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

English

ISBN: 0060580801

EAN: 9780060580803

Category: Literary Criticism / Books & Reading/Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 11/07/2004

Synopsis: 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 his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.

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

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.81 inches

Width: 5.99 inches

Length: 8.96 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 464