?Compulsory for anyone seriously interested in books or curious about the manic nature of collecting.? ?New York Times Book ReviewIn his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to...

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...