This third volume by the author of " A Gentle Madness" and "Patience & Fortitude" is subtitled Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-First Century. Basbanes introduces his visit to the Sackner Archive as "By far one of the most unforgettable introductions I have ever had to a private collection came in November 2000 while I was in Forida taking part in the Miami Book Fair." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Peter Beal descibes the story of the false document that sent Alfred Dreyfus to prison. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes essays on Tom Wolfe and Arthur Szyk. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Alice Tufel contributes an essay, "Dealing in Eternity," that describes the New York Public Library's Berg Collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Rye Armstrong contributed an illustrated essay, "Blessed Be the Book," concerning the work of Brainard Carey (aka Brian Salzsberg). Carey, a book artist whose work is held by the Sackner Archive, is described as a neo-monk who has recreated the Book of Job, transcribing, illustrating and binding it by hand. Carole Grossman discusses the difference between livre d'artiste and artists' books in her essay '"Books at the Limit." She writes that artists' books "are very much an international twentieth century phenomenon...and frequently question the meaning and role of the book as an art form. Often the artists hark back to the original idea of a clandestine private press and use their artistic abilities to underscore their own political or social ideas. As a general rule one can expect private-press or fine-press books and livres d'artistes to be more in the classical tradition of book design than artists' books." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sidney Berger contributes an essay on Book Format: Part Two - Octavo, Duodecimo, and Sextodecimo -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sidney Berger contributes an essay, "Book Format. Part One: Broadsides, Folios, and Quartos." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Daniel Lindlley writes in his essay, "The Unnamable Samuel Beckett," that Beckett wrote his play "Breath" in 1970 as a contribution to Kenneth Tynan's show "Oh! Calcutta." It consisted of a few lighting effects, cries, and the sound of breathing. The Sackner Archive holds a hand-knit sweater by Astrid Furnival that depicts the full text of this play. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains an essay by Carol Grossman, "Arion Press: A Legacy of Literary Artistry" describing the founding of the press by publisher Andrew Hoyem. The Sackner Archive holds the AP's " Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" and "Flatland" both described in the essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.