Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
255 pages ; 22 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Contents |
1. First person bibliographical: The time, the place, and the book -- Nine by nine -- Of the earth earthy -- Glory of life -- Of whales and grass -- Ripeness is all -- No life without books -- Speaking of books -- 2. Bookman in Britain: Book hunting in Britain -- A Southwesterner in Scotland -- To Newbury to buy an old book -- Rendezvous in Cadogan Square -- 3. Three Americans: The making of a poet -- The Miller of Big Sur -- Mr. Southwest -- 4. Landscape with books: Bookscapes of California -- Arizona's dry and wrinkled land -- East of the Colorado -- Books in my baggage -- Books determine -- Revista Nueva Mexicana -- Of books and the river -- Landscape with books. |
Summary |
Collection of essays on books, book collecting in Great Britain, western writers, the relationship of writers, their time and place to their books. |
Bibliography |
"A reading list of good books about books": pages 243-247 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index. |
Subject |
Bibliomania.
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Book collecting.
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Book collecting. (OCoLC)fst00836132
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Bibliomania. (OCoLC)fst00831405
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Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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