'The slip case is generally open-faced to show the spine of the volume or volumes...even those who dislike cases will admit that they are sometimes necessary... the slip-in case and the pull-off have an ancestry which goes back at least as far as the 18th Century.' - John Carter, ABC For Book Collectors
In the 1960s, Melbourne journalist Stuart Sayers wrote a series of articles for "The Age Literary Supplement”, entitled Melbourne's Book Collectors. The second featured book collectors was Dr. H. Boyd Graham [1891-1965] . . .
A relatively early work by the mystical writer William Freke (1662-1744), including sections on anger, meekness, logic, happiness, secrets, sincerity, censure, constancy, and more; culminating in 'The art of War, or the Usefulness of War'.
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