The private library
Subtitle: what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books
By: by Arthur L. Humphreys.
Publisher: Strangeways & sons
Published: 1897
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Book collecting; Private libraries
Table of contents: title: What is a good edition?; title: What is a fine copy?; title: Book values.; title: On the care of books.; title: The art of reading.; title: Common-place books.; title: Reference books.; title: Boudoir libraries.; title: Bookbinding.; title: Book hobbies.; title: Old country libraries.; title: Weeding out.; title: The catalogue.; title: Classification of books.; title: Bookcases.; title: Miscellaneous appliances.; title: The library annexe.; title: A librarian.; title: The library architecturally.; title: Munificent book-buying.; title: The Medici and their friends.; title: The Dukes of Urbino.; title: Pieresc.; title: Mr. Ruskin's advice.