A Splendor Of Letters

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A Splendor of Letters : The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

A Splendor of Letters : The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

by Nicholas A. Basbanes

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New York: HarperCollins [0-06-008287-9] 2003, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 444pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. (Books About Books, Book Collecting, Books--History, Censorship, Libraries).
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A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS: The Permanence of Book in an Impermanent World

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Harper, 2003 8vo (23.5 cm), XX, 444 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. From the publisher's description: "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… Read more about this item
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New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Stated First edition w complete number line. HC w DJ. MV NF/NF. Black quarter cloth over brown boards, spine titling bright, deckled fore-edge, clean, unmarked, tight, remainder mark to bottom edge. Unclipped DJ ($29.95) lightly touched. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING… Read more about this item
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A splendor of letters : the permanence of books in an impermanent world / Nicholas A. Basbanes

A splendor of letters : the permanence of books in an impermanent world / Nicholas A. Basbanes

by Basbanes, Nicholas A. (1943-)

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New York : HarperCollins, 2004. Paperback Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; xviii, 444 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Books History. Written communication History. Cultural property Protection. Library materials Conservation and restoration. Library materials Reproduction. Archival materials. Conservation and restoration. Digital preservation. Censorship.
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by Basbanes, Nicholas A.

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New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060082879 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. This one SIGNED by author Nicholas A. Basbanes directly on the title page; Basbanes closes his trilogy on the world of book and bibliophiles, following A… Read more about this item
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A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS: THE PERFORMANCE OF BOOKS IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD

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New York: Harper Collins, 2003. First Edition. The author's fourth book, offering "a consideration of the many pressing issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society." First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black and brown paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjaket; 444pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with only some trivial shelfwear… Read more about this item
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New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. xviii, 444 pp. Signed by Basbanes on the title-page. Head and foot of spine bruised and there is a small bump to lower edge of front cover; dustjacket is in fine condition. A very nice, tight copy.
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NY: HarperCollins, 2003. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 444pp, index, no illus. 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… Read more about this item
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A Splendor Of Letters

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by Basbanes, Nicholas A.

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