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Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes
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WholeHouseLibrary in The Green Dragon : Books about books and reading. Are they worth the time? (Apr 22, 2008, 9:07pm)

... because I wanted to read something different. I've got 4 books by Nicholas A. Basbanes -- A Splendor of Letters, Among the Gently Mad, Every Book Its Reader and Patience & Fortitude -- all of them gems in their own way. That's a decent start, at least. I can't list all the ...

TheaMak in The Green Dragon : Books about books and reading. Are they worth the time? (Apr 15, 2008, 2:42pm)

... I've read these recently: Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books Among the Gently Mad

TheaMak in 50 Book Challenge : TheaMak's 100 (Dec 9, 2007, 8:46pm)

1. Among the Gently Mad by Nicholas A. Basbanes. I love to read about how other people collect books, and of course to get smarter about the whole process. A good anecdote or two although I wouldn't buy it as a reference book. 2. Collecting Rare Books by Jack Matthews. Long-win ...

aluvalibri in Books in Books : The world of rare books (Oct 18, 2006, 7:57am)

aarti, Nicholas Basbanes has also written Among the gently mad: perspectives and strategies for the book hunter in the twenty-first century and Patience and Fortitude: a Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture, which you might find interesting. :-))

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