As well as being a fascinating addition to the library of any Jefferson history buff, Kindred Spirits: Thomas Jefferson & Aeschylus offers a captivating window into the warm-hearth world of book-collecting, binding, and preservation in the early days of the United States and today’s process for restoring a book from that era. Did you know that President Jefferson had a penchant for taking apart various translations of Classical texts and then rebinding them into his own unique editions? That makes the discovery and acquisition of one of these books all the more valuable and historically significant. Sappéy and Buckley take us through their journey of discovering, acquiring, researching, and restoring “The Seven”: Thomas Jefferson’s personal copies of The Tragedies of Aeschylus in seven volumes. Despite the sweeping history laid out here, this is, at heart, a very personal story, beginning with a bit of intrigue and overheard conversation in a small rare book shop in Chestertown, Maryland, then moving to excited meetings at the Library of Congress in the nation’s capital, and finally to Jefferson’s home at Monticello. Each chapter is framed as a “step” in this bibliographic journey, giving the reader the privilege of experiencing the elation felt by the authors at each fresh discovery along the way, of slowly realizing the magnitude of the historical treasure held in their hands. The book they made of this experience is now its own treasure, and the book-obsessed reader could do worse than to give over a few snowy or rainy afternoons to its enjoyment. ( )