Books Have Their FatesThe continuing adventures of the legendary book-dealer team of Rostenberg and Stern, book detectives, life-long friends, and partners in the book trade for close to 60 years. In this latest work (they have co-authored a number of reminiscences and scholarly studies), they trace 30 histories in whi |
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SIXTEENTH CENTURY | 2 |
Time and Time Again | 9 |
Marianus Bubo | 17 |
Copyright | |
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