A Gentle Madness
A Gentle Madness

Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 635

ISBN-13: 9780979949159

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A Gentle Madness continues to astound and delight readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. The book captures that last moment in time when collectors pursued their passions in dusty bookshops and street stalls, high stakes auctions, and the subterfuge worthy of a true bibliomaniac. An adventure among the afflicted, A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas Basbanes brings an investigative reporter's heart to illuminate collectors past and present in their pursuit of bibliomania. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

The Anatomy Of Bibliomania
The Anatomy Of Bibliomania

Author: Holbrook Jackson

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781015432864

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Bibliomania
Bibliomania

Author: Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781904799115

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Partial contents: " Appendix contains: The bibliomania, an epistle, to Richard Heber, esq./ by John Ferriar.".

The Groaning Shelf
The Groaning Shelf

Author: Pradeep Sebastian

Publisher: Hachette India

Published: 2012-03-12

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9350093634

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Notes from a bibliophile on the lure of rare and first editions, the beauty of dust jackets, the thrill of browsing in antiquarian bookshops, the bibliomania of book thieves, movies about books, and the inner life of a reader. The Groaning Shelf is not so much a book about books as a book about books about books. These little essays capture the drama of bookish obsession, the joys and snares of the bookish life and the pleasures of bibliophily.

The Anatomy of Bibliomania
The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Author: Holbrook Jackson

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 9780252070433

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Inspects the allure of books, their curative and restorative properties, and the passion for them that leads to bibliomania. This title comments on why we read, where we read - on journeys, at mealtimes, on the toilet (this has 'a long but mostly unrecorded history'), in bed, and in prison - and what happens to us when we read.