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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Owl Books
Publication date
March 1, 1999
Pages
656
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805061765
ISBN-10
0805061762
Dimensions
2 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
2.10 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$22.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A celebration of the fine and increasingly popular art of book collecting offers a comprehensive and delightfully anecdotal account of the history of book preservation and collection and its eccentric, gifted, and obsessed practitioners. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
Reprint edition from Diane Pub Co (February 1, 2002)
9780756753399 | details & prices | List price $35.00
from Henry Holt & Co (August 1, 1995); titled "A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books"
9780805036534 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.75 in. | 2.40 lbs | List price $35.00
About: A history of book lore, book culture, and book lovers begins in Alexandria more than 2,500 years ago and passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present, offering special emphasis on collecting in Great Britain and North America
About: A history of book lore, book culture, and book lovers begins in Alexandria more than 2,500 years ago and passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present, offering special emphasis on collecting in Great Britain and North America
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Owl Books (March 1, 1999); titled "A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books"
9780805061765 | details & prices | 656 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 2.00 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $22.00
About: A history of book lore, book culture, and book lovers begins in Alexandria more than 2,500 years ago and passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present, offering special emphasis on collecting in Great Britain and North America
About: A history of book lore, book culture, and book lovers begins in Alexandria more than 2,500 years ago and passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present, offering special emphasis on collecting in Great Britain and North America
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