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Books in the Blood / Rota, Anthony., 2002
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Identifier: CC-39338-41288
Scope and Contents
An insightful memoire of a fourth generation bookseller in London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2002
Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries / Dickenson, Donald C.., 1994
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Identifier: CC-16198-16541
Scope and Contents
Definitive biography of Henry Huntington, the greatest American book collector of the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1994
Henry Edwards Huntington: His Life and His Collections / Spurgeon, Selena A.., 1992
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Identifier: CC-02547-2589
Scope and Contents
The book provides a biography of Huntington, one of the greatest book collectors of the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1992
The Pleasures of Being a Scholar-Collector / Tanselle, G. Thomas., 2006
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Identifier: CC-44534-46684
Scope and Contents
In this auto-biographical speech given at the Grolier Club, the author mentions great bookshops that he visited including Leary's in Philadelphia. This was a favorite hang-up for Marvin Sackner when he was a teenager growing up in Philadelphia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2006