A magnificent farce
Subtitle: and other diversions of a book collector
By: by A. Edward Newton
Contributors: Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 1921
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Book collecting; Bibliomania; Books
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A magnificent farce; title: On commencing author; title: Luck; title: What is the matter with the bookshop?; title: A slogan for booksellers; title: "Tis not in mortals to command success"; title: Meditations on a quarto Hamlet; title: Walt Whitman; title: "20"; title: Living twenty-five hours a day; title: A sane view of William Blake; title: My old lady, London.