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

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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 compani...

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Main Author: Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial, 2004.
Edition:1st Perennial ed.
Subjects:
Books > History.
Written communication > History.
Cultural property > Protection.
Library materials > Conservation and restoration.
Library materials > Reproduction.
Archival materials > Conservation and restoration.
Archival materials > Reproduction.
Digital preservation.
Censorship.
Analog-Digital Conversion
Livres > Histoire.
Communication écrite > Histoire.
Patrimoine culturel > Protection.
Documents de bibliothèque > Conservation et restauration.
Documents de bibliothèque > Reproduction.
Documents d'archives > Conservation et restauration.
Documents d'archives > Reproduction.
Numérisation.
Censure.
digital preservation.
Books.
Written communication.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Marbles and Names
  • 2. Editio Princeps
  • 3. The Ozymandias Factor
  • 4. Ex Libris Punicis
  • 5. From the Ashes
  • 6. Shelf Life
  • 7. Ingenious Cipher
  • 8. Into Thin Air
  • 9. Make Haste Slowly
  • 10. Music of the Spheres
  • Proper Passage: A Coda.