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id: 41393
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  The Romance of the Shepherd Sale--Its Confirmation of My Views--Small Proportion of Genuine Amateurs


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id: 18809
title: Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath
author: Lansdown, Henry Venn
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  Mr. Beckford opened a door and we entered the Duchess Drawing Room; a There is a portrait of Mr. Beckford''s mother painted by West, with a view lovely portrait by Barker of the present Marquis of Douglas, Mr. Beckford''s grandson; it was painted when Lord Douglas was twelve or present Duchess of Hamilton and her sister, Mrs General Ord. We now entered the lovely dining room, which in point of brilliancy and West''s original sketch for his great picture of King Lear, painted for This Canaletti partakes of the same character of high excellence that Mr. Beckford''s other pictures possess; in fact, as with so many of his This picture was painted for an ancestor of Mr. Beckford''s. days, and painted the Lazarus." On my asking if he believed it true, Mr. Beckford replied, "Perfectly true, for I saw it lying on the floor and Mr. Beckford opened the door of the great library, and on entering I


id: 21630
title: Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
author: Merryweather, F. Somner (Frederick Somner)
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  that great work of recent years, _Books and their Makers during the transcription of church books and manuscripts for the library, there were possessions, his little library of books;[104] he was honorably buried at Church Monastery to keep apart a number of books for the private study of costly treasures of the church, not forgetting their books, the monks we learn that the bishop had borrowed some books from the library which history of England, a Missal, and a volume called "The book of St. Cuthbert, in which the secrets of the monastery are written," which was books which the abbots collected for the monastery, they often possessed of the books contained in the common library of the abbey in the year one to tell the curious of a more enlightened age, what books the old monks These are the books in the library of the monks of Depying.[363]


id: 23742
title: Charley''s Museum A Story for Young People
author: Unknown
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  [Illustration: CHARLEY''S HUMMING BIRDS.] Charley was a lively, inquiring boy, who liked to find out all he could finished, uncle Brown, who had, for a long time, a bit of a Museum in The first shell that Uncle Brown gave to Charley, was what is called a Uncle Brown had in his Museum, a great many Birds, as well as shells. Uncle Brown going out one day, to Charley''s father''s, carried several of The next bird Uncle Brown showed Charley, was a very curious looking Next uncle Brown showed Charley a bird, called the Parrakeet. and name of the bird, or animal, that once lived in the shell, and where Uncle Brown next gave Charley one of the most beautiful shells, that, He told Charley to put all these shells together in his Museum, because, "Here, Charley," said uncle Brown, "is a very beautiful shell for you,


id: 4264
title: The Golden Bowl — Complete
author: James, Henry
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  "They''re not good days, you know," he had said to Fanny Assingham after thing was that if the evidence of their cheer was so established Mrs. Assingham had a little to explain her original manner, and she came to the young man''s opportunity to ask her the question suggested by Mrs. Assingham shortly before her entrance. helped, so beautifully, in such things before." With which, before Mrs. Assingham could meet the appeal, she had addressed herself to the Prince first, certainly, their decent little old-time union, Maggie''s and his she should find Maggie there on getting home--a remark in which Mrs. Verver''s immediate response to her friend''s inquiry had culminated. "That comes," said Mrs. Assingham, "to something a little different. to Amerigo and Charlotte: the initiative obviously belonged to Mrs. Verver, who had gone to Matcham while Maggie had stayed away, and the Maggie waited a little; she had for some time, now, kept her eyes on him


id: 4768
title: Let''s Collect Rocks and Shells
author: Shell Union Oil Corporation
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  rocks and shells. Shell Oil Company''s interest in the subjects comes from its Shell has scientists who work with rocks all day and laboratories filled with rock, mineral and crystal specimens. True molluscan shells come in two main varieties: BIVALVES and covers the open end of the shell like a trap door. look just like rocks, and they stick so tightly to the big stones Most shells of interest to the collector are found in the sea-.And there it is, the fascinating hobby of shell collecting. Many valuable minerals are found in veins running through rock. 3. ROCK-FORMING MINERALS. Other rock-forming minerals are the large family of micas, with names A rock may be made almost entirely of one mineral or of more than If you want to collect rocks and minerals just for the sake of Get books and magazines on rocks and minerals.


id: 2164
title: The Lumley Autograph
author: Cooper, Susan Fenimore
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  letter of the poor poet, the Lumley autograph, though in what manner it Sir John''s volume of autographs was placed in the hands of a gentleman circumstances that Lady Holberton at length obtained possession of the Lumley Autograph was placed on a distinguished leaf of that lady''s "Oh dear--not like Lady Holberton''s of course--hers is quite unique--so Lady Holberton''s--that dear nice letter of Otway''s, written while he A little volume written by Lady Holberton--printed but not safe with you," observed Lady Holberton, with tears in her eyes. Theodosia Rowley of having stolen the Lumley Autograph!" acquaintances were absent; but Lady Holberton, Miss Rowley, and Mr. T---were all in town again. "Lady Holberton thinks the Lumley Autograph was stolen--I understand "If such were your suspicions, Lady Holberton," continued Miss Rowley, Lady Holberton looked the letter of the poor starving poet, known as the Lumley Autograph.


id: 626
title: The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
author: Bury, Richard de
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  for the first time, made accessible to the larger book-loving public, and treasure that is not seen; but truth which shines forth in books maintained and contained in holy books--nay, they are written truth books does not suffer the operation of the intellect upon the truths king by this bold deed, except that the vessels of wisdom, holy books, words: Let books be asked for each day at a given hour; he who asks the love as well as the study of books; and thus poverty in these days social commune with learned men and lovers of books, yet when we that the love of books is the same thing as the love of wisdom, as was The same men love not books and money both, books is the life of man. teach, who write books of sacred learning. the sciences and writing them in books; amongst which the wonderful


id: 13114
title: The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Commandments
author: Mather, Frank Jewett
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  in seeing an amachoor like you talking French about a little thing I Campbell Corot said modestly; ''and my pictures are almost equally as good moment with, ''Painter feller, you knowed the pesky ways of paint, didn''t In fact, John Campbell''s first manner soon came to takes the big oil and wheat men when they want a little art. suppose he painted my Corot?" "I don''t know and I don''t care," said the things will come about in least expected ways: Jane Morrison, quite the John took both her hands and said: "Now the collection is itself again; little drawing-room Crocker still felt uneasily that no road with Emma Generally, we felt that even if Emma wanted a way out, which we guessed true, Emma," he said at last, "and yet mean very little to you and me. In a few days came a circular note from Crocker through Dennis


id: 34877
title: Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors
author: Hayden, Arthur
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  CARVED OAK CHEST, English, Sixteenth Century 59 CARVED OAK COFFER, French, showing interlaced ribbon-work 61 PANEL OF CARVED OAK, English, early Sixteenth Century 68 CARVED WALNUT DOOR (UPPER HALF), French, showing ribbon-work 91 JACOBEAN CARVED OAK CHAIRS, Yorkshire and Derbyshire types 101 Carved Oak in Woodwork and Furniture from Ancient Houses. English furniture of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, [Illustration: FRENCH CARVED OAK COFFER. with tapestries, and lined with carved oak chairs and elaborate cabinets virginal, carved in walnut, illustrated, shows this form of decoration. specimens of early Jacobean furniture, illustrations of which are In the illustration of a sixteenth-century chair in common use in Italy, The fine, high-backed oak Stuart chair, elaborately carved [Illustration: JACOBEAN CARVED OAK CHAIRS. the fine collection of old furniture of this period at the Victoria and The three panels at the top are finely carved and are Jacobean work.


id: 39891
title: Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer''s Note Book
author: Pemberton, Max
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  right hand of the lower room, a man watches by day the large cases where At the word "man," he went to the window, and saw Abel standing beneath "Let''s stroll down the street, any way you like," said I, "and talk of "Well," I said, speaking to Brewer; but turning round to look at his "Come down to-day," said he, "and bring your man with you in case we "Ah, now I know you''re wrong," said he; "there''s only one man within "Look here," said I, "this is no time for words like this. room; how could he look for a moment to name one man or one woman who "It is easy enough," said he, "to look at a man''s hand and deduce "Come," she said, resting her head upon her hand, "I want to know from "Now," said she, when the man had gone, but had left the little table


id: 41393
title: The Confessions of a Collector
author: Hazlitt, William Carew
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  Rarity of Old English Books--Curiosities of Cataloguing and Library--His Manuscript Notes in the Books--A High Estimate of Heber books, for which we had a common liking, naturally led to Mr Huth, in the Mr Huth was not a Heber; but he liked to look into his books, and of many Although Mr Huth cannot be said to have been a mere amasser of old books, this or that book or tract, of which very possibly no second copy was to collection of English books, printed not later than the year 1600. time--about 1863 or 1864--purchasing rare old books, for which my late thirty years from auction-room and book-shop, whenever an item, which I had put into my hands at Reeves''s one day the catalogue of a house-sale the circumstances was appreciated by Messrs Sotheby and Co. At one of the coin-sales in Wellington Street four successive lots were


id: 38746
title: The Unpublishable Memoirs
author: Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf)
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  book catalogue, issued by one of the great English auction houses. "How the old dodge works," said Robert Hooker to himself on his way Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Robert Hooker was a great lover of books. The following day Hooker paid a visit to an old building in lower New of examining his books, before an old mahogany case that looked as if "Mr. Hooker," he said, "I would like to know about the book missing One day I read that Mr. Libro had purchased at a great price the book which has caused all this Hooker offered me a thousand dollars to take the book and say nothing. "Don''t you want to look over father''s books, Mr. Hooker," asked Miss "How much for that old book?" said Libro boldly. "Because of the old book," said Libro, politely.


id: 33144
author: Ellwanger, William De Lancey
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  That Oriental rugs are works of art in the highest sense of the term, and Choice old rugs, therefore, to-day come into the same class with genuine Twenty years ago the warning was given that the choice old rugs were difficult to remember withal, rugs answer to their names like old and applied with some propriety to rare old Persian rugs of fine weave only, designs, both in the field and border, mark some rugs absolutely and The dye, the tone, the richness, and colour value of a rug was, and still Kurdistan make a finer class of rugs and carpets, which are known as examples of textile art," and that fine Oriental rugs are not to be bought "Imported Merchandise," etc., Oriental carpets and rugs have no separate value was in Oriental rugs and what in modern carpets. the value of the Oriental rugs imported that year into New York as more

title:
  The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors.


id: 47040
title: Chats on Old Copper and Brass
author: Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
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  In this work the curios and artistic objects of use and ornament which of copper and brass, and to preserve to futurity metal objects from non-collectable metal-work which may be seen and admired in museums and bronzes of China and Old Japan were wrought; the metal-worker''s art in types of bronze and metal objects coming to us from those far-off days, The old smiths not only worked in iron but wrought copper and brass, brass; especially was that the case in decorative objects and metal The metals known as bronze, copper, and brass are, however, design and useful for many purposes; copper lanterns and brass lamps The collector of copper and brass takes an interest in metal-work other interesting relics of the days when the copper and brass objects we In course of time the use of bell-metal was discarded, and brass interesting addition to the more ornamental side of brass metal-work.


id: 61288
title: The Real Thing
author: Teichner, Albert
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  "Everything in this wing is genuine _old_ fake," Stahl told the two Washington''s left eyelid," Stahl replied, tightly encircling his wife''s glanced at Tinker, a cyberneticist who, like Smith, had sent several "Not money," Tinker answered, eyes still on Mrs. Stahl. "Excellent period distortion of Greek styles," said Tinker, studying "You really know ancient designs," Stahl said. "Smith, you need a checkup," Tinker advised. "Hope it isn''t noisy," said Smith. "Interesting," Tinker said, "although we all know now that one thing "Mr. Tinker, isn''t that crucial enough for you?" Mrs. Stahl asked. "Anyway I hate _all_ theories," said Mrs. Stahl. "Good enough," said Stahl, turning expectantly to his other guest. Smith slumped forward in despair as Stahl triumphantly wormed the "I can''t do anything right," Smith "Let him wait his turn," Stahl said coldly. Stahl glanced at his wife, then, as she nodded back, slowly put his


