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It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until very recently, books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. Margaret Willes considers a selection of private and public libraries across the period-most of which have survived-showing the diversity of book owners and borrowers, from country-house aristocrats to modest farmers, from Regency ladies of leisure to working men and women.Exploring the collections of avid readers such as Samuel Pepys, Thomas Jefferson, Sir John Soane, Thomas Bewick, and Denis and Edna Healey, Margaret Willes also investigates the means by which books were sold, lending fascinating insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. For those who are interested in books and reading, and especially those who treasure books, this book and its bounty of illustrations will inform, entertain, and inspire.

Book collectors --- Book collecting --- Private libraries --- History. --- Bibliophily --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Antiquarian booksellers --- Bibliomania --- Home libraries --- Libraries, Private --- Libraries --- Book owners

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Liden, Johan Henrik --- Book collectors --- Librarians --- Biography. --- Lidén, Johan Henrik, --- Europe --- Description and travel. --- Information scientists --- Library employees --- Libraries --- Book owners --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Private libraries --- Biography --- Lidén, Johan Henrik, --- Description and travel

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090.1 <44> --- 027.1 <44> --- -Book collectors --- -Book owners --- Bibliofilie--Frankrijk --- Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Frankrijk --- -Bibliofilie--Frankrijk --- 027.1 <44> Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Frankrijk --- 090.1 <44> Bibliofilie--Frankrijk --- -Bibliophily --- Bibliomania --- Book collecting --- Book owners --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Private libraries --- Bibliophily --- Antiquarian booksellers --- Conferences - Meetings --- Book collectors --- Book collecting - France --- Book collectors - France --- -Livres --- Collectionneurs et collections --- -Book collecting --- Livres

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Book history --- Biographies: varia --- United States --- Book collectors --- Bibliophiles --- Biography --- Dictionaries --- Biographie --- Dictionnaires --- 027.1 <73> --- 090.1 <73> --- 655.425 <73> --- -Book owners --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Private libraries --- Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Antiquariaatsboekhandel. Boekenantiquariaat. Tweedehandsboekhandel--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- -Dictionaries --- -Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 090.1 <73> Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 027.1 <73> Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Book owners --- Biography&delete& --- Bibliophiles. Etats-Unis. (Dictionnaire) --- Bibliofielen. Verenigde Staten. (Woordenboek) --- United States of America

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090.1 <73> --- 027.1 <73> --- 655.425 <73> --- Bibliographers --- -Book collectors --- -Book owners --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Private libraries --- Information scientists --- 027.1 <73> Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 090.1 <73> Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Bibliofilie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Antiquariaatsboekhandel. Boekenantiquariaat. Tweedehandsboekhandel--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Bio-bibliography --- Book collectors --- Book owners --- Bibliographers - United States - Bio-bibliography. --- Book collectors - United States - Bio-bibliography.