000			01619cam a2200337 a 4500
001			ocm41067878
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093213.0
008			990715s1952 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 99226880
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780805061765
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780805061765
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBAKER _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dNLGGC _dOCLCG _dGPRCL _dHEBIS _dYVR _dVF$
020			_a0805061762 (acid-free paper)
020			_a9780805061765 (acid-free paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)41067878
050	0	0	_aZ 992 _b.B34 1952
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aBasbanes, Nicholas A., _d1943-
245	1	2	_aA gentle madness : _bbibliophiles, bibliomanes, and the eternal passion for books : with a new preface / _cNicholas A. Basbanes.
250			_a1st Owl books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bH. Holt, _c1952.
300			_axxix, 638 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"An Owl book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 575-612) and index.
505	0		_aTouching the hand -- Balm for the soul -- Rule Britannia -- America, Americans, Americana -- Brandy for heroes -- To have and to have no more -- Infinite riches -- Mirror images -- Instant ivy -- Obsessed amateurs -- Destiny -- Continental drift -- The Blumberg collection -- Carpe Diem.
520			_aA history of book lore, book culture, and book lovers begins in Alexandria more than 2,500 years ago and passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present, offering special emphasis on collecting in Great Britain and North America.
650		0	_aBook collecting.
650		0	_aBibliomania.
999			_c130592 _d130592