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by Nicholas A. Basbanes
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At the core of a high-stakes political speech that has survived the passage of twenty-four centuries is a caustic aside on the merits of safeguarding written testimony and the need to archive documentary material.
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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.
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- Title A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
- Author Nicholas A. Basbanes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Publication date 2004-11-02
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780060580803 / 0060580801
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Censorship, Digital preservation
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003047821
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.224
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