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Petroski, Henry The Book On The Bookshelf
New York Borzoi Book/Alfred A. Knopf 1999 0375706399 / 9780375706394 First Edition Softcover Fine
Pages are clean and tight; printed on alkaline paper. Illustrated with b/w photos. "...we explore the ways in which the housing of books evolved...the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved, but also increased their availability and transformed book readers into book owners and collectors...." ISBN in book is 0965004552. ; B&W Illustrations; 6 x 9 1/2; 290 pages
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6.50 USD
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