New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
The Rambler
Book-Nooks in Old Man.
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~ books in the sheer love Of tb;ngs
well said or OF beautiful printing
"e'"een proper covers, is one that wins
through the collectors self. Tbers,.
Ne'' '"'h fascination in gathering coins.
stamps or the relics of aborigines o, 80
our forefathers, but it Is at hest tbo
'e"''2at'on of linking up with
history or the possession of rnrites
,hat rivals have been unable to corner
coin is bit of metal and q stamn
fragment Of paper, valuable through
perfection as specimens or because of
'"e'r existence as members Of q select
company OF survivors.
But book, even leaf ont Of -, hoo,,
may get through the barricades of .
man and walk right into the sacrod
room or his realities. 1t was said.
years ago that "a book ftly chosen is
a lifelong friend" Plant man in
wilderness. immure him within rims OF
s""u' mountain walls or forest shadow.
If ne have shelf Of books that hold
! in themselves the founts of life and he
be drinker thereof. he will be CON
tented. For his friends will be without
number Thrice happy is he who has
with Hin1 q dOteo,,, ofY
saved from the tides Of th~ years. His
Is living grip on men who, like him.
reached back to accomplish unity with
souls that were before them. lie is
one IN chain Of thought that had
primal links in the grabbed writing Of
those who first struggled for utterance
In June, 1868, few days before
Gettysburg. General George G. Meade
was given command of the Army of the
Potomac. That battle has been the
cause of small regiment of books and
pamphlets historical and controversial
We note that Meade's library, consist
ing of regimental histories. reports Of
Fe''eico VI tIt &INll W AT. narratives and
Confederate imprints was sold by
Stanley V. Henkels. in PHILADELPHIA. on
January q.
On the shelves of II. Zadeks place
~ Nassau Street. are many valuable
books on early statutes. Colonial and
State, also rare State histories. As We
realize more and more the Importance
of writings dealing with our origins as
nation, such works grow in impor-
tance from year to year.
The sale of DR.. Jupp's Dickens col
lection, at the Anderson Galleries on
Monday and Tuesday Of this week,
brought out al the Dickens lovers in
full force. A set of "Pickwick Papers,"
practically perfect, was bought by w.
r. Hearst for $1,000. According to
connoiseurs. it easily is worth $4,000
or $4,000. Sets have been known to
bring a high as 1900, although some
can be obtained for about $3.50 The
latter, of course lack many points OF
being perfect. One Of the largest buy
ers at the sale was Harry Marks, who
bought in eighty-ive items which are
now on exhibition at his shop. 116
Nassau Street. Among them are some
wonderfully interesting Dickens auto
graphed letters, a collection Of Dolly
Warden music, with the original color
plates, leaf from Birmingham no
tel register with the signatures OF
Dickens, G. H. Lewes, Augustus Egg,
Mark Lemon, Frederick Dickens and
others, and with humorous annotations.
Another item of interest and value is
the material collected by r. W. Buss
for series Of lectures. II contains
drawings by Gilra,, Hogarth, Cruk-
Illustrated parts of "Pickwick Papers"
and the editions bearing his name are
among the choicest Of Dickensiana.
The last issue of The Dickensian" Of
London reports forty-six branches Of
the Dickens Fellowship, four in Lon
don, twenty-f four in the remainder OF
England, one each in Ireland Scotland
and Wales, four each in Australia and
Canada, and seven in the United States.
Genealogists and those who are in
terested in tracing back their lineage
to transatlantic sources will find
mine of informative material at the
Headquarters of Charles A. O'Conner,
81 Spruce Street. He has much data
on crests and other insignia involved
in the literature and the history of
heraldry and ancestries.
BEN BODLEIAN.
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