POWELL, Lawrence Clark.

Books are Basic. The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell. Edited by John David Marshall.

Tucson: Univ of Arizona Press, (1986),

Second printing. small octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 95pp. Univ of Arizona Press, Very fine. Item #10540

"John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflect the man and his intellectual passions." The quotations are grouped under four headings: "On Books and Reading"; "On Libraries, Librarians, and Librarianship"; "On Writers and Writing"; and "On Lawrence Clark Powell." A librarian/bibliophile who speaks for all who love the book.

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