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by Nicholas A. Basbanes
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At the core of a high-stakes political speech that has survived the passage of twenty-four centuries is a caustic aside on the merits of safeguarding written testimony and the need to archive documentary material.
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- Title A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
- Author Nicholas A. Basbanes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date November 2, 2004
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780060580803 / 0060580801
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Censorship, Digital preservation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003047821
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.224
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New York: Perennial / Harper Collins, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. First paperback printing. Minimal cosmetic wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. xviii, 442 pp. 8vo. 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 Prizeâwinning 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…
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