| Description |
x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 199 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Printed in England at the Curwen Press Plaistow." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"This edition is limited to 2000 copies, numbered 1 to 2000, and 48 special copies, signed by the author and printed on J. Barcham Green's hand-made paper, numbered I to XLVIII." |
| Copy/Version |
On prelim. pg.: This is number 600 [number is handwritten]; 2000 copies of this limited edition. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Of bibliophobia, or fear of books. Bibliophobia introduced ; Active and passive bibliophobes ; Superstitious sabotage. ; Books condemned to death ; The good man as bibliophobe -- Pt. II. O God! O Montreal! Podsnapery introduced ; Of poisonous books. ; Fear of poets and romancers ; Good and bad books considered -- Pt. III. The consequences of fig leaves. Advertising forbidden fruit ; The difficulties of censorship ; The riddle of obscenity ; Fears, Idle Fears ; Catching up to Montaigne ; Prudes and persecutions -- Pt. IV. A digression of aphrodisiacs. The pervasion of allurements ; Potions and foodstuffs considered ; Of Philters ; The voice of the turtle ; The temptations of modesty ; Feminine allurements ; Literary aphrodisiacs ; Wit cures wantonness -- Pt. V. The locked cupboard -- Pt. VI. Women and the fear of books. Bibliophily a masculine passion ; Women are jealous of books ; Book-love contra matrimony ; Henpecked bookmen ; A digression of women readers -- Pt. VII. Remedies Considered. The bibliophobe malgré lui ; The unwanted book ; The bibliophobe discouraged. |
| Subject |
Books and reading.
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Books and reading. |
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Prohibited books.
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Prohibited books. |
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Pornography.
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Pornography. |
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Pornography. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948. Fear of books. London : Soncino Press ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932 (OCoLC)654555887 |
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