A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. Basbanes

Now a classic of collecting, A Gentle Madness is a book lover’s delight. Basbanes, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books (Book Review). Basbanes from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over. Basbanes brings an investigative reporter’s heart and instincts to the task of chronicling collectors past and present in pursuit of bibliomania. A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. It was a 1995 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Written before the emergence of the Internet but newly updated for the twenty-first century reader, A Gentle Madness captures that last moment in time when collectors frequented dusty bookshops, street stalls, and high-stakes auctions, conducting themselves with the subterfuge befitting a true bibliomaniac. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books is a 1995 nonfiction book of book collecting case studies by Nicholas A. Synopsis: When it was first published, A Gentle Madness astounded and delighted readers with stories about the lengths of passion, expense, and more that collectors will go in pursuit of the book. You searched for: Format Sound Recording Remove constraint Format: Sound Recording Collection Nicholas A Basbanes - Interviews for A Gentle Madness Remove. Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New YorkĬomments: Very small bump on bottom of front board.

A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. Basbanes