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The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time / Keith Houston.

Houston, Keith, 1977-(author.).
Book Book ([2016])
Description: xvii, 428 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
6 of 8 copies available at NOBLE (All Libraries). (Show all copies)
1 of 1 copy available at Gordon College.
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  • ISBN: 9780393244793
  • ISBN: 0393244792
  • Edition: First edition.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-401) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. The page -- A clean sheet : the invention of papyrus -- Hidebound : the grisly invention of ... Read More
Summary:
Reveals how books and the materials that make them reflect the history of human civilization, ... Read More
"We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that ... Read More
Citation: Houston, Keith. "The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time." New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Link: https://gordon.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/3772814?locg=20
 

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