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BL
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1000737
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b755107
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| Main Entry
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Altick, Richard D., (Richard Daniel),1915-2008.
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| Title & Author
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The scholar adventurers /\ Richard D. Altick.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbus :: Ohio State University Press,, ©1987.
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xi, 338 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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081420435X
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: 9780814204351
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| Notes
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1950. With new pref.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface to the Ohio State University Press Edition -- Introduction: The unsung scholar -- The secret of the ebony cabinet -- The case of the curious bibliographers -- The quest of the knight-prisoner -- Hunting for manuscripts -- Exit a lady, enter another -- A gallery of inventors -- The scholar and the scientist -- Secrets in cipher -- The destructive elements -- Shades of Mrs. Grundy -- Post-Mortems -- On the trail of Byron -- The search for Sambir -- Discoveries: 'The Book of Margery Kempe'; Medwall's 'Fulgems and Lucres; The poems of Thomas Traherne; The poems of Edward Taylor; The Conway letters; Browning's 'Essay on Chatterton'; The Bronte's childhood fantasies.
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English literature-- Research.
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Learning and scholarship-- History.
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CHR 1987.
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PRO Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
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English literature-- Research.
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Intellectual life.
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Learning and scholarship.
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Great Britain, Intellectual life.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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820/.72/0922
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| LC Classification
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PR56.A7 1987
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