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Reading matter : a rabid bibliophile's adventures among old & rare books / by Jack Matthews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matthews, Jack.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Matthews, Jack.
- Book collectors--United States--Biography.
- Book collectors.
- Rare books--Collectors and collecting.
- Rare books.
- United States.
- Book collecting--United States.
- Book collecting.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 189 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This work is a series of essays on the joys and challenges of collecting rare and old books. Jack Matthews, a confessed rabid bibliophile, author, teacher, collector and nationally-known literary critic, offers a fascinating collection of twelve personal essays about book collecting that runs the gamut from profound to humorous. Matthews delivers book collecting tips for the aspiring as well as the established book collector. The most widely asked bibliophile question, "What makes a book a collectible?" is one of many questions that are discussed. This work is a wonderland of the author's experiences, rich in personal testimony and observations.
- Contents:
- Anecdotal Evidence
- The Binding Of Books And The Matter of Spirit
- Words From The Smokehouse: The Sayings of Theophilus Noel
- The Philosophy Of The Comma
- A Cabinet Of Facts And Fancies
- Vesalius and the Sleepy Oncologist
- Heraclitus On Hog Island
- A Woman Great With Child In Pago
- Dust Jackets And The Art Of Memory
- Inscribed Copies, or "What The Hell Can I Say?"
- Bookish Lunacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1584560274
- OCLC:
- 43945277
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