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

Basbanes, Nicholas A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060580801 ISBN 13: 9780060580803

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2004

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: November 2004 Pages: 464 in Publisher: Harper Collins 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 ings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060580801
• ISBN 13: 9780060580803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464