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

Basbanes, Nicholas A

ISBN 10: 0060580801 / ISBN 13: 9780060580803

Published by Harper Perennial - A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2004

About this Item

442 Pages Indexed. Black remainder mark on bottom page edges. No other marks and interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. In this book, 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. It would be hard to imagine anyone who more genuinely grasps the infinite meaning of literature, which, like a message in a bottle tossed on the waves of time, continues a dialogue of hope between writers past, present and future.

Seller Inventory # 20029

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
• Publisher: Harper Perennial - A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060580801
• ISBN 13: 9780060580803
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Vaccaro, Claire - Book Design
• Edition: First Perennial Edition First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.