An Eighth Day View:In A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience & Fortitude, a companion work that prompted the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer David McCullough to proclaim him "the leading authority of books about books." In this beautifully packaged edition, Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles. Title:: A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World Author:: Basbanes, Nicholas A. ISBN Number:: 0060580801 ISBN-13: 9780060580803 Location Published:: Harper Perennial: November 2004 Binding:: Paper Back Book Condition:: New Categories: About Reading Seller ID:: 124890