Black paper covered boards, gilt stamped lettering. This book is his story of growing up in 1950s rural australia when reading books was regarded with suspicion and owning or collecting them was an unheard of eccentricity. Baxter has had a fascinating life from his youth in a remote small town in new south wales, australia to his current upper level apartments near boulevard st. Baxters memoir will be of great interest to serious book collectors because so much of the book conveys the insiders perspective.
Book collectors, book collecting, australian authors, biography. Confessions of a book addict random house uk, 2002 welcome to another bookish friday. It also explores the exploding market in first editions. John baxter born 14 december 1939 in randwick, new south wales, australia is an australianborn writer, journalist, and filmmaker. Confessions of a book addict by john baxter 417pp, doubleday. Pdf the book addict download full pdf book download. Confessions of a book addict john baxter in the rural australia of the fifties where john baxter grew up, reading books was disregarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter incomprehension. In the rural australia of the fifties where john baxter grew up, reading books was disregarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter. Short of dying and finding myself in usedbook heaven, i never thought i. Short of dying and finding myself in used book heaven, i never thought i would ever find a copy of robert. A pound of paper by john baxter books the guardian. In the rural australia of the fifties where john baxter grew up, r. Books about baxter, john, 1939 what should i read next. One of my friends, for example, reads all his books borrowed from the public library.
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Confessions of a book addict by john baxter baxter details how he became a book collector, one spanning years and countries. Read online the book addict and download the book addict book full in pdf formats. Confessions of a book addict new edition by baxter, john isbn. Despite this, by the age of eleven baxter had collected his first book the poems of rupert brooke. Read a pound of paper confessions of a book addict by john baxter available from rakuten kobo. See all books authored by john baxter, including the most beautiful walk in the world, and a pound of paper.
He was the subject of a limited edition photographic book martin stone, bookscout by the california rare bookseller peter howard of serendipity books. In the comic tradition of clive jamess unreliable memoirs, a pound of paper describes how a boy from the bush came to be living in a paris penthouse with a library worth millions. Hed read the volume often, but now he had to own it. Confessions of a book addict, film biographer and critic john baxter relates to this bookcollecting hobby in the extreme. Confessions of a book addict by john baxter 2003, hardcover at the best online prices at. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He was a major player in john baxters memoir a pound of paper. In the rural australia of the fifties where john baxter grew up, reading books was disregarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter incomprehension.
John baxter in the rural australia of the fifties where john baxter grew up, reading books was regarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter incomprehension. A paris christmas and the most beautiful walk in the world. Confessions of a book addict, film biographer and critic john baxter relates to this book collecting hobby in the extreme. Confessions of a book addict need to be hidden from family members.
When it comes to the world of books and reading, there are usually two kinds of people. A pound of paperthe weight, more or less of a bookis the peg on which baxter hangs episodes of autobiography. Delaware county district library ohio american libraries. Bibliophiles know the affinity that film biographer john baxter shares with us. Baxter has, book lovers will comprehend the need to hit the obscure bookstore whether.
Though i do not believe in censorship, books like a pound of paper. Confessions of a book addict kindle edition by baxter, john. John baxter a book collector offers his recollections of his encounters with literary figures and traces his transformation from an australian bush child to a parisian penthouse occupant with a personal library. Here you will find all the famous john baxter quotes. Baxter has lived in britain and the united states as well as in his native sydney, but has made his home in paris since 1989, where he is married to the filmmaker mariedominique montel. Afterwards, if he really likes it, he will buy a copy of the book for keeps. Baxter mentions many works of literature, many bookstores and many stories about getting the books he wanted. Confessions of a book addict by john baxter online at alibris.
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