Title: The private library : what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books /
Authors: Humphreys, Arthur L. 1865-1946.
Publisher: Strangeways & Sons,
Year: 1897
Subjects: Book collecting.; Private libraries.
Contents: 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 hobbies -- Old country libraries -- Weeding out -- The catalogue -- Classification of books -- Bookcases -- Miscellaneous appliances -- The library annexe -- A librarian -- The library architecturally -- Munificent book-buying -- The Medici and their friends -- The Dukes of Urbino --Pieresc -- Mr. Ruskin's advice.