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.

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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