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Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the fly title page. Bound in quarter black cloth and brown paper boards. Third printing of the first edition. Illustrated endpapers. Contains illustration plate inserts on semi-glossy paper with black and white images. A comprehensive bibliography on books is included. Indexed. xvii, 638 pp.
This book is an adventure among the afflicted -- those with the passion to possess books. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books and the people who have revered, gathered and preserved them over the centuries. From the great library of Alexandria, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the 20th century, here is a gallery of revealing profiles of past and present collectors. Illustrated black dust jacket covered in gilt decoration.
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