Offers a field guide to book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first of book club editions...more details Format:hardback Pages:250
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780805061765
The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness...more details Format:Paperback Pages:668
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780060580803
A continuation of the study that began with A Gentle Madness and Patience & Fortitude considers the issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society...more details Format:Paperback Pages:464
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780060082871
In "A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience & Fortitude...more details Format:Hardback
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780300115987
For Yale University Press, which celebrates its hundredth birthday in 2008, the century has been an eventful one, punctuated with no few surprises. The Press has published more than 8...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:222
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780979949135
During the final quarter of the last century, writer Nicholas Basbanes, acclaimed author of A Gentle Madness, enjoyed the rare opportunity as literary editor of the Worcester...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:246
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780805074413
Offers a field guide to modern book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first or book club editions...more details Format:paperback Pages:272
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780060593247
Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:360
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780060593230
Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:360
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Nicholas A Basbanes
ISBN:9780060514464
The author of A Gentle Madness explores the history and continuing relevance of books, introducing readers to librarians, readers, writers, scholars...more details Format:Paperback Pages:688