# Alfred Edward Newton Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was an American writer, publisher, book collector, and industrialist. He is best known for his book "Amenities of Book Collecting" (1918), which sold over 25,000 copies and became a classic in the field of book collecting. Newton was an avid book collector who owned approximately 10,000 books at the time of his death, with a focus on English and American literary works. He lived in Daylesford, Pennsylvania, in a home called Oak Knoll. His three-volume book sale catalogue remains a useful reference for literature collectors today. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Alfred Edward Newton]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Alfred Edward Newton]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Alfred Edward Newton]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Alfred Edward Newton]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->