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Description edit
A field guide for the modern book collector From the author of A Gentle Madness -a book with more than seventy thousand copies in print that delighted bibliophiles everywhere-comes a twenty-first-century guide to book collecting that deals with both the traditional methods of acquisition... read more
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First Sentence edit
The first documented use of the word bibliomania in English came in 1750 when Philip Dormer Stanhope, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield and a wily politician with a gift for turning a memorable phrase, sent a haughty letter to his illegitimate son, then away at school, to warn of a consuming diversion that should be avoided like the bubonic plague.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0805051597
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0805051597
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 002.075
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › Antiquarian & Rare Books
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › Booksellers & Bookselling
- Books › Home & Garden › Antiques & Collectibles › Reference
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › Book Collecting
- Books › Home & Garden › Antiques & Collectibles › Books
- Books › Health, Mind & Body
- Books › Reference
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