Patience and Fortitude
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Nicholas Basbanes's A Gentle Madness, focused on the obsessive lives of book collectors. Now, in Patience & Fortitude, he considers the more comprehensive concept of book culture-and the continual relevance of books in our lives. Patience & Fortitude considers the evolving form of the book over the centuries, preservation efforts, and the great national, public, and institutional libraries around the world. With emphasis on the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated book people-librarians, readers, writers, scholars, bookmakers, booksellers, bibliographers, preservationists, archivists, and collectors-this colorful narrative history is the perfect gift for book lovers.
Author: Nicholas A Basbanes
Format: Paperback, 688 pages, 151mm x 229mm, 700 g
Published: 2003, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous
Description
Nicholas Basbanes's A Gentle Madness, focused on the obsessive lives of book collectors. Now, in Patience & Fortitude, he considers the more comprehensive concept of book culture-and the continual relevance of books in our lives. Patience & Fortitude considers the evolving form of the book over the centuries, preservation efforts, and the great national, public, and institutional libraries around the world. With emphasis on the experiences and thoughts of all kinds of dedicated book people-librarians, readers, writers, scholars, bookmakers, booksellers, bibliographers, preservationists, archivists, and collectors-this colorful narrative history is the perfect gift for book lovers.
Patience and Fortitude