Miscellaneous Essays on Book Collecting

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There is, for one reason or another, much that is "miscellaneous" about book collecting. Book collecting may be described as a hobby, as a passion, even as an obsession, but I have never found it described as an exact science.

The various essays below are well worth reading:

Book Illustrator Louis Grell
Books and Bookmen - A 1912 essay by Ian MacLaren. (Why yes, it is a catchy title, isn't it?)
Magical Spell for Book Collectors - From an old book, as fate would have it .
Non Libri Sed Liberi, by Kenneth Grahame. The title is in Latin, but the essay, thank goodness, is in English.
The Old West Time-Life Series.

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