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.
- (New York): Times Books, (1999).
- 8vo.
- quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket.
- xxi, (i), 355+(1) pages
- ISBN: 0812931122
Price: $25.00 other currencies
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First edition. Fine in fine jacket. A collection of sixty classic and contemporary essays, stories, and lists on the joys of reading, appreciating, and collecting books. Among the contemporary authors are Philip Roth, Robertson Davies, Umberto Eco, Nicholas Basbanes, and Anna Quindlen; early twentieth century writers like Christopher Morley, A.S.W. Rosenbach, and A. Edward Newton are also represented.
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