SHORTER NOTICE
THIS little book provides a useful introduction to its subject, for each of these speakers in the B.B.C. Third Programme knew very well what he was talking about. Dr. Chapman shows that book- collecting has its roots in the historical imagination • Mr. Hayward defends and justifies the collecting of first editions ; Mr. Carter dis- cusses technical considerations, rarity, condition, and so on ; and Mr. Sadleir—in a most valuable paper for the uninitiated—offers his expert guidance in the book-shop and the auction room. Seasoned book-collectors will enjoy reading what their eminent competitors have to say ; other intelligent people, whatever their age. may well be stimulated and encouraged by these talks to take their book-collecting more seriously:
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