A Splendor of Letters

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Title Context: A Splendor of Letters
Primary Contributor: Nicholas A. Basbanes
System ISBN Index: 9780060580803
Language Presentation: English (US Standard)
Page Manifest Extent: Standard Printing Edition Count pages

Description

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 bibliophil