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A sentimental library : comprising books formerly owned by famous writers, presentation copies, manuscripts and drawings / collected and described by Harry B. Smith. With fifty-six illustrations.

Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936, author.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, addressee.; Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, inscriber.
1914
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Title
A sentimental library : comprising books formerly owned by famous writers, presentation copies, manuscripts and drawings / collected and described by Harry B. Smith. With fifty-six illustrations.
Created/published
[New York] : Priv. print. [by the De Vinne press], 1914.
Description
xxvi, 332 p., 1 : front., plates (part col.) ports. (1 col.) facsims. ; 29 cm
Associated name
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936, author.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, addressee.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, inscriber.
Contents
Apology. - An appreciation. by L. S. Livingston. - English writers of the nineteenth century (p. [1]-253 - Seventeenth and eighteenth century [English] authors. - French authors. - German. - American authors. - Historical celebrities. - The drama. - Bindings and extra-illustrated books.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
Z1033.A84 S6
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: Inscription: Mr. H.C. Folger, Jr. with the best wishes of A.S.W. Rosenbach.

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