The man pleased no one in life, the Reverend John Fenwick, a favored son-in-law, observed, and I expect he has managed to displease everybody in death as well. The collection Sir Thomas Phillipps left was so enormous that a full century of inventories, private sales, and auctions was necessary to sort it out
A federal court order formalized the agreement in December
The high-end cases and tools were part of a partnership with cigar accessories maker Brizard & Co
Friendly, knowledgeable staff take the time to listen and suggest various products from customer feedback
But we now know that this safety argument was a myth, one of the many created by the tobacco industry to sell cigarettes. The yellow discoloration is reportedly an innovation deliberately created to reassure smokers that the filter is working, and comes from a change in pH rather than an accumulation of tar
In an introduction to the seven-volume auction catalogue, Beverly Chew, a fellow New York bibliophile, described a visit his friend once made to an unnamed European library in which everything was covered with dust, with leaves stained and bindings broken and in every way proclaiming the effects of indifference and neglect. Disgusted by the sight, Hoe came home convinced that only those who love books should have them in their custody. Though Robert Hoe was greatly esteemed in book circles, his passing meant little more to the world at large than that of any other businessman who had prospered during Americas Gilded Age
