Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms |
Preface The Romance of Buying and Selling Old Things Auctions As Amusement Places The Strange Discovery and Disappearance of Stuart's Washington In New York Book Shops The Romance of a Chicago Book Dealer Chicago Revisited In Boston Small Town Stuff Snapshots in Art Galleries on Fifth Avenue Daniel's Gallery 'Way Down in Greenwich Village President Harding's Favorite Book INDEX
ADVENTURES IN
AMERICAN BOOK SHOPS BOOKS BY GUIDO BRUNO Eternal Moments
Sentimental Studies
A Night in Greenwich Village
Fragments From Greenwich Village
The Sacred Band
Moore Versus Harris
Adventures in American Bookshops
To be published in December,
Stories By the Way
A Handful of Contemporaries
Near the Night Lamp
Adventures in American
Bookshops, Antique Stores
and Auction Rooms By Guido Bruno
Detroit: The Douglas Book Shop
1922
Copyright, 1922,
by
GUIDO BRUNO
Printed in the United States of America
To RAGNA
One thousand copies of this book have been printed and the type distributed. No.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | | Preface | 9 | | The Romance of Buying and Selling Old Things | 11 | | Auctions as Amusement Places | 24 | | The Strange Discovery and Disappearance of Stuart’s Washington | 30 | | New York Book Shops | 39 | | Den of a Pessimist | | A Whitman Enthusiast | | An Optimist | | A Gambler | | Bookshops of Enthusiasts | | Book Dealers in Cobwebbed Corners | | Specialists in Excitement | | Dealers in Literary Property | 71 | | Autograph Brokers | 73 | | Our President’s Handwriting | 76 | | The Romance of a Chicago Book Dealer | 87 | | Chicago Book Shops | 91 | | Chicago Revisited | 95 | | In Boston | 100 | | Small Town Stuff | 108 | | New York Book Magnates | 112 | | Snapshots in Art Galleries on Fifth Avenue | 117 | | ’Way Down in Greenwich Village | 120 | | President Harding’s Favorite Book | 126 | | Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Z | 126 |
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