A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists Oncollecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring For, and Appreciating Books
About this title: Some of the bibliomaniacs whose essays or stories are collected in this anthology are great writers whose books are themselves the subjects of some collectors' uncontrollable ardor--Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Gustave Flaubert, and Anatole France are all represented here. Other contributors--Anna Quindlen, Nicholas Basbanes, Robert Benchley--are ...
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Times Books Publishers
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780812931129ISBN:0812931122
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. pages like new with shelf, cover and edge wear; tanning on cover; white; 7-19-09. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Times Books/Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780812931129ISBN:0812931122
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very slight edgewear. Pages clean, bright and tight. Trade paperback, 355 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Times Books
Date Published: 1999
Description: Trade Size. USED LIKE NEW fin-/no dj issued, clean bright color covers, interior clean and solid and bright, looks new and unread. read more
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"I was disappointed by this collection of essays about book collecting and the general appreciation of books. It did yield a few collectable quotes and some titles with potential to end up on my wish list."
"This collection of essays, cartoons, lists, and stories about books, reading, and bibliophiles is the kind of collection that makes one proud to be a fanatical reader. There were essays that made me laugh out loud (mostly at myself), and one in particular that made me cry. I realized that my obsessive need to own, read, and share books is far from unusual; in fact I am merely one individual in a massive club of the most interesting people in history. Bibliophiles unite, and celebrate your fantastic insanity with the writers, readers, and collectors represented in this book."
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