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Nicholas A. Basbanes : A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books
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Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes
Title: A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books
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Published in: English
Binding: Hardcover
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Date: 2002-02
ISBN: 0756753392
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist


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What a delightful book about books and people who love books! As a second generation bibliophile, a possible bibliomane who had several people move out of my house a year ago because they erroneously believed that my books were taking over the household, and a devout employee of "Earth's Biggest Bookstore," I can vouch that Basbanes accurately describes the glorious role of book collectors as archivists of human knowledge, and -- in continual counterpoint -- sometimes pathologically obsessed book junkies.

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