Books Are Basic: The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell
Powell, Lawrence Clark; edited by John David Marshall
Language: English
Published by University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1986
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Bookworm, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.The Bookworm
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Description: Book and dust jacket design by Christopher Stinehour. Portrait frontis. ''John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflects the man and his intellectual passions. The quotations are grouped under four headings: On Books and Reading; On Libraries, Librarians, and Librarianship; On Writers and Writing; and On Lawrence Clark Powell. ''I know about books'', writes Powell, ''I have lived with them all my life, have collected a million and a half for my university, and a few for myself. Have written some, read many; and best of all, led other people to read.'' Originally published in 1985, this is a later printing. BINDNG/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket. bibliography. Green endpapers. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall). 95 pages.
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- Title
- Books Are Basic: The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark; edited by John David Marshall
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardbound
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0816509522
- ISBN 13
- 9780816509522
- Edition
- 2nd Printing.
- Dimensions
- small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall)
- Seller catalogs
- Literature and Classics
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Review
"The perfect introduction to the alchemy of books. And this collection of excerpts from Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews also forms a fascinating portrait of this remarkable bookman."—Southwest Review
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