A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of

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.

Nicholas A. Basbanes was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram from 1978 to 1991, and is a former president of the Friends of the Robert H. Goddard Library of Clark University.

Preface
Marbles and Names	p. 1
Editio Princeps	p. 27
The Ozymandias Factor	p. 59
Ex Libris Punicis	p. 93
From the Ashes	p. 133
Shelf Life	p. 179
Ingenious Cipher	p. 229
Into Thin Air	p. 255
Make Haste Slowly	p. 283
Music of the Spheres	p. 311
Proper Passage: A Coda	p. 363
Notes	p. 369
Bibliography	p. 407
Author's Interviews	p. 423
Index	p. 425
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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

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