For people who love to read and care for books in their physical forms, books about books are of endless fascination. Not just that but the lives of authors, the process and techniques of creativity and the impact of reading and the people that books build are of continual interest and plenty of books testify to that.
Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was a writer and publisher whose output included numerous titles on the world of books and reading including The Anatomy of Bibliomania (1930), Maxima of Books and Reading (1934) and the Pleasures of Reading (1948). Bookman’s Holiday (above) was first published in 1945 and captures the extent of his reading and knowledge.
I was pleased to find in here a quotation which I’d often heard…
And Shakespeare, of course…
The Solitary Reader 