wholeheartedly to the interests of those who collect books of any kind.

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It is bad enough to be extant in an age when everybody almost is an 'antiquarian bookseller' and when every dreary little town is the den of those who think you only pick up a book (probably Toplady's Sermons, lacking ... (show all)pp. 161-256) because you intend to sell it to the Americans; but at least there are still some books.

Bringing them home.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)... to peepshows by modern artists; and a special edition, available to members only, of Mr. Ambrose Heal's forthcoming treatise on English Writing Masters and their Works.
Original language: English

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