A splendor of letters : the permanence of books in an impermanent world /

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 compani...

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Main Author: Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial, 2004.
Edition:1st Perennial ed.
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