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Author: William OLDYSPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 180
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A Literary Antiquary. Memoir of W. Oldys ... Together with his Diary, choice notes from his Adversaria, and an account of the London Libraries. [By J. Yeowell. Reprinted from Notes and Queries.]
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Author: William OLDYSA Literary Antiquary
Author: William OldysPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Book Madness
Author: Denise GigantePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300265212
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb’s library in 1848 Charles Lamb’s library—a heap of sixty scruffy old books singed with smoke, soaked with gin, sprinkled with crumbs, stripped of illustrations, and bescribbled by the essayist and his literary friends—caused a sensation when it was sold in New York in 1848. The transatlantic book world watched as the relics of a man revered as the patron saint of book collectors were dispersed. Following those books through the stories of the bibliophiles who shaped intellectual life in America—booksellers, publishers, journalists, editors, bibliographers, librarians, actors, antiquarians, philanthropists, politicians, poets, clergymen—Denise Gigante brings to life a lost world of letters at a time when Americans were busy assembling the country’s major public, university, and society libraries. A human tale of loss, obsession, and spiritual survival, this book reveals the magical power books can have to bring people together and will be an absorbing read for anyone interested in what makes a book special.
The Romance of Book Selling
Author: Frank Arthur MumbyPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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List of Printed Books in the Library of the Society, Etc. (Supplement, Etc.).
Author: Society of Antiquaries of LondonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Supplement to the List of Printed Books in the Library, Etc
Author: Society of Antiquaries of LondonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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The Poet and the Fly
Author: Robert HudsonPublisher: Broadleaf Books
ISBN: 1506457290
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they've been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather than ignore these incredibly mundane and seemingly insignificant creatures, poets spanning centuries--from the seventeenth to the twentieth--and continents--from North America to Asia--have found that these ordinary bugs in fact illuminate deep spiritual mysteries. In this revelatory book, Robert Hudson considers seven poets, each of whom wrote a provocative poem about a fly. These poets--all mystics in their own way--ponder the simple fly and come to astounding conclusions. Considering Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and several other poets, The Poet and the Fly brings together the poetry, the flies, and the poets' own lives to explore the imaginative, and often prophetic, insights that come from the startling combination of poetry and flies. Ultimately, the message each poet offers to us through the fly is as relevant today as it was in their own time: the miracle of existence, the gift of mortality, the power of the imagination, the need for compassion, the existence of the soul, the mystery of everything around us, and the sacramental, grace-giving power of story.
Catalogue of Books Printed for Private Circulation
Author: Bertram DobellPublisher:
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Category : Privately printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Catalogue of ...
Author: Bertram DobellPublisher:
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Category : Privately printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Author: Charles Hutt