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An edition of Patience and Fortitude (2001)

Patience & fortitude

wherein a colorful cast of determined book collectors, dealers, and librarians go about the quixotic task of preserving legacy

1st Perennial ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
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  • 8 Want to read
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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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Perennial
Language
English
Pages
636

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Subjects
Book collecting, Books, Books and reading, History, Libraries, Boekwezen, Boeken, Books, history, Libraries, history, Books and reading, history

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Cover of: Patience and Fortitude
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
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
Paperback in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Patience & fortitude
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 - 1st Perennial ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Patience & fortitude
Patience & fortitude: a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture
2001, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.
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Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.

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Patience and fortitude

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Library of Congress
Z987, Z4 .B395 2003

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Pagination
xviii, 636 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
636

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Open Library
OL23069347M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780060514464
ISBN 10
0060514469
OCLC/WorldCat
52112640
Library Thing
22132
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492197

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