Full name: A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books

Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Books about books, Non Fiction, History, Historical fiction, Biographies, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780805061765 0805061762

When it was first published, A Gentle Madness astounded and delighted readers with stories about the lengths of passion, expense, and more that collectors will go in pursuit of the book. Written before the emergence of the Internet but newly updated for the twenty-first century reader, A Gentle Madness captures that last moment in time when collectors frequented dusty bookshops, street stalls, and high-stakes auctions, conducting themselves with the subterfuge befitting a true bibliomaniac. A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas A. Basbanes brings an investigative reporter's heart and instincts to the task of chronicling collectors past and present in pursuit of bibliomania. Now a classic of collecting, A Gentle Madness is a book lover's delight. Similar books: Patience & Fortitude by Nicholas A. Basbanes A Splendor of Letters by Nicholas A. Basbanes Among the Gently Mad by Nicholas A. Basbanes Biblioholism by Tom Raabe Book Finds by Ian C. Ellis Used and Rare by Lawrence Goldstone The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet A Passion For Books by Harold Rabinowitz Memoirs of a Book Snake by David Meyer Modern Book Collecting by Robert A. Wilson Reading Matters by Margaret Willes The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly Books by Martyn Lyons The Secret Library by Oliver Tearle Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas A. Basbanes On Paper by Nicholas A. Basbanes Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik Victoria by Julia Baird Georgiana by Amanda Foreman