A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
By: Hans Peter Kraus
4.00
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
First edition. Autobiography of this famous rare book dealer. Information on Sir Thomas Phillipps, …
Want to ReadIf you liked the books about books plot in A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus by Hans Peter Kraus , here is a list of 8 books like this:
1. A History of Reading
By: Alberto Manguel
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book--that string of confused, alien … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
2. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
By: Christopher de Hamel
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
'An endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book' Neil MacGregor 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An ext… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Christopher de Hamel's Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
3. The Sandman: Overture
By: None , Neil Gaiman , J.H. Williams III , Todd Klein
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Twenty-five years since 's legendary series is back in a deluxe hardcover edition! The Sandman: Ov… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's The Sandman: Overture book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
4. A Book of Booksellers: Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade, 1991-2003
By: None
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's A Book of Booksellers: Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade, 1991-2003 book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
5. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
By: David A. Sinclair
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taugh… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in David A. Sinclair's Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
6. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
Want to Read $ 9.17Similar categories in Oliver Darkshire's Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Michael Finkel's The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
8. The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth o… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe) book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
"Glory dwelt in that city of Gondolin of the Seven Names, and its ruin was the most dread of all the sacks of cities upon the face of Earth."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"There long he sojourned alone and roamed about the shore or fared over the rocks at the ebb, marvelling at the pools and the great weeds, the dripping caverns and the strange sea-fowl that he saw and…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"If I chose to send thee, Tour son of Hour, them believe not that thy one sword is not worth the sending. For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marveling that…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
9. Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
By: Alberto Manguel
3.76
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of… read more
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Alberto Manguel's Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
"She thinks, The boy has issues. He’s no longer a surly, grumpy, malicious adolescent, rude to his elders, “fat, and scant of breath."-Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
"A biologia diz-nos que descendemos de criaturas de carne e osso, mas, no fundo, sabemos bem que somos filhos e filhas de fantasmas de papel e tinta."-Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
10. The Library: A Fragile History
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Andrew Pettegree's The Library: A Fragile History book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
11. The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade
By: Gary Goodman
3.82
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gar… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Gary Goodman's The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
"Okay, so I know I’m not the last bookseller. People still sell books. But I’m one of the last of a certain kind of bookseller. The kind that for six hundred years rooted around basements, book bins, …"-Gary Goodman, The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade
12. The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
By: Adam Smyth
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books t… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Adam Smyth's The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
13. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Andrew Pettegree's The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
14. A Factotum in the Book Trade
By: Marius Kociejowski
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The bookshop is, and will always be, the soul of the trade. What happens there does not happen else… read more
Want to Read $ 9.97Similar categories in Marius Kociejowski's A Factotum in the Book Trade book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
"As for the shop there is a breed of Homo sapiens that will walk inside, take a deep breath, and say, 'Mmm, I just love the smell of old books.' They are to be got rid of as quickly as possible, with …"-Marius Kociejowski, A Factotum in the Book Trade
15. A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
By: Hans Peter Kraus
4.00
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
First edition. Autobiography of this famous rare book dealer. Information on Sir Thomas Phillipps, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
- books about books
16. Safeguarding History: Trailblazing Adventures Inside the Worlds of Collecting and Forging History
By: Kenneth W. Rendell
3.80
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Safeguarding Trailblazing Adventures Inside the Worlds of Collecting and Forging History, with for… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Kenneth W. Rendell's Safeguarding History: Trailblazing Adventures Inside the Worlds of Collecting and Forging History book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
17. Books and Bidders - The Adventures of a Bibliophile
By: A.S.W. Rosenbach
4.04
Format: 311 pages, None
An edited and expanded collection of magazine articles about the authors experiences as both a book… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in A.S.W. Rosenbach's Books and Bidders - The Adventures of a Bibliophile book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
18. Out of Print and into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the 20th Century
By: Giles Mandelbrote
3.80
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
First edition, first printing. Published to mark the centenary of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Asso… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Giles Mandelbrote's Out of Print and into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the 20th Century book and Hans Peter Kraus's A Rare Book Saga: The Autobiography of H. P. Kraus
