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The Booklover and His Books

by Harry Lyman Koopman

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  1. 1Dedication — Prefatory Note
  2. 2Books and Booklovers
  3. 3Fitness in Book Design
  4. 4Print as an Interpreter of Meaning
  5. 5Favorite Book Sizes
  6. 6The Value of Reading, to the Public and to the Individual
  7. 7The Book of To-Day and the Book of To-Morrow
  8. 8A Constructive Critic of the Book
  9. 9Books as a Librarian Would Like Them
  10. 10The Book Beautiful
  11. 11The Reader’s High Privilege
  12. 12The Background of the Book
  13. 13The Chinese Book
  14. 14Thick Paper and Thin
  15. 15The Clothing of a Book
  16. 16Parchment Bindings
  17. 17Lest We Forget the Few Great Books
  18. 18Printing Problems for Science to Solve
  19. 19Types and Eyes: The Problem
  20. 20Types and Eyes: Progress
  21. 21Exceptions to the Rule of Legibility
  22. 22Orthographic Reform
  23. 23The Perversities of Type
  24. 24A Secret of Personal Power

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