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First Editions
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There were valuable first editions of books in the enormous library, most of them had been scribbled in by some idiot named Will H.
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― Lord of Shadows
― Lord of Shadows
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For one thing, a first edition certainly is the edition nearest the heart of an author, the edition upon which his hopes were laid and his ambitions builded; and particularly is this true when the book in question happens to be an author's first publication. Imagine with what flatterings of the authorical heart, with what ecstatic apprehension, he handled his own copy of the book that day it came to him from the publisher! Is not something of this spirit communicated to the collector who loves h
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― Penny Wise & Book Foolish
― Penny Wise & Book Foolish
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