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by Nicholas A. Basbanes

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The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness, finalist for the 1995 National Book Critics Circle award, is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books and the people who have revered, gathered, and preserved them over the centuries.

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  • Title A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
  • Author Nicholas A. Basbanes
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 638
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holt McDougal, New York
  • Publication date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780805061765 / 0805061762
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 5.7 x 1.78 in (23.88 x 14.48 x 4.52 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Book collecting, Bibliomania
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99226880
  • Dewey Decimal Code 002.075

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Nicholas A. Basbanes, former literary editor for the" Worcester Sunday Telegram," is now a nationally syndicated book columnist. He lives in North Grafton, Massachusetts, with his wife and two daughters.
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