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Obsessions and confessions of a book life / Colin Franklin.

Van Pelt Library Z1004.F73 A3 2012
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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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