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The Booklover and His Books (Book)
Author: Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937
LoC No.: 17000661
Title: The Booklover and His Books
Contents: Books and booklovers -- Fitness in book design -- Print as an interpreter of meaning -- Favorite book sizes -- The value of reading -- The book of to-day and the book of to-morrow -- A constructive critic of the book -- Books as a librarian would like them -- The book beautiful -- The reader's high privilege -- The background of the book -- The Chinese book -- Thick paper and thin -- The clothing of a book -- Parchment bindings -- Lest we forget the few great books -- Printing problems for science to solve -- Types and eyes: the problem -- Types and eyes: progress -- Exceptions to the rule of legibility -- The student and the library -- Orthographic reform -- The perversities of type -- A secret of personal power.
Language: English
LoC Class: Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject: Books
Release Date: Sep 15, 2007
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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