Patience & fortitude : wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy
Basbanes, Nicholas A. , 1943-
Patience & fortitude : wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy Patience and fortitude / Nicholas A. Basbanes - 1st Perennial ed. - New York : Perennial , 2003, c2001. - xviii, 636 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.
PART ONE: OVERTURE 1. Eternal Life -- 2. Godspeed -- PART TWO: BOOK PEOPLE --3. Madness Redux --4. Splendid Anachronisms --5. Profiles in Bibliophagia --6. Hunters and Gatherers --7. Many Years PART THREE: BO0K PLACES --8. The People's Palace --9. Once and Future Library --10. In the Stacks --l1. Deep Slee --12. As in a Vial
Basbanes continues his adventures among the "gently mad" on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past -- from Alexandria to Glastonbury -- and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenb ttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 "by selling bottles of his own blood." Taking the book's grand title from the marble lions guarding the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, Basbanes both entertains and delights.
9780060514464
2001016935
Books----History
Books and reading
Book collecting
Libraries----History
Z4 / .B395 2001
002.09 BAS
Patience & fortitude : wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy Patience and fortitude / Nicholas A. Basbanes - 1st Perennial ed. - New York : Perennial , 2003, c2001. - xviii, 636 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.
PART ONE: OVERTURE 1. Eternal Life -- 2. Godspeed -- PART TWO: BOOK PEOPLE --3. Madness Redux --4. Splendid Anachronisms --5. Profiles in Bibliophagia --6. Hunters and Gatherers --7. Many Years PART THREE: BO0K PLACES --8. The People's Palace --9. Once and Future Library --10. In the Stacks --l1. Deep Slee --12. As in a Vial
Basbanes continues his adventures among the "gently mad" on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past -- from Alexandria to Glastonbury -- and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenb ttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 "by selling bottles of his own blood." Taking the book's grand title from the marble lions guarding the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, Basbanes both entertains and delights.
9780060514464
2001016935
Books----History
Books and reading
Book collecting
Libraries----History
Z4 / .B395 2001
002.09 BAS
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