Old books in the Old World : reminiscences of book buying abroad /
"This is a charming account of postwar book buying abroad by the "Holmes and Watson" of antiquarian books." "After the war, Americans went abroad for European culture, food and art, but Rostenberg & Stern, the Grand Dames of the antiquarian bookselling world, went to Eur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Castle, Delaware :
Oak Knoll Press,
1996.
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| Edition: | Special limited edition. |
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| Summary: | "This is a charming account of postwar book buying abroad by the "Holmes and Watson" of antiquarian books." "After the war, Americans went abroad for European culture, food and art, but Rostenberg & Stern, the Grand Dames of the antiquarian bookselling world, went to Europe to buy old books. Old Books in the Old World glows with the details of their book-buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Filled with tales of steamships, cobblestone streets and dusty rare bookshops, this illustrated journal draws from original diaries and letters and contemporary recollections." "Full of history and bookish tales, this personal insight into postwar Europe and the antiquarian book-selling scene will be of interest both to the seasoned bibliophile and to the casual reader."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. "This is one of 300 copies of a special limited edition, signed by the authors and inserted in a slipcase"--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Kelsey Americana copy is copy number 163 and is signed by the authors. The Cushing Library/Kelsey Americana copy is wanting the slipcase. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1884718213 9781884718212 |