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  • 21Book collecting — Some inexpensive collectible books Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector.… …

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  • 22Charles G. Irion — (born July 10, 1951 Ontario, California) is an American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist and adventurer. Charles G. Irion is a businessman in commercial property development and real estate since the 1970s. Founder of U.S. Park Investments,… …

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  • 23Graham Arader — W. Graham Arader III is the foremost dealer of rare maps, prints and natural history watercolors within the United States, if not the world. He established his business in 1974, bringing a high charged, trading floor mentality to the genteel and… …

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  • 24Yosef Goldman — Yosef Goldman, a scholar of American Jewish history, is the author of the two volume reference work, (2006). This work is usually cited by auctioneers and rare book dealers. His collection of early American Judaica and Hebraica is said to be one… …

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  • 25Austrian National Library — Österreichische Nationalbibliothek English Austrian National Library The main entrance on Heldenplatz …

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  • 26Allan H. Stevenson — Allan Henry Stevenson (June 20, 1903  – March 31, 1970) was an American bibliographer specializing in the study of hand made paper and watermarks who single handedly created a new field: the bibliographical analysis of paper. [1] Through his …

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  • 27BIBLIOPHILES — Little is known about private book collectors in antiquity and in the early Middle Ages. It might be assumed, however, that patrons of learning, such as hisdai ibn shaprut , collected important Hebrew and other books. Historical sources refer to… …

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  • 28BOOK TRADE — Antiquity Information on the book trade in antiquity among Jews is very scanty. In biblical and talmudic times the scribe himself was the seller of his products (Tosef., Bik. 2:15; Pes. 50b; Git. 54b). The Tosefta (Av. Zar. 3:7–8) and the… …

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  • 29Minakata Kumagusu — In this Japanese name, the family name is Minakata . Minakata in the USA in 1891 Minakata Kumagusu (南方 熊楠? …

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  • 30architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …

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