Book Love
A Celebration of Writers, Readers, and the Printed & Bound Book
28 June 2011
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
Hundreds of quotations by authors throughout the centuries about the glory of the bound book.
Reviews
"A room without books is a body without a soul." — Cicero
"If you go into a room filled with books, even without taking them down from their shelves, they seem to speak to you, to welcome you." — William Gladstone
"If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them... Let them be your friends." — Nathan Pine, bookseller
"Books deserve more than digital gas." — Bill Henderson, from the introduction
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'HIGH HONORS’ FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS (2021)
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2024 Edition, Hardback, 2023
Winner of High Honors from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pushcart Prize XLVII includes over 60 stories, poems and essays from dozens of small literary presses .