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Article: Mary Hyde Eccles. A Miscellany of Her Essays and Addresses.(Book Review)
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
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- March 22, 2003
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Ed. William Zachs. New York: Grolier Club, 2002. 299 pp.; $55.00 US (hardcover). ISBN 0 910672 42 3.
Mary Hyde Eccles, the American collector, editor, and moving force in a select circle of international bibliophiles, has been honoured by her fellow members of New York's Grolier Club on her ninetieth birthday with this collection of essays and addresses. The volume is a loving tribute, and as such it will be most appreciated by her many friends and fellow collectors. For those of us outside this rarefied world the collection will have less appeal. At times, one has to admit, it is downright boring. However the patient reader will find some fascinating glimpses ...