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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial, 2003.
Edition:First Perennial edition.
Subjects:
Books > History.
Books and reading > History.
Book collecting > History.
Libraries > History.
Livres > Histoire.
Livres et lecture > Histoire.
Bibliophilie > Histoire.
Bibliothèques > Histoire.
Book collecting.
Books.
Books and reading.
Libraries.
Boeken.
Boekwezen.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the online version of the table of contents.
Description
Item Description:Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2001, with subtitle: a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture.
The Cushing Library/Basbanes Collection copy is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection.
Physical Description:xviii, 636 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-602) and index.
ISBN:0060514469
9780060514464