than比较分句成分剖析的困惑？

A word from me was more to them than a whole deckle-edged library from East Aurora in sectional bookcases was from anybody else

没了解than后面的比较分句的成分，than比较分句后出现了...was from anybody else, 请教老师：主句和分句比较的是more程度吗？

than后不缺主谓宾，缺少的是否比较程度的状语more呢？这句话到底如何翻译才能符合英文的原意呢？

注意比较的对应成分：

A word from me was more to them than a whole deckle-edged library from East Aurora in sectional bookcases was from anybody else.

红色部分，分别为主、从句的主语，蓝色部分为定语。more 表示“更要紧”，等于 more important。

这个句子，若把 was 放到 than 之后，如此，from anybody else 作定语，就更好理解。

意思：对他们而言，我的一句话，比任何别的人从整个图书馆里找来的所有语句，都要紧。