A GENTLE MADNESS [with] PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE [with] AMONG THE GENTLY MAD [with] A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS [and] EVERY BOOK ITS READER [Five Volumes] [All Signed]

New York: Henry Holt and Co. and HarperCollins, 1995-2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, five volumes. All in Near Fine condition with Very Good plus to Near Fine dust jackets. All dust jackets protected in mylar jackets. All volumes are signed flat by Basbanes on the title page.




CONTENTS: A GENTLE MADNESS: BIBLIOPHILES, BIBLIOMANES, AND THE ETERNAL PASSION FOR BOOKS (638 pages), New York: Henry Holt, 1995. Light wear to spine of dust jacket; small white labeled sticker to lower front corner of mylar protector. -- PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE: A ROVING CHRONICLE OF BOOK PEOPLE, BOOK PLACES, AND BOOK CULTURE (636 pages), New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Light wear to spine of dust jacket; small white labeled sticker to lower front corner of mylar protector. -- AMONG THE GENTLY MAD: STRATEGIES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE BOOK HUNTER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (250 pages), New York: Henry Holt, 2002. Light wear to spine of dust jacket. -- A SPLENDOR OF LETTERS: THE PERMANENCE OF BOOKS IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD (444 pages), New York: HarperCollins, 2003. -- EVERY BOOK ITS READER: THE POWER OF THE PRINTED WORD TO STIR THE WORLD (360 pages), New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Small white labeled sticker to lower front corner of mylar protector. JW Consignment. Shelved []. 1385101. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1385101)