Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore

by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone
Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore  
published May 5th 2000 by St. Martin's Griffin
binding Paperback
isbn 0312263953   (isbn13: 9780312263959)
pages 224
description Who would have guessed that an innocent search for an inexpensive edition of War and Peace could lead to an all-consuming obsession? Nancy and ...more
date added
05-20-07



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Gary
07/16/07

bookshelves: crap
Read in January, 1999
recommends it for: nobody

The content of this book has little to do with book collecting and more to do with name-dropping. Unfortunately, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone come off as pretentious and boring. They spend a considerable amount of time discussing what people wear and how much they spend on dinner, but very little time talking about... books. After reading all their books about books, I can only conclude that they have learned very little about the book world and they remain book-collector-wannabes. Worse, the...more
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A.
07/16/07

bookshelves: 2007, booksaboutbooks
Read in July, 2007
Nice lightweight read about book collecting and used book dealing -- not as in-depth as A Gentle Madness, but engaging and well-written all the same.
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Alan
01/08/08

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Read in January, 2005
If you're not near a great source of old books, at least you can read about them.
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avg rating (this edition): 3.58 (26 ratings)
number of reviews: 3






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