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Old books, rare friends : two literary sleuths and their shared passion /

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You'd think a book about antiquarian bookselling wouldn't be loaded with suspense or keep us laughing, or make us shake our heads in wonder at the adventures of its 87-year-old and 84-year-old authors. But Old Books, Rare Friends does that and more as longtime partners Leona Rostenberg and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rostenberg, Leona
Other Authors: Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1998.
Edition:1st Main Street books ed.
Subjects:
Rostenberg, Leona.
Stern, Madeleine B., > 1912-2007.
Antiquarian booksellers > United States > Biography.
Book collectors > United States > Biography.
Antiquarian booksellers.
Book collectors.
United States.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Beginnings
  • You're suddenly a "Miss"
  • Morningside Heights
  • Strasbourg on the Rhine
  • Glengarry and Alpenstock
  • Ebb tide
  • Dual apprenticeship
  • Louisa May Alcott's mask
  • Leona Rostenberg : rare books
  • Books after the Blitz
  • Finger-Spitzengefühl
  • ABAA
  • Our double lives
  • The blood-and-thunder
  • Epilogue.