LEADER 03962nam 22006375 450 001 9910725930503321 005 20230721042705.0 010 $a0-300-14236-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300142365 035 $a(CKB)3710000000519588 035 $a(EBL)4585612 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001562713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16211600 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14834746 035 $a(PQKB)11280029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4585612 035 $a(DE-B1597)486832 035 $a(OCoLC)953660792 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300142365 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000519588 100 $a20200424h20082008 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading Matters $eFive Centuries of Acquiring Books /$fGeorge C. Schoolfield 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-12729-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Books do furnish a Room: The Books of Bess Hardwick and the Cavendish Family -- $tChapter 2. Enjoyment of all that's worth seeking after: The Books of Samuel Pepys -- $tChapter 3. Distance Learning: Three Provincial Libraries -- $tChapter 4. A Founding Father: The Books pf Thomas Jefferson -- $tChapter 5. Building a Library: The Books of Sir John Soane -- $tChapter 6. A little Light Reading? Fact and Fiction in Georgian Britain -- $tChapter 7. Rare and Curious: The Books of Charles Winn -- $tChapter 8. The Common Reader: Books for Working Men and Women -- $tChapter 9. Children of the Revolution: The Books of Denis and Edna Healey -- $tAppendix: Equivalent Values of the Pound -- $tNotes -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex 330 $aIt is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until very recently, books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. Margaret Willes considers a selection of private and public libraries across the period-most of which have survived-showing the diversity of book owners and borrowers, from country-house aristocrats to modest farmers, from Regency ladies of leisure to working men and women.Exploring the collections of avid readers such as Samuel Pepys, Thomas Jefferson, Sir John Soane, Thomas Bewick, and Denis and Edna Healey, Margaret Willes also investigates the means by which books were sold, lending fascinating insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. For those who are interested in books and reading, and especially those who treasure books, this book and its bounty of illustrations will inform, entertain, and inspire. 606 $aBook collectors$zGreat Britain 606 $aBook collecting$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aBook collectors$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aPrivate libraries$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aBook collectors$zUnited States 606 $aBook collecting$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aBook collectors 615 0$aBook collecting$xHistory. 615 0$aBook collectors 615 0$aPrivate libraries$xHistory. 615 0$aBook collectors 615 0$aBook collecting$xHistory. 676 $a002.075 700 $aSchoolfield$b George C., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0696067 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910725930503321 996 $aReading Matters$93375346 997 $aUNINA