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- Author: William Blades
- Publisher: Tiger of the Stripe
- ISBN-10: 1904799361
- ISBN-13: 9781904799368
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books ever written, Blades's Enemies of Books enummerates the enemies as: Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry; The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; Servants and Children. This new and corrected edition adds an article on Librarians as Enemies of Books, an Introduction, a biography of Blades, and many helpful notes. William Blades (1824-1890) was a printer and bibliographer. His Life of Caxton revolutionised our understanding of the first English printer.
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- Author: William Blades
- Publisher: Tiger of the Stripe
- ISBN-10: 1904799361
- ISBN-13: 9781904799368
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books ever written, Blades's Enemies of Books enummerates the enemies as: Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry; The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; Servants and Children. This new and corrected edition adds an article on Librarians as Enemies of Books, an Introduction, a biography of Blades, and many helpful notes. William Blades (1824-1890) was a printer and bibliographer. His Life of Caxton revolutionised our understanding of the first English printer.
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