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Brotherton Collection9
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book collecting43
printing21
rare books8
broadsides6
collectors and collecting6
fireworks6
incunabula6
private libraries4
bibliography3
books3

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Whittington Press15
Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912)6
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)2
Dobson, Austin2
Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)2
Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)2
Barker, Nicolas1
Burton, John Hill (1809-1881)1
Burton, Katharine1
Carter, John Wayneflete (1905-1975)1

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The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, treasurer and chancellor of Edward III

Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham (1287-1345); Thomas, Ernest Chester (1850-1892)

1888

Foot-notes. Latin text also.

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The private library : what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books

Humphreys, Arthur L (1865-1946)

1897

What is a good edition? -- What is a fine copy? -- Book values -- On the care of books -- The art of reading -- Common-place books -- Reference books -- Boudoir libraries -- Bookbinding -- Book hobbie...

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Points in eighteenth-century verse : a bibliographer's and collector's scrapbook

Williams, Iolo Aneurin (1890-1962)

1934

"This edition... is limited to 500 copies."

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The library

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912); Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)

1881

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The library

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912); Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)

1892

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How to form a library

Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1838-1917)

1902

Includes index.

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A critical and historical account of all the celebrated libraries in foreign countries, as well ancient as modern, and particularly the Vatican : with general reflections upon the choice of books, and the method of furnishing libraries : a work of great use to all men of letters

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Kelly, John (1680?-1751); Le Gallois Sieur (fl. 1672-1680)

1740

An abridged translation (variously attributed to John Kelly and William Oldys) of Pierre Le Gallois' Traitté des plus belles bibliothèques de l'Éurope.

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Rariora : being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., etc., collected (1858-1900) (v.1)

Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912)

[1902]

Title within decorative border; head-pieces, initials, floreated end-papers, numerous facsimiles of title-pages, autograph letters, etc., etc. "Printed by Bemrose and sons, limited, at their press in ...

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Rariora : being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., etc., collected (1858-1900) (v.2)

Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912)

[1902]

Title within decorative border; head-pieces, initials, floreated end-papers, numerous facsimiles of title-pages, autograph letters, etc., etc. "Printed by Bemrose and sons, limited, at their press in ...

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Rariora : being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., etc., collected (1858-1900) (v.3)

Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912)

[1902]

Title within decorative border; head-pieces, initials, floreated end-papers, numerous facsimiles of title-pages, autograph letters, etc., etc. "Printed by Bemrose and sons, limited, at their press in ...

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