Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America

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TitleBook Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsGigante, Denise
Number of Pages378 pp.
PublisherYale University Press
CityNew Haven, CT
ISBN9780300248487
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Examines bibliophiles with a focus on the sale of the famous collector Charles Lamb's library in 1848 and its dispersal.

Contents:
Bookmen across the Atlantic: Charles Lamb's books on Broadway
The literary world: publishers, editors, journalists
New York Shakespeareans: Bardomania, testimonials, and gift exchange
Boston antiquarians: American history, bibliography, and bibliomania
Educating America: The dream of a great public library

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