Enemies of Books

The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books ever written, Blades' "Enemies of Books" enumerates the enemies as: Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry; The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; and, Servants and Children. This new and corre [...]
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The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books ever written, Blades' "Enemies of Books" enumerates the enemies as: Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry; The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; and, Servants and Children. This new and corrected edition adds an article on Librarians as Enemies of Books, an Introduction, a biography of Blades, and many helpful notes.