OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE
Franklin, Colin
Published by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE, 2012
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Pp. viii+262, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some coloured), index; med. 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/Books of Kells/Bernard Quaritch, New Castle/London, 2012. First edition. *Memoirs of the author, publisher and bookseller. 'Including serious essays on diverse characters who have fascinated him, the book discusses the Bowdlers and their "Family Shakespeare"; William Fowler of Winterton, who neglected his humble calling and privately produced books of the greatest magnificence on Roman Mosaic Floors.; a little-known Oxford Antiquary and print-maker Joseph Skelton; the once-so-popular Robert Surtees and John Leech.; on the neglected theme of Binders' Lettering; and on his lifelong hero William Morris. There is also a new assessment of the Italian printer Giambatista Bodoni' [wrapper blurb]. Seller Inventory # 163289
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Title: OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE
Publication Date: 2012
Edition: 1st Edition
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Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life
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Seller: Books On Dean, Albury, NSW, Australia
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OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE
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Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE, 2012
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Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Pp. viii+262, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some coloured), index; med. 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/Books of Kells/Bernard Quaritch, New Castle/London, 2012. First edition. *Memoirs of the author, publisher and bookseller. 'Including serious essays on diverse characters who have fascinated him, the book discusses the Bowdlers and their "Family Shakespeare"; William Fowler of Winterton, who neglected his humble calling and privately produced books of the greatest magnificence on Roman Mosaic Floors.; a little-known Oxford Antiquary and print-maker Joseph Skelton; the once-so-popular Robert Surtees and John Leech.; on the neglected theme of Binders' Lettering; and on his lifelong hero William Morris. There is also a new assessment of the Italian printer Giambatista Bodoni' [wrapper blurb]. Seller Inventory # 123961
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OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE
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Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life
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Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo viii + 262pp., frontis., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, 'Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in book-selling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a century ago.'. Seller Inventory # 138796
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Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life (First Edition)
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Oak Knoll, New Castle, DE, 2012
ISBN 10: 1584563044
ISBN 13: 9781584563044
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OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.
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Oak Knoll Press; Books Of Kells; Bernard Quaritch,, London,, 2012
ISBN 10: 0956301223
ISBN 13: 9780956301222
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 262. Original publishers tan cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Publishers printed flyer loosely inserted. An autobiographical narrative of the career of British author, bookseller, and book collector Colin Franklin, discussing his life and experiences in the book world. Includes essays on figures in the book trade who have influenced and fascinated Franklin. Illustrated in colour and black and white ISBN: 97809563012 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C90544
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