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

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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World - Basbanes, Nicholas A
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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 ...

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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World 2004, Harper Perennial, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060580803

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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World 2003, Harper, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060082871

Hardcover