Patience & Fortitude - A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
Nicholas A. Basbanes
HarperCollins (2001)
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Social Science
Book Collecting - History, Books - History, Books And Reading - History, Libraries - History
Hardcover 9780060196950
English
"In 1995 Nicholas Basbanes introduced a resonant phrase to describe the obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books, a condition more commonly known as bibliomania, one he christened in his book A Gentle Madness. Reviewing the work in the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda judged it to be a gallery of wonderful characters, "each more appealing than the last."" "Now, in Patience & Fortitude, Basbanes continues his discursive adventures among the gently mad, expanding his focus to probe the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key "book places" around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives.".
Product Details
LoC Classification Z4 .B395 2001
LoC Control Number 2001016935
Dewey 002.09
Cover Price $35.00
No. of Pages 656
Height x Width 9.3 x 6.1  inch
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