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Editions and Impressions: Twenty Years on the Book Beat Hardcover – December 8, 2007
- Print length209 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFine Books Pr
- Publication dateDecember 8, 2007
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100979949106
- ISBN-13978-0979949104
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- Publisher : Fine Books Pr; 1st edition (December 8, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 209 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0979949106
- ISBN-13 : 978-0979949104
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,524,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,392 in General Books & Reading
- #8,761 in Essays (Books)
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About the author
I've written ten books, the most recent titled "Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," which was published in June 2020, and has since been named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement (TLS). In 2016, I was named a Public Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of work on this book. My previous work, "On Paper: The Everything of Its Two Thousand Year History" was one of three finalists for the 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction awarded by the American Library Association and the Carnegie Corporation; and also the recipient of an NEH grant. My first book, "A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books," was a finalist in 1995 for the National Book Critics Circle Award. I lecture widely on a variety of subjects, and write the Gently Mad column for Fine Books and Collections Magazine. My articles, OpEds, and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Humanities, Smithsonian, and Civilization, among other publications. I am a native of Lowell, Massachusetts, and went to Bates College, where I majored in English. From 1968 to 1971, I served as a naval officer aboard the aircraft carrier Oriskany, and made two combat cruises to Vietnam. I got my master's degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University. My wife and I have two adult daughters, and live in Central Massachusetts.
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2008When I see Nicholas A. Basbanes on a book cover I know I have to read it, because no one else in today's world so well depicts the joy to be found in reading and collecting books. Editions and Impressions is a collection of short essays and articles written over a period of twenty years. Some of the collectors and collections described here will be familiar to readers of Basbanes' earlier works, particularly A Gentle Madness and Among the Gently Mad, while others will be less recognizeable but still just as interesting to read about. I particularly enjoyed the eulogies or obituaries to noted book collectors like Carter Burden or Louis Szathmary. I collect books too, and while I'll never have the resources to make the scale of purchases the collectors described here oould enjoy, its nevertheless fun to realize that the same stab of joy I feel when I buy for a few bucks a long out of print title by a favorite author is shared by men and women who can afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars.
Basbanes mentions he has another collection of essays and articles to be published soon, along with several more works waiting to be finished. I and countless other bibliophiles will be awaiting them anxiously.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2008If you are a book lover, you will absolutely cherish every word written by the incomparable Nicholas Basbanes. In this latest offering of books about books, Mr. Basbanes has collected articles and essays covering his illustrious career as an author, journalist and top-notch book reviewer. I found every entry to be a fascinating glimpse into the world of everything books. Mr. Basbanes writes about authors, collectors, book makers and the history of books in a wonderfully witty and compelling manner making every one of his books a bonafide page-turner. After reading Mr. Basbanes, I am always hungry for more, and I know he will deliver regularly with another insightful look into the gentle madness that is bibliomania. I highly recommend all of his previous books which are easliy purchased anywhere. On top of these terrific books, Mr. Basbanes is a prince of a guy who thoughtfully responds to his readers' emails no matter where in the world he might be. How refreshing it is to have authors who actually care about the reader! Read EDITIONS & IMPRESSIONS as soon as you are able, and you will find your life enriched immeasurably.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014This is one of several books Nicholas Basbanes has written that book lovers must read. If you like to write, or read, or collect books, you won't go wrong with one of Basbanes' books.