Bibliograph

Fishers of books, by Barton Currie

Type

Label

Fishers of books, by Barton Currie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

facsimilesplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fishers of books

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

483847

Responsibility statement

by Barton Currie

Table Of Contents

The beginning urge -- How collectors happen -- The seductions of happy-go-lucky collecting -- John Forster and the Dickens manuscripts -- Highways and byways of the one-author plan -- Collecting by lists -- Blessed are the various -- When is a first edition? -- When the bulls boom books -- The power of advertising and A. Edward Newton -- A self-advertising interlude -- Dealers and dealer psychology -- The neglected Americans -- The original autograph manuscript of "The school for scandal", children's books, and curtain

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