Item #47923 A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON.; An Address to the Annual Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates April 23, 1972. Norman H. Strouse.

A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON.; An Address to the Annual Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates April 23, 1972.

San Francisco, California. Designed and Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 1972. "1000 Copies Printed. This is One of 600 Specifically Printed for Distribution to Members of the Gleeson Library Associates" [6], 21, [5 (blank)] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. 10-1/4" x 7". Stiff, gray wrappers, printed in maroon, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Some rubbing to corners, back strip lightly sunned. Item #47923

Strouse begins his talk by briefly telling the stories of Folger & Huntington, two titans who individually amassed two of the most impressive book collections extant, but Strouse continues... "I do not envy them... for they missed the greatest pleasure of the collecting game - item by item building of thier collections..."

Price: $25.00

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