Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion Paperback - 1998
by Leona G. Rostenberg; Madeleine B. Stern (Joint Author)
This dual memoir of America's favorite booksellers--the Holmes and Watson of rare books--is a work to treasure, recounting the companionship of two rare friends as their shared passion for old books. of photos.
From the jacket flap
Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature much in the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business, Rostenberg and Stern are renowned for unlocking the hidden secret of Louisa May Alcott's life when they discovered her pseudonym, A.M. Barnard, along with her anonymously published "blood and thunder" stories on subjects like transvestitism, hashish smoking, and feminism.
"Old Books, Rare Friends describes their mutual passion for books and literary sleuthing as they take us on their earliest European book buying jaunts. Using what they call Finger-spitzengefuhl, the art of evaluating antiquarian books by handling, experience, and instinct, we are treated to some of their greatest discoveries amid the mildewed basements of London's booksellers after the Blitz. We experience the thrill of finding one of the earliest known books printed in America between 1617-1619 by the Pilgrim Press and learn about the influential role of publisher-printers from the fifteenth century. Like a precious gem, "Old Books, Rare Friends is a book to treasure about the companionship of two rare friends and their shared passion for old books.
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- Title Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
- Author Leona G. Rostenberg; Madeleine B. Stern (Joint Author)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later printing
- Pages 292
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Main Street Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780385485159 / 0385485158
- Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.56 x 0.76 in (21.84 x 14.12 x 1.93 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Book collectors - United States, Rostenberg, Leona
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96037176
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- New York Times, 08/02/1998, Page 28
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