A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
by Basbanes, Nicholas A
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060580801
- ISBN 13
- 9780060580803
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About This Item
New York: Harper Perennial - A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. First Perennial Edition First Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6" x 9. Vaccaro, Claire - Book Design. 442 Pages Indexed. Black remainder mark on bottom page edges. No other marks and interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. In this book, 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." In this beautifully packaged edition, Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles. It would be hard to imagine anyone who more genuinely grasps the infinite meaning of literature, which, like a message in a bottle tossed on the waves of time, continues a dialogue of hope between writers past, present and future.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20029
- Title
- A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
- Author
- Basbanes, Nicholas A
- Illustrator
- Vaccaro, Claire - Book Design
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Perennial Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060580801
- ISBN 13
- 9780060580803
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial - A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 6" x 9
- Keywords
- HISTORY BOOKS CONSERVATION RRESTORATION ARCHIVAL REPRODUCTION COMMUNICATION
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