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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 12673, member: 201&quot;]I should add that the Spooner book isn&#039;t at all typical of the books my mother collected.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was a textile designer, and most of her antiquarian books are in the fine and decorative arts, and natural history (botanical) areas. She bought them for inspiration and sometimes used them in her designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>After she retired her purchases became more eclectic and less discriminating. She probably bought the Spooner book because it was signed by the author, without knowing anything about it. I doubt that she paid more than a few bucks for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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