This is a charming account of postwar book buying abroad by the "Holmes and Watson" of antiquarian books. After the war, Americans went abroad for European culture, food and art, but Rostenberg & Stern, the Grand Dames of the antiquarian bookselling world, went to Europe to buy old books. Old Books in the Old World glows with the details of their book-buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Filled with tales of steamships, cobblestone streets and dusty rare bookshops, this illustrated journal draws from original diaries ...
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This is a charming account of postwar book buying abroad by the "Holmes and Watson" of antiquarian books. After the war, Americans went abroad for European culture, food and art, but Rostenberg & Stern, the Grand Dames of the antiquarian bookselling world, went to Europe to buy old books. Old Books in the Old World glows with the details of their book-buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Filled with tales of steamships, cobblestone streets and dusty rare bookshops, this illustrated journal draws from original diaries and letters and contemporary recollections. Full of history and bookish tales, this personal insight into postwar Europe and the antiquarian book-selling scene will be of interest both to the seasoned bibliophile and to the casual reader.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; ISBN: 1884718183. ISBN/EAN: 9781884718182. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23254.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x5x0; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. viii, 175pp.
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As New in As New jacket. pp. 175. Who wouldn't want to travel to Europe to buy antique books? 175 pages, text clean and tight. DJ has not been clipped.
