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Obsessions and confessions of a book life / Colin Franklin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Colin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Colin.
- Bibliographers--England--Biography.
- Bibliographers.
- Antiquarian booksellers--England--Biography.
- Antiquarian booksellers.
- Book collectors--England--Biography.
- Book collectors.
- Book industries and trade--Great Britain--History.
- Book industries and trade.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Camberwell, Vic., Australia : Books of Kells ; London, U.K. : Bernard Quaritch, 2012.
- Summary:
- "An autobiographical narrative of the career of British author, bookseller, and book collector Colin Franklin, discussing his life and experiences in the book world. Includes essays on figures in the book trade who have influenced and fascinated Franklin. Illustrated in color and black and white"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A creed of books
- In a golden age of publishing
- Those were the days
- What do you specialise in?
- Expert
- The Nijinsky peccadillo
- From a diary, September 1985
- The Daniel Press at Oxford
- William Morris, 1834-1896
- Binders lettering
- Bodoni, a private printer
- The Bowdlers and their family Shakespeare
- Joseph Skelton, a neglected Oxford antiquary
- William Fowler of Winterton
- Ruskin, Leech and Surtees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781584563044
- 1584563044
- 9780646575711
- 0646575716
- 9780956301222
- 0956301223
- OCLC:
- 795020461
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