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The greatest book in the world and other papers / by A. Edward Newton author of The Amenities of Book-Collecting. With Illustrations.
LIBRA PS3527.E917 G7 1925
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LIBRA 814 N485
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LIBRA 814 N485
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 N4816 925g
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible.
- Books.
- Book collecting.
- Bible--Versions, English.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 451 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 55 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (partly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, and Company, 1925.
- Contents:
- "The greatest book in the world."
- The ghosts of Gough square.
- Shakespeare and the "Old Vic".
- Dialogue between father and son.
- "Change cars at Paoli."
- A royal book-collector.
- A "divine" and his works.
- London in the eighteen-eighties.
- Are comparisons odious?
- Colored-plate books.
- Sporting-books.
- Skinner street news.
- The greatest little book in the world.
- The last of his race.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- "Copyright, 1925, by A. Edward Newton."
- Brown cloth spine with white paper label lettered and ruled in black; beige boards. Top edge gilt stained.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is "Third Impression October, 1925" and includes preface to third edition.
- OCLC:
- 773877
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