A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
Harper, November 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Full number line. Signed on the title page by Nicholas Basbanes. More
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On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
Alfred A. Knopf, October 2013. Hardcover. A Best Book of the Year: "Mother Jones," "Bloomberg News, ""National Post," "Kirkus Reviews" A consideration of all things paper its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers written..... More
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
Alfred A. Knopf, October 2013. Hardcover. A Best Book of the Year: "Mother Jones," "Bloomberg News, ""National Post," "Kirkus Reviews" A consideration of all things paper its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers written..... More
Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
HarperCollins Publishers, October 2001. Hardcover. "Compulsory for anyone seriously interested in books or curious about the manic nature of collecting." --New York Times Book Review In his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to possess books. Now, Basbanes continues his adventures among the..... More
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