Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes and Complete Book Reviews

PATIENCE & FORTITUDE: A Roving Chronicle of Book People
PATIENCE & FORTITUDE: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
Nicholas A. Basbanes, Author . HarperCollins $35 (656p) ISBN 978-0-06-019695-0
A sequel of sorts to Basbanes's earlier A Gentle Madness (on the manic nature of bookselling and book-collecting), this copious volume takes its title from the formidable lions guarding the entrance to the main branch of the New York Public...
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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
Nicholas A. Basbanes, Author . HarperCollins $29.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-008287-1
The final volume in an acclaimed trilogy for bibliophiles (after A Gentle Madness and Patience & Fortitude) focuses on efforts to preserve books and other printed matter from the ravages of deterioration, destruction and obsolescence. The...
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Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
Nicholas A. Basbanes, Author . HarperCollins $29.95 (360p) ISBN 978-0-06-059323-0
As in A Gentle Madness and other books, syndicated columnist Basbanes again proves his fascination with the minutiae of bibliophilia, relating with relish how many volumes were in various famous readers' collections, who wrote in their margins,
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A World of Letters: Yale University Press
A World of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908–2008
Nicholas A. Basbanes, Author . Yale Univ. $26 (222p) ISBN 978-0-300-11598-7
Over the past 100 years, Yale University Press has ably steered a course through publishing's stormy seas, producing a host of memorable scholarly monographs as well as bestsellers. Bibliophile Basbanes (A Gentle Madness ) offers a glowing...
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On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
Nicholas A. Basbanes. Knopf, $35 (448p) ISBN 978-0-307-26642-2
Journalist and unapologetic bibliophile Basbanes (A Splendor of Letters) sets out to explore the nature of paper and returns with an absolutely fascinating tale. Told in an engaging, accessible manner, his coverage of the topic is a wide-ranging,...
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AMONG THE GENTLY MAD: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-first Century
AMONG THE GENTLY MAD: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-first Century
Nicholas Basbanes, Illustrator, Nicholas A. Basbanes, Author . Holt $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5159-9
Basbanes's guide to book collecting is a more practical, but no less impassioned, complement to his earlier history of bibliophilia, A Gentle Madness. He presents useful tips illustrated with charming anecdotes about the collecting habits of...
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