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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late George Livermore, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass
Author: Catalogue of the ... Library of the Late George Livermore, Esq.. of Cambridge, Mass
Author: George LivermorePublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late George Livermore ...
Author: George LivermorePublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Book Madness
Author: Denise GigantePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300248482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb's library in 1848 Charles Lamb's library--a heap of sixty scruffy old books singed with smoke, soaked with gin, sprinkled with crumbs, stripped of illustrations, and bescribbled by the essayist and his literary friends--caused a sensation when it was sold in New York in 1848. The transatlantic book world watched as the relics of a man revered as the patron saint of book collectors were dispersed. Following those books through the stories of the bibliophiles who shaped intellectual life in America--booksellers, publishers, journalists, editors, bibliographers, librarians, actors, antiquarians, philanthropists, politicians, poets, clergymen--Denise Gigante brings to life a lost world of letters at a time when Americans were busy assembling the country's major public, university, and society libraries. A human tale of loss, obsession, and spiritual survival, this book reveals the magical power books can have to bring people together and will be an absorbing read for anyone interested in what makes a book special.
Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late George Emery Littlefield, Including Rare & Curious Books Selected from His Stock ...
Author: George Emery LittlefieldPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Publishers' Weekly
Author: Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.