The continuing adventures of the legendary book-dealer team of Rostenberg and Stern, book detectives, life-long friends, and partners in the book trade for close to 60 years. In this latest work (they have co-authored a number of reminiscences and scholarly studies), they trace 30 histories in whi
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The continuing adventures of the legendary book-dealer team of Rostenberg and Stern, book detectives, life-long friends, and partners in the book trade for close to 60 years. In this latest work (they have co-authored a number of reminiscences and scholarly studies), they trace 30 histories in whi
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Fine in Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. "[A] celebration of thirty stories in which the protagonists are books-books from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. Their dramatic experience, their origins and destinies, shape the events in a series of narratives whose cast of characters includes Shakespeare, Descartes, Shelley, Poe, George Elliot, and many others...A must read for any bibliophile! " (from the flap). An "as new" copy of this biblio-adventure. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, burgundy marbled endpages. 8vo. 199pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
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There comes a moment in every bibliophiles life when they realise there are so many more treasures that need to be added to their own collection. Rostenberg and Stern's "Books Have Their Fates" allows us to unearth some of them. With articulate and passionate essays, they lead us on past journeys to uncover some surprising and often enlightening finds. One experiences their thoughtfulness in helping the books find their befitting shelf; an endeavour in which major collectors and libraries have benefited from Rostenberg and Stern's diligent purchases and placements. After reading this book one will agree that there is a certain predestination for all books and their collectors.
