A Splendor of Letters - The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas A. Basbanes has worked as an award-winning investigative reporter, a literary editor, and a nationally syndicated columnist. The author of five books, he also writes a regular column for Fine Books & Collections magazine and lectures widely on book-related issues. He and his wife, Constance, live in Massachusetts. Klappentext 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." In this beautifully packaged edition, Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles. Zusammenfassung 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." In this beautifully packaged edition, Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas A Basbanes, Nicholas A. Basbanes
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2004
• EAN: 9780060580803
• ISBN: 978-0-06-058080-3
• No. of pages: 442
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY: General, LITERARY CRITICISM: Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Jewelry, COMPOSITION & WRITING: ON LANGUAGE, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Stamps, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: General, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Furniture, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Reference