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Mostly the story of Gabriel Wells, an American antiquarian bookseller who in the 1920s broke up a Gutenberg Bible and sold off the individual leaves, and also some of the tales of the subsequent ownership of them. Also looks into the world of antiquarian booksellers, mainly in USA and Europe, and collectors.

Very interesting, but slows a bit as the author delves into his own family history which has connections to Wells' family.

An enjoyable read. Scribe Publications, RRP $36.99

 

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Mostly the story of Gabriel Wells, an American antiquarian bookseller who in the 1920s broke up a Gutenberg Bible and sold off the individual leaves, and also some of the tales of the subsequent ownership of them. Also looks into the world of antiquarian booksellers, mainly in USA and Europe, and collectors.

Very interesting, but slows a bit as the author delves into his own family history which has connections to Wells' family.

An enjoyable read. Scribe Publications, RRP $36.99

I think he was pilloried for doing that, but made a lot of money nevertheless. State Library NSW has a (complete!) 1st edition and later editions too, were on display last year.
More recently many old books were lost, broken up just to sell off the hand coloured plates.
Coincidently just this week I started reading a set of 4 books (below) which luckily survived, possibly because only 2 plates per volume are coloured.
Bought them decades ago (in the UK apparently as £28 penciled inside Vol 1 cover, bargain)

 

[ellen10]

Just finished The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah. Great read.

 

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I've just received Immortal Souls by Edward Fesser. Perhaps only for the Aristotelians among you.