| Author |
Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937 |
| LoC No. |
17000661
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| Title |
The Booklover and His Books
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| Contents |
Books and booklovers -- Fitness in book design -- Print as an interpreter of meaning -- Favorite book sizes -- The value of reading -- The book of to-day and the book of to-morrow -- A constructive critic of the book -- Books as a librarian would like them -- The book beautiful -- The reader's high privilege -- The background of the book -- The Chinese book -- Thick paper and thin -- The clothing of a book -- Parchment bindings -- Lest we forget the few great books -- Printing problems for science to solve -- Types and eyes: the problem -- Types and eyes: progress -- Exceptions to the rule of legibility -- The student and the library -- Orthographic reform -- The perversities of type -- A secret of personal power.
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| Credits |
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
Z: Bibliography, Library science
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| Subject |
Books
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
22606 |
| Release Date |
Sep 15, 2007 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jan 2, 2021 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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