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Basbanes, Nicholas A

Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

Perennial HarperCollins, 2003

20,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
2003
ISBN
0060514469
Luogo di stampa
New York
Autore
Basbanes, Nicholas A
Editori
Perennial HarperCollins
Edizione
1st Pbk Edition
Soggetto
BOOKS ARCHIVES LIBRARIES BOOK DEALERS
Descrizione
S
Sovracoperta
No
Stato di conservazione
Come nuovo
Legatura
Brossura
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione

Descrizione

The obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books is commonly known as bibliomania. Basbanes expands the meaning , focusing on the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key 'book places' around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives. He explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including acedmic, public, private, and national repositories. He documents many pertinent book stories that have not been told before, and offers unprecedented depth to others that have barely scratched the surface. He profiles the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated 'book people', be they librarians, readers, writers, bookmakers, booksellers, preservationists, or collectors. 603p.