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Collectors and collecting books

8 free books about collectors and collecting, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.

Top authorsFred. W. Burgess William De Lancey Ellwanger Arthur Hayden William Carew Hazlitt Riccardo Nobili A. S. W. Rosenbach Charles Rowed Gardner C. Teall

Chats on Household Curios

Fred. W. Burgess

The work is a nonfiction guide to the small, often overlooked objects that once filled ordinary British…

Cover of The Oriental Rug
A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors.

The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors.

William De Lancey Ellwanger

The Oriental Rug is a scholarly monograph that sets out to catalogue and explain the myriad varieties of…

The Pleasures of Collecting

Gardner C. Teall

Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors

Arthur Hayden

Cover of The Gentle Art of Faking
A history of the methods of producing imitations & spurious works of art from the earliest times up to the present day

The Gentle Art of Faking A history of the methods of producing imitations & spurious works of art from the earliest times up to the present day

Riccardo Nobili

The Confessions of a Collector

William Carew Hazlitt

The Unpublishable Memoirs

A. S. W. Rosenbach

Collecting as a Pastime

Charles Rowed