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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

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An edition of Patience and Fortitude (2001)

Patience and Fortitude

Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy

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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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Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
688

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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
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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
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.
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Patience & fortitude: a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture
2001, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.
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First Sentence

"While probing the murky bottom of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor for fragments of Queen Cleopatra's sunken palace, French divers came across an ancient stele that had been shielded from the sunlight for sixteen centuries."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
688
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.5 pounds

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OL9232237M
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0060514469
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9780060514464
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22132
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