Phantoms on the bookshelves
By: Jacques Bonnet ; translated from the French by Siân Reynolds ; introduction by James Salter
Contributors: Reynolds, Sian, translator; Salter, James, author of introduction, etc
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781590207598
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Books and reading; Book collecting; Psychology; Book collectors; Anecdotes; Private libraries; Bibliomania
Work titles: Bibliothèques pleines de fantômes
Description: A memoir on the art of living with books analyzes how personal libraries reflect individual natures and innermost feelings, sharing the author's musings on the habits of book collectors from the earliest known libraries while offering potentially valuable advice on cataloging.
Notes: "First published in the French language as Des bibliothèques pleines de fantômes by Editions Denoël, Paris"--T.p. verso.

English translation c2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-133).

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Tens of thousands of books; title: Bibliomania; title: Organizing the bookshelves; title: The practice of reading; title: Where do they all come from?; title: Reading pictures; title: Real people, fictional characters; title: The world within reach; title: Phantoms in the library.