Download or read book The Romance of Book Collecting Classic Reprint written by J. Herbert Slater and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of Book-Collecting Extraordinary proceedings that took place at the sale of the books of Richard Davis, an ancient bookseller of Oxford, who had fallen into the clutches of the bailiffs. The auctioneer commences with a dirge said, or perhaps sung, over the miser able Davis O the vanity of human wishes O the changeableness of fate and its settled unkind ness to us, ' etc. Each book is extolled at length, and there are pages of lamentation and woe as Hobbes of Malmesbury, his Leviathan, a very large and famous beast, ' is knocked down, by mis take, for the miserable sum of five pieces of silver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Book Fancier written by Percy Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book Fancier: Or, the Romance of Book Collecting Within the last few years there has been a revival of the old and elegant taste of the book-fancier, as well as of that passion or faith which is described with such amiable enthusiasm in the little tract of the worthy Bishop Richard of Bury. The history and pedigree of books, of printers, &c., has always been a favourite study with the learned, attested by the profound and scholarly treatises of the Panzers, Hains, de Bures, Brunets, and our own Lowndes. But this subject has its popular graces also, and there is a sort of romantic interest attached to all that is associated with books - the rare old edition, the old printer, the blear-eyed collector, the binder, the sale, and the stray survivor of a whole edition, by some miracle preserved to our time. These topics seemed to kindle such writers as the late Dr. Hill Burton - perhaps the first in our time to deal popularly with such matters; Mr. Andrew Lang being the latest to illustrate this subject from his abundant stores of knowledge. Having from the earliest date had a taste for this fascinating pursuit - and when a boy I formed a very respectable collection of Elzevirs, and looked on auction days as festivals - I have ventured to add my contribution to the rest. This little volume will be found to contain many curious and interesting things not readily accessible, and deals in some fashion with almost everything that is connected with "book." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Romance of Book Collecting written by J. Herbert Slater and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Romance of Book-Collecting" by J. Herbert Slater. Slater, an avid book collector himself, leads readers on a literary trip that goes deep into the hearts and minds of those who are enthralled by the written word. Slater unravels the enthralling stories of legendary book collectors and their amazing discoveries in this timeless masterpiece, demonstrating the passion and intensity that define their quest. He gives historical context, anecdotes, and insights into why people collect rare and valuable books. Slater's writing not only celebrates the joy of hunting down rare books, but it also creates a clear picture of the bibliophile's real love of literature. He portrays the romance and nostalgia that accompanies the process of obtaining and conserving these treasures, allowing the reader to realize the deep bond that collectors have with their favorite books. "The Romance of Book-Collecting" is more than a guide; it is a sincere ode to books' eternal attraction and allure. It is still treasured by book lovers, providing a glimpse into the realm of bibliophilia that transcends time and connects with anybody who values the written word.
Download or read book BOOK COLLECTING CLASSIC REPRINT written by MILTON ALEXANDER. BUCHANAN and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Romance of Book collecting written by J Herbert Slater and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are plenty of people-in fact, they are in the great majority even among bookish men-who regard antiquated sale-catalogues in the light of so much rubbish, and yet, when intelligently consulted, these memorials of a bygone day not only have their uses, but are positively interesting. Truly enough they are not popular, like the last new novel which, for one reason or another, has taken the town by storm, and it would not pay to reprint a single one of them, even the best or most important that has ever held the frequenters of auction-rooms spell-bound.
Download or read book The Romance of Book collecting written by John Herbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Entire New Collection of Romances and Novels written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Entire New Collection of Romances and Novels: Never Before Published, Embellished With Ten Elegant Copper-Plates Hifiory of Claris and Laris. A Romance of Chi valry. From a Munufcript in the Poffeflion of Mr. De St. Palaye, and relative to the Hifi'ory of the Twelve Worthies of the round-table. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Touch the Wind written by Janet Dailey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Dailey, the New York Times bestselling author who has touched the hearts of millions, shines in this unforgettable novel. Sweeping from the wealth and glamour of a modern Texas city to the rugged majesty of Mexico’s High Sierras, this is a magnificent tale of desire and destiny from one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All her life, beautiful Sheila got what she wanted. Now she yearned for the raw passion of a man beyond her reach, a violent, mysterious outlaw whose followers adored him. A lion of a man who held her for ransom—a man who would trade her for a fortune in gold. But Sheila wanted only him—with all the reckless longing of her body and soul.
Download or read book The Book Collector and Other Papers Classic Reprint written by Adrian Hoffman Joline and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book Collector and Other Papers Luckily the newspaper critics, like most other people, pay very little attention to privately printed books. I thank my two English friends who so kindly pointed out two of these blunders just in time to enable \me to offer this apology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Book Fancier written by Percy Fitzgerald and published by New York, Scribner & Welford. This book was released on 1886 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Book Collector Classic Reprint written by Charles Nodier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book Collector Should like to warn you, from the outset, that this I essay will be as lively as a speech by Mathurin Cordier1 or a chapter of Despautere!2 God, Nature, and the Academy have enclosed my imagination within these narrow bound aries, which it is no longer able to overstep. At least you can always refrain from reading me, and in that are more fortunate than I who, following the dictates of a too exigent publisher, have no choice but to write. The draw ings were made, the plates were ready; and the only thing needed to complete the issue was a long and unprofitable text. Well, then here 1t is! But you will be disappointed if you expect to find in it one of those clever portraits to which your favorite authors have accustomed you. If what you are seeking is an original and telling sketch of the bouquz'm'ste, the second-hand-book addict, then you need go no further. Pause here, and, following the modest advice of certain almanacs: See illustration on opposite page. The collector of books is a type which we would do well to define, since everything points to his disappearance in the very near future. The printed book has existed at the most for some four hundred years, yet books are already accumulating in some countries in a manner that threatens the very equilibrium of the globe. Civilization has reached the most unexpected of its ages, the age of paper. Now that everyone writes books, no one Shows any particular eager ness to buy them. Besides, our young authors are well onthe way to building up whole libraries for themselves out of their own works. They need only be left to their own devices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Romance of a Monk Classic Reprint written by Alix King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of a Monk The speakers were seated at one of the numerous small tables outside the Cafe Arango in Rome. A collection of empty cups and ice-plates hinted that their recent occupation had not been arduous, and two hours remaining to be killed before dinner time, suggestions were being proffered as to a satisfactory method of assassination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Cabinet written by Charles P. Fessenden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cabinet: A Collection of Romantic Tales; Embracing the Spirit of the English Magazines The London edition of the present volume had an extremely rapid sale. The selections, from their very nature, were calculated to produce this effect. It is, indeed, a work which must rivet the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Romance of a Letter Classic Reprint written by Lowell Choate and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of a Letter His serene Highness has come, Aunty, and I have had the honor of showing him to his room. When his High Mightiness is ready, I suppose you will be allowed to welcome your guest, the great Doctor Forney." "Is he so very formidable?" Mrs. Norberry smilingly asked. "Oh! perhaps he has only a proper appreciation of himself," was Jessie's rejoinder. "So he has come. I do not see why I did not hear the bell," mused Mrs. Norberry, at a loss to understand how this guest could have entered her house, and be already receiving its hospitalities ere she was even aware of his arrival. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The House of Romance written by Agnes Castle Egerton Castle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The House of Romance: Certain Stories, Including La Bella and Others For such reason alone it were fit that this, my first collection of short tales, should be inscribed to you. But there is another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Pleasures of Collecting Classic Reprint written by Gardner Teall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pleasures of Collecting The true collector is born, not made. Yet one cannot discover the mirror Without knowledge of the reflection. The contentment to be found in the acquisition and in the contemplation of the things that are dear to the heart of the antiquarian and the art-lover is a contentment that is the gift of the gods, always awarded the intelligent, though not always disclosed to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
