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AN APOLOGY FOR THE BOOK-HUNTER
Books, books again, and books once more!
These are our theme, which some miscall
Mere madness, setting little store
By copies either short or tall.
But you, O slaves of shelf and stall!
We rather write for you that hold
Patched folios dear, and prize “the small,
Rare volume, black with tarnished gold.”
Also by this same author: Books and Bookmen
Original text by Andrew Lang from the 1881 Macmillan and Co.
edition, edited and revised by D. J. McAdam 2006. This text © 2006.
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