New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xi, 250, (2) pages. First edition. From the author of A Gentle Madnessand Patience & Fortitude. Ten chapters of good advice mingled with great book stories. With a select bibliography of the subject. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about AMONG THE GENTLY MAD, PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE BOOK HUNTER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

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New Castle, DE and Durham, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Fine Books & Collections, 2005. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 380 pages. UNOPENED COPY. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and in slipcase. A fine copy in fine slipcase / dust jacket. This is the first time that one of Nick Basbanes' titles has appeared in a limited edition. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Library in..... READ MORE about EVERY BOOK ITS READER: THE POWER OF THE PRINTED WORD TO STIR THE WORLD

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New York: Henry Holt, (1995). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 584 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Fine in near fine jacket. A must-read for everyone interested in bookselling and book collecting, the passion of the chase, the thrill of the formation of a library, the nastiness of the forger, etc. READ MORE about A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS

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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 448 pages. First edition, of which this is the second printing. Inscribed on the half-title page by Basbanes to Duke Collier. A fine copy. A consideration of all things paper - its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers - written by the admired cultural historian and..... READ MORE about ON PAPER: THE EVERYTHING OF ITS TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY BY A SELF-CONFESSED BIBLIOPHILIAC

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