Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Acquiring Books

It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until very recently, books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from...

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1. Verfasser:	Schoolfield, George C
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biography Book collecting Book collecting - United States - History Book collectors England Great Britain History LITERARY CRITICISM Private libraries United States
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