num_pages: 464
description: In A Splendor of Letters , Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience &amp; Fortitude , a companion work that prompted the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer David McCullough to proclaim him "the leading authority of books about books." In this beautifully packaged edition, Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.
language: English
title: A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
titlecomplete: A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
genres: Philosophy, Biography, 21st Century, Literature, Librarianship, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Books About Books, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 390
publisher: Harper Perennial