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A Gentle Madness
by Basbanes, Nicholas A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805036539
- ISBN 13
- 9780805036534
- Seller
-
Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
$55.25$44.20
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About This Item
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1995]. pp. 638, Bibliography, Index. 55 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, quarter black cloth with brown boards and gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean, wrinkling on some illus., light soiling on top & bottom edges, dampstain on upper corner of back cover, bleeding from dampstain onto top edge). d.j., unclipped (little wrinkled on top of back cover, small mark on back cover, tiny mark on inside of jacket, very slight wear to corners, otherwise no wear to dustjacket).
Very Good- condition. (dustjacket in Very Good condition).
Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (23.5cm x 16cm).
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- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B563
- Title
- A Gentle Madness
- Author
- Basbanes, Nicholas A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, quarter black cloth with brown boards and gilt title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805036539
- ISBN 13
- 9780805036534
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 638
- Keywords
- book collecting, bibliophile, bibliomania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on books;
Terms of Sale
Bazaar of Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or inaccurately described.
About the Seller
Bazaar of Books
Biblio member since 2020
Bridgewater , Nova Scotia
About Bazaar of Books
General used books, all subjects. Some limited and rare editions. Books of Canadiana and about Nova Scotia.
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