Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes ISBN: 0-8050-5159-7 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 06 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Indispensable Resource for Any Serious Book Collector
Comment: In "Among the Gently Mad," Basbanes declares, "the more you read or read about reading, the more you will uncover about other books." And, the more, it seems, you will get to know an ever-expanding circle of people who collect and/or sell books. All their stories are here...what they collect, how they collect them, how much they spend and on and on until the value of this book is almost hidden under their weight.
However, if you are serious about book collecting, "Among the Gently Mad" is a tremendous resource. Reading between the lines of other book collectors' stories, you will find out which web sites, bookstores, dealers, book fairs, organizations and other sources can help you fill out your collection. By the way, this is not just a book for those who collect rare books. An antiquarian book is simply described as any book that is worth more now than when first published. Basbanes's first rule of collecting books is to focus on subjects that hold your interest and, in fact, your collection should contain books you actually want to read. If you are gently mad, that is "taking delight in the pleasant touching of books long coveted," this book is an indispensable tool to fulfilling your own madness.
Rating: 5
Summary: Couldn't put it down
Comment: In rapturous, elegant prose, the author envelops the reader in his consuming passion for books and the people who love to collect them; as the hours flew by while I curled up with Basbanes, I assuaged my guilt at forsaking mundane tasks with the right-on lines that end the book's first chapter: "... a sentiment that I confess I savor on a daily basis: Books are not Life, But then what is?"
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful reading, as always
Comment: Reading Basbanes is like engaging in a long, relaxed conversation over coffee in your living room with a very knowledgeable friend. In this third volume of his slightly rambling but always fascinating and well-informed discussions of books, book collectors, booksellers and dealers, and all the periperal subjects they engender, he combines advice on bibliophily in the age of the Internet with reminiscence on how collecting used to be done, and what the old and the new still have in common. As a small-time collector of limited resources myself, I enjoy reading abut the fabulous collections built up by those who not only have money to spend but also the intelligence and passion to add value to what they hunt down and acquire by adding to the accretion of knowledge. In fact, as Basbanes makes clear, becoming personally involved with books and other "stuff" is what separates collectors from mere accumulators. In fact, I find I have also become a collector of Nick Basbanes. . . .
 |
Title: A Gentle Madness : Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes ISBN: 0805061762 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
 |
Title: A Splendor of Letters : The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World by Nicholas A. Basbanes ISBN: 0060082879 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
 |
Title: Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy by Nicholas A. Basbanes ISBN: 0060514469 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Used And Rare : Travels in the Book World by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone ISBN: 0312187688 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
 |
Title: Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian C. Ellis ISBN: 0399526544 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
