The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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... writing in water , " of gathering for dispersion , of heaping up only for scattering , of that final , fatal day when all shall be sold and others buy again ! He is but a bibliophilist Danaïd , vainly filling his pitcher - the waters ...
... writing in water , " of gathering for dispersion , of heaping up only for scattering , of that final , fatal day when all shall be sold and others buy again ! He is but a bibliophilist Danaïd , vainly filling his pitcher - the waters ...
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... written by the pundits— Hain , Panzer , De Bure , the greater Brunet , and many more . There can be no doubt , indeed , that a book falls within the domain of art , for it is a thing of arrangement and disposition , and with such ...
... written by the pundits— Hain , Panzer , De Bure , the greater Brunet , and many more . There can be no doubt , indeed , that a book falls within the domain of art , for it is a thing of arrangement and disposition , and with such ...
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... second sale to £ 100 and upwards . Of the " Tragedy of Dido , Queen of Carthage , " written by Marlowe and Nash , printed by the Widdowe Orwin , quarto , London , 1594 , only three copies are Book Collectors and Book Dealers . 9.
... second sale to £ 100 and upwards . Of the " Tragedy of Dido , Queen of Carthage , " written by Marlowe and Nash , printed by the Widdowe Orwin , quarto , London , 1594 , only three copies are Book Collectors and Book Dealers . 9.
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... written circa 1590. " Its history , " he says , " is a curious one . The volume is just fit for the waistcoat pocket — four and a half inches long by three broad — pretty thick , well printed , and in good condition . It was sold at the ...
... written circa 1590. " Its history , " he says , " is a curious one . The volume is just fit for the waistcoat pocket — four and a half inches long by three broad — pretty thick , well printed , and in good condition . It was sold at the ...
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... written at the time of the conquest ; here was the ' pigsty , ' as he calls one of the rooms , full of musty tomes and books as yet uncatalogued . Quaritch proceeded to expatiate upon his morocco bindings , his russia leather , his rare ...
... written at the time of the conquest ; here was the ' pigsty , ' as he calls one of the rooms , full of musty tomes and books as yet uncatalogued . Quaritch proceeded to expatiate upon his morocco bindings , his russia leather , his rare ...
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