The book collector : reading and living with literature / Tony Eyre.

By:

Eyre, Tony [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, New Zealand : Mary Egan Publishing, 2023.Description: 276 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmISBN:

9781991179876
1991179871

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DDC classification:

028.9

Summary: ""The Book Collector" is a fascinating bibliomemoir of the writer's lifetime joy of reading, the books and authors that have touched him, and how they have shaped his passion for book collecting. Step into his library, where the book is 'a tangible object of sentiment and delight' and experience his fondness for New Zealand literature as well as a great many of the world's most celebrated writers. Then follow this wandering bibliophile as he takes you on a personal journey of search and discovery to second-hand bookshops around Aotearoa New Zealand and further afield, to the community book fairs and charity shops, and into the online world of books."--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Fiction	Non Fiction	028.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		W00005047

""The Book Collector" is a fascinating bibliomemoir of the writer's lifetime joy of reading, the books and authors that have touched him, and how they have shaped his passion for book collecting. Step into his library, where the book is 'a tangible object of sentiment and delight' and experience his fondness for New Zealand literature as well as a great many of the world's most celebrated writers. Then follow this wandering bibliophile as he takes you on a personal journey of search and discovery to second-hand bookshops around Aotearoa New Zealand and further afield, to the community book fairs and charity shops, and into the online world of books."--

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