The Secret Library : A Booklovers Journey Through the Curiosities of History

Author(s): Tearle, Oliver

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Fine
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Michael O'Mara
Publication Year:	2016
ISBN:	9781782435570
Book ID:	002288
Catalogue(s):	Literary History and Criticism ◇ Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History

256pp. Rich red endpapers. Occasional decorations in text. Pictorial cloth boards (immaculate). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, striking dust jacket with a 'secret key hole'. A lovely volume in fine condition throughout, which rediscovers little known gems of bookish history, such as Charles Dickens' wife and her cookbook written under the name Lady Maria Clutterback, and the fact that the only one of Edgar Allan Poe's books to make money in his lifetime was a non-fiction work on snails.

Keywords:

books on books reading book history reading journeys