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Patience & fortitude : wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy / Nicholas A. Basbanes

By:

Basbanes, Nicholas A, , 1943-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Perennial , 2003, c2001.Edition: 1st Perennial edDescription: xviii, 636 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780060514464

Other title:

Patience and fortitude

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

002.09 BAS

LOC classification:

Z4 .B395 2001

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	002.09 BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		012918

Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.

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.

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