Books and Bibliographies

New York: The Typophiles , 1951 A small typographic festschrift dedicated to John Archer upon retirement from his long service as head of printing and publishing at the New York Public Library. Contributions by colleagues and friends (members of the Typophiles Club) illustrations of some of the books he produced, and a set of "Sagittarii - designs of printers devices/ bookplates for an "Archer". Edition limited to 640 copies, 94p. illus Typophile Chapbooks, no. XXV ID: 9141428740 . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. more information

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New York: Henry Holt, 1995 "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 is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books and the people who have revered, gathered, and preserved them over the centuries. Author Nicholas Basbanes. a dedicated bibliophile himself, begins his book 2,200 years ago in Alexandria, when a commitment was made to gather all the world's knowledge beneath one roof. In a series of lively chapters, the continuum then passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the twentieth century. with a special emphasis on book lore and book culture in Great Britain and North America. In the second half of A Gentle Madness. Basbanes offers a gallery of revealing profiles of living collectors and presents exclusive examinations of the great contemporary stories-the rare-book thefts of Stephen Blumberg: "institutional bilbiomania" at the University of Texas; the mystery man who used $17 million of another preson's money to gain recognition as the greatest book collector alive. These are just a few of the stories detailed for the first time. The book also includes the most comprehensive bibliography on book collecting compiled in more than a quarter century." 638 p.Illus.notes, biibliography index.. 1st US Ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped. more information

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New York: HarperCollins, 2003 "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, a companion work that prompted the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer David McCullough to proclaim him "the leading authority of books about books." Basbanes now offers a consideration of the many pressing issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society, such as the willful destruction of books and libraries in Sarajevo, Tibet, and Cambodia, and the spirited efforts to restore them. The matter of "discards" at various libraries takes on an entirely new dimension as well, with fully researched stories about the kind of attitudes that may lead to the loss of "last copies" of important works. In vivid detail, Basbanes examines the many materials that have been used over the centuries to record information-among them clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, slabs of stone, palm leaves, animal skins, and hammered sheets of gold and copper. Also discussed are the various debates that continue to rage about preservation, which may mean saving and storing books on paper indefinitely, or as electronic data, which are by nature ephemeral. In this beautifully packaged edition, Nicholas Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles." 444p. bibliography.index (may have remainder mark) . 1st.US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information

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Oxford: Oxford U.Press., 1986 ". explore a rich vein of fantasy, eccentricity, humour, and social comment in this comprehensive survey of women in the detective story and spy thriller., and in their saga present for our edification and delight a splendidy mixed bunch of amateur and professional sleuths." 253p. illus bibliography.index. First Pbk.Ed.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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Dublin: Archbishop Marsh's Library, 1994 Archbishop Narcissus Marsh established the first public librray in Dublin in 1701, and it is one of the finest collections of books of the 17th to early 19th centuries relating to Ireland. This is a catalogue of a selection made for an exhibition at the Library. This is copy number 441 of 750 copies, signed on the verso by Muriel McCarthy. 96p. illus.index bibliography. Slight water mark on back cover, else fine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. more information

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