After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.

A.S.W. Rosenbach

A Book Hunter's Holiday

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Tsundoku Books

Author

A.S.W. Rosenbach

Source

A Book Hunter's Holiday

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Scholar

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United States

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Citation

Rosenbach, A. S. W. A Book Hunter's Holiday. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936.

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