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LITERATURE AND ARTIFACTS.
Tanselle, G. Thomas
First edition. Fifteen essays exploring the interconnections between verbal works and the physical objects (primarily manuscripts and printed books) that transmit them. Divided into five groups with such chapters as "Libraries, Museums, and Reading," "The Latest Forms of Book-Burning," "A Description of Descriptive Bibliography," "Books, Canons, and the Nature of Dispute," and "Printing History and Other History."
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> Spevack, Marvin (Editor)., ISAAC D'ISRAELI ON BOOKS: PRE-VICTORIAN ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE
> Rice, O.S., LESSONS ON THE USE OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIES, A TEXT BOOKS
> Willis, James F., BIBLIOPHILY OR BOOKLOVE
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ELEMENTS OF ELECTRO-METALLURGY
by Smee, Alfred
Presentation copy - " with the authors kind words". Illustrated with 41 electrotypes and woodcuts. The author was inventor of the improved battery which was the mainstay of electrotyping until replaced by the dynamo in the late 1870's. Worn along hinges. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
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