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A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
de Rabinowitz, Harold; Kaplan, Rob
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812931122
- ISBN 13
- 9780812931129
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Times Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Time Books 1999. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, glossy white wraps with illustration of six leather bound books standing up like on a bookshelf. Clean and unmarked with minor wear to corners, soundly bound, pages in Fine Condition. A delightful book full of literary treasures from Umberto Eco on private libraries; Anatole Broyars on lending books; Gustave Flaubert on tales of s book collector; Nicholas Basbane's selection from "A Gentle Madness"; and so many more. A true treasure. 355 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 1999, Times Books. (There seems to be a mix-up with ISBN numbers on the back of the book and the one on the copyright page, between the Times Books Printing and the Random House Printing and Trade paperback vs Hardcover. Whatever the correct ISBN for this book, it is a Trade Paperback Published in 1999 by Times Books).
Sinopsis
Harold Rabinowitz is director of the book packaging firm The Reference Works and has served as executive editor of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and science editor of the Encyclopedia Americana. He is the author of books on the history of aviation, on the Old West, and in Judaica. He lives with his family and library in Riverdale, New York. Rob Kaplan has held senior-level editorial positions with several major New York-based publishing houses and currently heads his own literary services firm, Rob Kaplan Associates. He lives with his family and more than four thousand books in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 029902
- Título
- A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
- Autor
- Rabinowitz, Harold; Kaplan, Rob
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0812931122
- ISBN 13
- 9780812931129
- Editorial
- Times Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Palabras clave
- BOOKS; BIBLIOPHILE; BIBLIOMANIA; BOOK COLLECTING; BOOK LENDING; UMBERTO ECO; ANATOLE BROYARD; GUSTAVE FLAUBERT; ROBERT BENCHLEY; ANNA QUINDLEN; GEORGE HAMLIN FINCH; NOCILAS bASBANE; ROBERTSON DAVIES;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
