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In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities.
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Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
March 25, 2003, Harper Perennial
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Patience & fortitude: wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy
2003, Perennial
in English
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Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
March 25, 2003, Harper Perennial
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Patience & fortitude: a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture
2001, HarperCollins
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0060196955 9780060196950
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: OVERTURE 1. Eternal Life
2. Godspeed
PART TWO: BOOK PEOPLE
3. Madness Redux
4. Splendid Anachronisms
5. Profiles in Bibliophagia
6. Hunters and Gatherers
7. Many Years PART THREE: BO0K PLACES
8. The People's Palace
9. Once and Future Library
10. In the Stacks
l1. Deep Slee
12. As in a Vial oC.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.
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