A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World [Signed]

Basbanes, Nicholas A.

ISBN 10: 0060082879 ISBN 13: 9780060082871

Verlag: Harper Collins, New York, 2003

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Signed by Author. Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped black paper spine with brown paper over boards, 444 pages, signed by author on the half-title page. In an illustrated dust jacket that is lightly rubbed, has an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz. Category: Nonfiction; Books on Books. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0060082879. ISBN/EAN: 9780060082871. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015203.

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Titel

A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World [Signed]

Verlag

Harper Collins, New York

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

ISBN-10

0060082879

ISBN-13

9780060082871

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

First Edition.

Zustand

Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

Very Good

Signiert

Signatur des Verfassers

Verk�uferkataloge

Nonfiction

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Inhaltsangabe

In A Splendor of Letters, 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."

Basbanes now offers a consideration of the many pressing issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society, such as the willful destruction of books and libraries in Sarajevo, Tibet, and Cambodia, and the spirited efforts to restore them. The matter of "discards" at various libraries takes on an entirely new dimension as well, with fully researched stories about the kind of attitudes that may lead to the loss of �last copies� of important works.

In vivid detail, Basbanes examines the many materials that have been used over the centuries to record information -- among them clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, slabs of stone, palm leaves, animal skins, and hammered sheets of gold and copper. Also discussed are the various debates that continue to rage about preservation, which may mean saving and storing books on paper indefinitely, or as electronic data, which are by nature ephemeral.

In this beautifully packaged edition, Nicholas Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.

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Nicholas A. Basbanes was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram from 1978 to 1991, and is a former president of the Friends of the Robert H. Goddard Library of Clark University.

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Dennis Holzman Antiques is located at 111 Remsen St., Cohoes, New York. In addition to antiques, manuscripts, fine art and collectibles, we sell used, rare, and out-of-print books both in our store and on-line. We pack carefully and ship promptly. Our telephone number is: 518 326-2061 (Monday - Friday, 11-5 Eastern time; Saturdays 11-3 Eastern Time); our e-mail is: info@holzmanantiques.com.

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