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Author : J. Herbert Slater
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440048319
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Collect Books (Classic Reprint) written by J. Herbert Slater and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Collect Books The modern collector - Necessity for rules - The Roxburghe Library - Fashion in book-collecting The question of cost - Scarcity Uncut books Original bindings and variations - Binding parts or numbers - Large and small paper copies Limited editions - Editions de Luxe - Pedigrees of books Buying to sell again - Imperfect copies and Odd volumes. 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.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8728104048
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pen, Pencil, and Poison written by Oscar Wilde and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Pen, Pencil, and Poison’ is one of Wilde’s most intriguing essays. Part biography, part social commentary, and part philosophical debate, he writes the biography of an art critic, who was also convicted of murder. However, in true Wildean style, there’s more to the essay than meets the eye. While documenting the life and crimes of Thomas Griffiths Wainwright, Wilde explores the ideas of dual identity, sin in the formation of the personality, and the relationship between crime and culture. ‘Pen, Pencil, and Poison’ is a fascinating insight into some of the conventions of the time. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and wit. He was an advocate of the Aesthetic movement, which extolled the virtues of art for the sake of art. During his career, Wilde wrote nine plays, including ‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’ ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan,’ and ‘A Woman of No Importance,’ many of which are still performed today. His only novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ was adapted for the silver screen, in the film, ‘Dorian Gray,’ starring Ben Barnes and Colin Firth. In addition, Wilde wrote 43 poems, and seven essays. His life was the subject of a film, starring Stephen Fry.

Author : Gelett Burgess
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1605431818
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Author : J. Herbert Slater
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365145851
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : James Yoxall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265749852
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More about Collecting (Classic Reprint) written by James Yoxall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from More About Collecting Silver as yet, but soon may do. It is the smaller, lighter, and entirely hand-made pieces which are most in demand. A good brief rule to remember is to buy. 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.

Author : Karl Edward Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780910489089
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Author : Michelle Richmond
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440336554
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year of Fog written by Michelle Richmond and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child’s disappearance, and of one woman’s unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love—all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond’s incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight. Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond: to a parking lot, a stranger’s van, or a road with traffic flashing by. Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning—and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach. Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma’s father finds solace in religion and scientific probability—but Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost. With her life at a crossroads, she will leave San Francisco for a country thousands of miles away. And there, by the side of another sea, on a journey that has led her to another man and into a strange subculture of wanderers and surfers, Abby will make the most astounding discovery of all—as the truth of Emma’s disappearance unravels with stunning force. A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope—of the choices we make and the choices made for us—The Year of Fog beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart. The result is a mesmerizing tour de force that will touch anyone who knows what it means to love a child. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Michelle Richmond's Golden State.

Author : Gardner Teall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484298032
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Roland Pertwee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.MN/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Card written by Roland Pertwee and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lydia Starr McPherson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book Reullura written by Lydia Starr McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: