Nicholas A. Basbanes. Signed by author. Stated first edition, first printing. New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Fine condition. Like new, unread, no writing or markings in the book, 444 pp.
Basbanes closes his trilogy on the world of book and bibliophiles, following A Gentle Madness (1995) and Patience and Fortitude (2001). This volume examines many of the issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society, focusing on efforts to preserve books and other printed matter from the ravages of deterioration, destruction and obsolescence. Includes extensive notes and index.
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer David McCullough proclaimed him "the leading authority of books about books. "Basbanes now offers a consideration of the many pressing issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society, such as the willful destruction of books and libraries in Sarajevo, Tibet, and Cambodia, and the spirited efforts to restore them."
