The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

by Eugene Field

rare book

[Editor's note: This work has always been a favorite among book collectors - I once owned two copies!  Eugene Field was a charming writer, and there is no question that he loved books.  These two aspects of his personality converge nicely in the essays presented herein.  -DJMc ]

 

Introduction

My First Love

The Birth of a New Passion

The Luxury of Reading in Bed

The Mania of Collecting Seizes Me

Baldness and Intellectuality

My Romance With Fiammetta

The Delights of Fender-Fishing

Ballads and Their Makers

Booksellers and Printers, Old and New

When Fanchonette Bewitched Me

Diagnosis of the Bacillus Librorum

The Pleasures of Extra-Illustration

On the Odors Which My Books Exhale

Elzevirs and Divers Other Matters

A Book That Brings Solace and Cheer

The Malady Called Catalogitis

The Napoleonic Renaissance

My Workshop and Others

Our Debt to Monkish Men

 


 



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DJ McAdam

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