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An edition of Old books, rare friends (1997)

Old books, rare friends

two literary sleuths and their shared passion

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You'd think a book about antiquarian bookselling wouldn't be loaded with suspense or keep us laughing, or make us shake our heads in wonder at the adventures of its 87-year-old and 84-year-old authors. But Old Books, Rare Friends does that and more as longtime partners Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern introduce us to their quite unusual love affair with books and each other. Thanks to their gift for opening up this world, we never want to leave it. - Back cover.

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Main Street Books/Doubleday
Language
English

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Subjects
Biography, Book collectors, Antiquarian booksellers, Large type books, Women, united states, biography
People
Madeleine B. Stern (1912-), Leona Rostenberg
Places
United States

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Old books, rare friends: two literary sleuths and their shared passion
1998, Thorndike Press
in English
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Old books, rare friends: two literary sleuths and their shared passion
1998, Main Street Books/Doubleday
Paperback in English
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Old books, rare friends: two literary sleuths and their shared passion
1997, Doubleday
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Table of Contents

Prologue
Beginnings
You're suddenly a "Miss"
Morningside Heights
Strasbourg on the Rhine
Glengarry and Alpenstock
Ebb tide
Dual apprenticeship
Louisa May Alcott's mask
Leona Rostenberg : rare books
Books after the Blitz
Finger-Spitzengefühl
ABAA
Our double lives
The blood-and-thunder
Epilogue

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New York, London

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Library of Congress
Z473.R77 R665 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, 275 p., [16] p. of plates
Dimensions
22 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25651392M
Internet Archive
oldbooksrarefrie0000rost
ISBN 10
0385485158
ISBN 13
9780385485159

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