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The private library : what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Humphreys, Arthur Lee, 1865-1946
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Strangeways & sons, 1897.
Edition:3d ed.
Subjects:
Book collecting.
Private libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • What is a good edition?--What is a fine copy?--Book values
  • The care of books
  • The art of reading
  • Common-place books
  • Reference books
  • Boudoir libraries
  • Bookbinding
  • Book hobbies
  • Old country libraries
  • Weeding out
  • The catalogue
  • Classification
  • Bookcases
  • Miscellaneous appliances
  • The library annexe
  • A librarian
  • The library architecturally
  • Munificent book-buying
  • The Medici
  • The Dukes of Urbino
  • Pieresc
  • Mr. Ruskin's advice.