The Book-Hunter in London : Historical And Other Studies of Collectors And Collecting
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In a general way, books are subject, like other merchandise, to the laws of supply and demand.
But, as with other luxuries, the demand fluctuates accord- ing to fashion rather than from any real, tangible want.
The want, for example, of the edition of Chaucer printed by Caxton, or of the Boccaccio by Valdarfer, is an arbitrary rather than a literary one, for the text of neither is without faults, or at all definitive. To take quite another class of books as an illustration : the demand for firs...t editions of Dickens, Thackeray, Ruskin, and others, is perhaps greater BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES ■ 99 than the supply ; but we do not read these first editions any more than the Caxton Chaucer or the Valdarfer Boc- caccio ; we can get all the good we want out of the fiftieth edition. We do not, however, feel called upon to antici- pate the labours and inquiries of the future Adam Smith ; it must suffice us to indicate some of the more interesting prices and fashions in book-fancies which have prevailed during the last two centuries or so in London.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In a general way, books are subject, like other merchandise, to the laws of supply and demand.
But, as with other luxuries, the demand fluctuates accord- ing to fashion rather than from any real, tangible want.
The want, for example, of the edition of Chaucer printed by Caxton, or of the Boccaccio by Valdarfer, is an arbitrary rather than a literary one, for the text of neither is without faults, or at all definitive. To take quite another class of books as an illustration : the demand for firs...t editions of Dickens, Thackeray, Ruskin, and others, is perhaps greater BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES ■ 99 than the supply ; but we do not read these first editions any more than the Caxton Chaucer or the Valdarfer Boc- caccio ; we can get all the good we want out of the fiftieth edition. We do not, however, feel called upon to antici- pate the labours and inquiries of the future Adam Smith ; it must suffice us to indicate some of the more interesting prices and fashions in book-fancies which have prevailed during the last two centuries or so in London.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Loewy, Benno, 1854-1919. Fmo to read onlineMoreLess
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