A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World Tapa blanda - 2004

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Harper Perennial, 2004-11-02. Paperback. Good. 6x1x9.

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Harper Perennial, 2004. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Perennial / Harper Collins, 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. First paperback printing. Minimal cosmetic wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. xviii, 442 pp. 8vo. 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." 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. The matter of "discards" at various libraries takes on an entirely new… Leer más

Harper Perennial. Used - Very Good. 2004. Paperback. Very Good.

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Perennial, New York, NY, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. The text appears clean. there is NO Dust Jacket. Has a remainder mark on the upper/lower outer page edges. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0060580801. ISBN/EAN: 9780060580803. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560769553. . 9780060580803

Perennial, New York, NY, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. The text appears clean. Has a remainder mark on the lower outer page edges. The cover has minor wear. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0060580801. ISBN/EAN: 9780060580803. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560789398. . 9780060580803

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