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- catalog abstract ""New Worlds in Old Books is about an adventure of a lifetime - how two young women from New York introduced whole new worlds of collecting to the antiquarian book field. This work is based on the authors' experience and holdings for over a half century and offers a fresh and unique insight in collecting. New Worlds reflects their fascination and reveals the astonishing fact that many early volumes foreshadowed the technology, medicine, sciences, political philosophy, and social practices of today."--BOOK JACKET. "In New Worlds in Old Books we discover old titles that have eye-witness accounts of great events, problems of minorities, Satanic demonology, the lure of first editions, and unusual ownerships."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11581137.
- catalog contributor b11581138.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""New Worlds in Old Books is about an adventure of a lifetime - how two young women from New York introduced whole new worlds of collecting to the antiquarian book field. This work is based on the authors' experience and holdings for over a half century and offers a fresh and unique insight in collecting. New Worlds reflects their fascination and reveals the astonishing fact that many early volumes foreshadowed the technology, medicine, sciences, political philosophy, and social practices of today."--BOOK JACKET. "In New Worlds in Old Books we discover old titles that have eye-witness accounts of great events, problems of minorities, Satanic demonology, the lure of first editions, and unusual ownerships."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Through Our Hands -- I. "What's Past Is Prologue" -- II. Eye-Witness Reports -- III. United Nations and Utopias -- IV. Hidden Americana -- V. Censorship and Suppression -- VI. Stratagems of Satan -- VII. Feminism -- VIII. The Jews -- IX. The Blacks -- X. The Lure of Firsts -- XI. The Press: Exotic and Uncommon -- XII. Provenance.".
- catalog extent "viii, 202 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1884718892 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "381/.45002/092273 21".
- catalog subject "Antiquarian booksellers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Book collectors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rostenberg, Leona.".
- catalog subject "Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007.".
- catalog subject "Z473.R77 R655 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Through Our Hands -- I. "What's Past Is Prologue" -- II. Eye-Witness Reports -- III. United Nations and Utopias -- IV. Hidden Americana -- V. Censorship and Suppression -- VI. Stratagems of Satan -- VII. Feminism -- VIII. The Jews -- IX. The Blacks -- X. The Lure of Firsts -- XI. The Press: Exotic and Uncommon -- XII. Provenance.".
- catalog title "New worlds in old books / Leona Rostenberg & Madeleine B. Stern.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".