Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad
by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern
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Join Rostenberg and Stern -- the "grand dames" of the antiquarian book-selling world -- as they recount their travels aboard steamships and down cobblestone streets in post-World War II Europe in search of rare books.Tags
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Drawn from Rostenberg and Stern's letters and diaries of their book-buying trips to Europe from the decade between 1947 and 1957, and enhanced by later retrospective commentary. Delightful.
Details the European book-buying trips of this famous partnership from 1947-1957. The book draws from the original diaries kept by the two and is filled with tales of steamships, cobbled streets, and dusty rare-book shops.
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Travel
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- 381.45002 — Society, Government, and Culture Commerce, communications & transportation regulations Domestic Trade (Commerce) Specific products and services Books
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- Z473 .R77 .R66 — Bibliography, Library Science and Information Resources Book industries and trade Bookselling and publishing
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