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David A. Randall

Auteur van A primer of book collecting

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I read a library copy of this book several years ago, and finally got around to acquiring a copy for my library. It is a keeper.
 
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moibibliomaniac | 2 andere besprekingen | Jun 8, 2013 |
Less personal information than one often encounters in this genre, being wholly about sales he made. Which in itself is fantastically interesting, although it can become a bit long-winded where he gives overly-long excerpts from his auction catalog listings. He has little good to say about librarians ("the union badge of graduate school degrees as a prerequisite to a library career is a growing, cancerous thing"), which is somewhat ironic given he left the book business to become a librarian himself.… (meer)
 
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dono421846 | 2 andere besprekingen | Jul 1, 2012 |
Reminiscences of almost 30 years in the antiquarian/rare book business.
 
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kingcvcnc | 2 andere besprekingen | Nov 28, 2007 |

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