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A pound of paper : confessions of a book addict /

A book collector offers his recollections of his encounters with literary figures and traces his transformation from an Australian bush child to a Parisian penthouse occupant with a personal library worth millions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baxter, John, 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books : St. Martin's Press, 2003.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Baxter, John, > 1939-
Book collectors > Biography.
Book collecting.
Authors, Australian > 20th century > Biography.
Book Collecting
Bibliophiles > Biographies.
Bibliophilie.
Écrivains australiens > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Authors, Australian.
Book collectors.
1900-1999
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Description
Summary:A book collector offers his recollections of his encounters with literary figures and traces his transformation from an Australian bush child to a Parisian penthouse occupant with a personal library worth millions.
Item Description:Accession #: 2020_0001
The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Originally published: London : Doubleday, 2002.
Physical Description:10 unnumbered pages, 417 pages ; 19 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0312317255
9780312317256