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Book Madness - A Story of Book Collectors in America (Hardcover)
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Book Madness - A Story of Book Collectors in America (Hardcover)
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The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the
sale of Charles Lamb's library in 1848 Charles Lamb's library-a
heap of sixty scruffy old books singed with smoke, soaked with gin,
sprinkled with crumbs, stripped of illustrations, and bescribbled
by the essayist and his literary friends-caused a sensation when it
was sold in New York in 1848. The transatlantic book world watched
as the relics of a man revered as the patron saint of book
collectors were dispersed. Following those books through the
stories of the bibliophiles who shaped intellectual life in
America-booksellers, publishers, journalists, editors,
bibliographers, librarians, actors, antiquarians, philanthropists,
politicians, poets, clergymen-Denise Gigante brings to life a lost
world of letters at a time when Americans were busy assembling the
country's major public, university, and society libraries. A human
tale of loss, obsession, and spiritual survival, this book reveals
the magical power books can have to bring people together and will
be an absorbing read for anyone interested in what makes a book
special.
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