“After all, much of the fondness avid readers, and certainly collectors, have for their books is related to the books' physical bodies. As much as they are vessels for stories (and poetry, reference information, etc.), books are historical artifacts and… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“There was a pair of books, one by Hemingway, another by Thomas Wolfe. Each had written a long inscription to the other. A knowledgeable… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“The difference between a person who appreciates books, even loves them, and a collector is not only degrees of affection, I realized. For the… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“On a spring day in 1988…a Massachusetts man who collected books about local history was rummaging through a bin in a New Hampshire antiques… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“I valued that half-dream state of being lost in a book so much that I limited the number of pages I let myself read… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“A book is much more than a delivery vehicle for its contents.” — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“After all, much of the fondness avid readers, and certainly collectors, have for their books is related to the books' physical bodies. As much… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
“It had a crisp paper jacket, unlike the paper-covered library books I was used to, and the way the pages parted, I could tell… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
