![]() ![]() These three books are considered a trilogy: A Gentle Madness being about the history of book collectors, Patience & Fortitude being about libraries, and The Splendor of Letters being about book preservation.īasbanes‘s other books also sound interesting: ![]() The Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent WorldĪ National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in non-fiction in 1995 and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, A Gentle Madness is in it’s sixteenth printing (click here for a review from the NYTimes Book Review)! How in the world have I not heard of this book or this author until now? Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture (or Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy )ģ. ![]() A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for BooksĢ. I have just heard of three books that I simply MUST read:ġ. ![]()
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