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The Pleasures of Bibliophily: Fifty Years of the Book Collector : An Anthology
by Nicolas Barker
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
List Price: USD $59.95
Weight: 226
Dimension: H: 0.75 x L: 9.92 x W: 0.52 inches
ISBN 10: 1584560975
ISBN 13: 9781584560975
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Book Description:
'The Book Collector' is the leading journal for thse interested in all aspects of bibliophily. This anthology celebrates its 50th anniversary in a selection of essays. Many deal with particular collectors: J.R. Abbey (A.N.L. Munby and Anthony Hobson); Chester Beatty (Christopher de Hamel); Martin Bodmer (B.H. Breslauer); John Cosin (A.I. Doyle); C.H. Hartshorne and Richard Heber (Arnold Hunt); Philip Hofer (W.A. Jackson); Geoffrey Keynes (David McKitterick); Narcissus Luttel (J.M. Osborn); Solomon Pottesman (Alan Thomas); Richard Rawlinson (B.J. Enright); Harry Widener (Arthur Freeman); and Francis Wrangham (Alan Bell). A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors or related topics, by: Peter Beal; John Carter; Harold Forster; David Foxon; John Hayward; Walter Oakeshott; J.C.T. Oates; Philip Robinson; and Toshiyuki Takamiya. It is prefaced by reminiscences by Nicholas Barker editor of 'The Book Collector' since 1965, This text should be an entertaining collection of perspectives on the pleasures of bibliophily in all its varied forms.

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