Philipp Blom's TO HAVE AND TO HOLD aims to do for collecting what Charles Sprawson's THE HAUNTS OF THE BLACK MASSEUR did for swimming and Alberto Manguel's A HISTORY OF READING did for books. It is a completely engrossing, idiosyncratic, ruminative, meandering, delightful, episodic exploration of the collecting mind from mediaeval times to the present - full of eccentrics, visionaries, heroes and nutcases. It is (as such a book must be) itself something of a work of art.
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Philipp Blom has written two novels and is a widely published journalist. He has worked as an historian and a book editor.
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Vendeur : Greener Books, London, Royaume-Uni
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Vendeur : Springhead Books, Rochester, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. An idiosyncratic, ruminative, meandering, episodic exploration of the collecting mind from Medieval times to the present - full of eccentrics, heroes and the deluded. xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. First edition, first printing. Red boards, price-clipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear to edges, brief inscription inside back cover, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. N° de réf. du vendeur 018305
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