The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books
ever written, Blades's Enemies of Books enummerates the enemies as:
Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry;
The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; Servants and
Children. This new and corrected edition adds an article on
Librarians as Enemies of Books, an Introduction, a biography of
Blades, and many helpful notes. William Blades (1824-1890) was a
printer and bibliographer. His Life of Caxton revolutionised our
understanding of the first English printer.
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