Re: Gladstone's "On Books..."
- From: "Charles P. Hall" <chall@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Gladstone's "On Books..."
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:06:02 -0500
Thanks to everyone who volunteered information or help in locating
Gladstone's "On Books and the Housing of Them". I was able to locate a
1998 reprint of the book; which is a good thing since it turns out only
500 copies of the original where printed back in 1898!
I'll OCR the 29-page text and post it soon. Much of the text will be
dear to the hearts of members of this mailing list, including concern
for how to handle the growing number of books and the effect of
Copyright laws in raising their price beyond what individuals could
afford!
I was also surprised to discover that as late as 1898 books were still
available un-bound. I thought that practice had ended earlier.
I'll email to the list when the text is on-line...
Charles Hall
Raleigh, NC