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Original Title:	A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
ISBN:	0805036539 (ISBN13: 9780805036534)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Anthony Award Nominee for Best Critical Work (1996), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1995)

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books Hardcover | Pages: 638 pages

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Title	:	A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Author	:	Nicholas A. Basbanes
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 638 pages
Published	:	August 15th 1995 by Henry Holt & Company (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Writing. Books About Books. History

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When it was first published, A Gentle Madness astounded and delighted readers with stories about the lengths of passion, expense, and more that collectors will go in pursuit of the book. Written before the emergence of the Internet but newly updated for the twenty-first century reader, A Gentle Madness captures that last moment in time when collectors frequented dusty bookshops, street stalls, and high-stakes auctions, conducting themselves with the subterfuge befitting a true bibliomaniac. A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas A. Basbanes brings an investigative reporter’s heart and instincts to the task of chronicling collectors past and present in pursuit of bibliomania. Now a classic of collecting, A Gentle Madness is a book lover’s delight.

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While writing his memoirs, the grandson of the seventeenth century bibliomaniac Isaiah Thomas euphemized that his grandfather suffered from the gentlest of infirmities. Taking this quotation as inspiration for the title is somewhat of a misnomer, however, as Basbanes book only partly concerns itself with bibliomania. Primarily, it is a fascinating survey of the history of book collecting. Basbane stylistically blends the erudition, research and paranoid self-qualification of historical

Highly recommended. Very well researched, well presented, full of information and very entertaining as well. Would make a good reference book, also.

As it turns out, Im a fraud.Compared to the stories told in this book, and the stories that surely countless others could tell of their own obsessions with the printed work, Im like the guy in the back of a Star Wars convention who says, Oh, Ive seen Return of the Jedi once or twice, I think! Because the fact is, you people are out of my league.And that just might be the difference between liking this bookappreciating it for its humorous accounts of bibliomania and its interesting history of

Highly recommended. Very well researched, well presented, full of information and very entertaining as well. Would make a good reference book, also.

I feel so much better about my book collecting habits after reading this, because I am much less crazy than some of these people. Really, though, it's a completely absorbing book, packed with marvelous collections, passionate (often too passionate) collectors, and interesting tidbits about books and booklovers, from ancient days to the present. I especially loved the examination of a Gutenberg Bible owned by collector William Scheide, who shows it to Basbanes and goes over it in tiny,

A history of book collecting over the centuries, at 525+ pages (600+ pages including the bibliography and endnotes), this book is not for the faint of heart. I found it enlightening, but then I'm a book nerd who has become interested in book collecting in recent months. I guess I still love printed books better than digital copies. I started this book on my Nook, but couldn't get into it. I eventually bought a paperback copy and did make it all the way through. Actually glad I did.

i just found out that this book is out of print. what gives? if you are reading this review, you probably like books. so do yourself a favor and go to abe.com or bookfinder and get a copy. now. this is the most loving book about book lovers i have ever read. collectors, sellers, hunters, owners, thieves, protectors, the obsessed and the absolutely insane. it's a nice fat book, but if you really are interested in books then it will be way too short for you. he is a great writer, and it's a shame