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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MeVbMML |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250718131728.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0-8050-3653-9 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
AJM |
| Modifying agency |
AJM |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
002.075 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Basbanes, Nicholas A |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21957 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A gentle madness : |
| Remainder of title |
Bibliophiles, biblionames, and the eternal passion for books / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Nicolas A. Basbanes |
| 260 0# - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York, NY |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Henry Holt |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1995 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
638 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
D., 9/01 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness is an adventure among the afflicted. Author Nicholas Basbanes, a dedicated bibliophile himself, begins his book 2,200 years ago in Alexandria, when a commitment was made to gather all the world's knowledge beneath one roof. In a series of lively chapters, the continuum then passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the twentieth century with a special emphasis on book lore and book culture in Great Britain and North America. In the second half of A Gentle Madness, Basbanes offers a gallery of revealing profiles of living collectors and presents exclusive examinations of the great contemporary stories. The book also includes the most comprehensive bibliography on book collecting compiled in more than a quarter century |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Book collecting |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21958 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Bibbliomania |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21959 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Book |