Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting
A Study of Recent Developments in Great Britain and the United States
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- Author: John Carter
- Date Published: October 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107438149
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Originally published in 1948, this book contains the text of the Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for the previous year. Carter reflects upon the evolution and method of book collecting from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1940s, and meditates on what it means to be a book collector, the changing definition of that term, and recent developments in collecting styles. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliophilism or the history of book collecting.
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- Date Published: October 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107438149
- length: 214 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.28kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction. Definition of a book-collector
Part I. Evolution:
1. Roxburghe to Rowfant
2. New ideas and new methods
3. Ashburnham to Britwell
4. Buxton Forman to Kern
5. Depression and revival
6. Patterns in book-collecting
Part II. Method:
7. Reflections on the present state of book-collecting
8. The education of the collector
9. Tools and terminology
10. Bookshop and auction room
11. Rarity
12. Condition
Index.
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