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LoC No.: 17000661

Title: The Booklover and His Books

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.

Credits: Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Meghan, and the booksmiths
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Author: Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937

EBook No.: 22606

Published: Sep 15, 2007

Downloads: 101

Language: English

Subject: Books

LoCC: Bibliography, Library science

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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LoC No.: 17000661

Title: The Booklover and His Books

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.

Credits: Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Meghan, and the booksmiths
at http: //www.eBookForge.net

Author: Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937

EBook No.: 22606

Published: Sep 15, 2007

Downloads: 101

Language: English

Subject: Books

LoCC: Bibliography, Library science

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.