TY - SER
AU - Denise Gigante
CY - New Haven, CT
N1 - <p>Examines bibliophiles with a focus on the sale of the famous collector Charles Lamb's library in 1848 and its dispersal.&nbsp;</p><p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Bookmen across the Atlantic: Charles Lamb's books on Broadway </li><li>The literary world: publishers, editors, journalists </li><li>New York Shakespeareans: Bardomania, testimonials, and gift exchange </li><li>Boston antiquarians: American history, bibliography, and bibliomania </li><li>Educating America: The dream of a great public library</li></ul>
PB - Yale University Press
PP - New Haven, CT
PY - 2022
SN - 9780300248487
EP - 378 pp.
TI - Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America
ER -