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Books and book collecting in America, 1890-1930 / Robert A. Shaddy.
Van Pelt Library Z987.5.U6 S53 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaddy, Robert Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting--United States--History.
- Book collecting.
- Book collectors--United States--History.
- Book collectors.
- Private libraries--United States--History.
- Private libraries.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 184 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : E. Mellen Press, [2000]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Toward a History of Books and Book Collecting 1
- Prelude: The Culture of Collecting 15
- Chapter 1 Collectors on the Prowl 29
- Chapter 2 A World of Sentimental Attachments 57
- Chapter 3 The Bookman's World Transformed 103
- Chapter 4 Annual Reflections on Collecting Leigh Hunt 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0773476245
- OCLC:
- 46471778
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