The private library : what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books.
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| Author / Creator: | Humphreys, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1865-1946. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | London, Strangeways & Sons, 1897. |
| Description: | vi pages, 162 pages 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3323434 |
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.