"The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections" by A. Edward Newton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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A. Edward Newton. The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
Table of Contents
THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING. AND. KINDRED AFFECTIONS
I. BOOK-COLLECTING ABROAD
II. BOOK-COLLECTING AT HOME
III. OLD CATALOGUES AND NEW PRICES
IV “ASSOCIATION” BOOKS AND FIRST EDITIONS
V “WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN”
VI. JAMES BOSWELL—HIS BOOK
VII. A LIGHT-BLUE STOCKING
VIII. A RIDICULOUS PHILOSOPHER
IX. A GREAT VICTORIAN
X. TEMPLE BAR THEN AND NOW
XI. A MACARONI PARSON
XII. OSCAR WILDE
XIII. A WORD IN MEMORY
INDEX
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A. Edward Newton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Six months later, to my great surprise, the collection was again offered me by a bookseller in New York at a price just fifty per cent in advance of the price I had been asked for it in London. The man who showed it to me was amazed when I told him just when he had bought it and where, and the price he had paid for it. I made a guess that it was ten per cent below the figure at which it had been offered to me. “I am prepared,” I said, “to pay you the same price I was originally asked for it in London. You have doubtless shown it to many of your customers and have not found them as foolish in their enthusiasm over Johnson as I am. You have had your chance to make a big profit; why not accept a small one?” There was some discussion; but as I saw my man weakening, my firmness increased, and it finally ended by my handing him a check and carrying off the treasure.
